Reclaiming Mission As Constructive Theology

by Chung, Paul S.; Bliese, Richard

• ISBN13: 9781610972277
• ISBN10: 1610972279
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-03-09
• Publisher: Cascade Books

Summary

Reclaiming Mission as Constructive Theology offers a compelling case for the need to integrate God's mission and missional church conversation with a public and post-colonial study of World Christianity. Driven by a commitment to publicly engaged theology that takes seriously the reality of Global Christianity, Paul Chung presents a vital new model for understanding the mission of God as a dynamic word-event. This is argued in conversation with contemporary missional theology and analysis of the development of Global Christianity, and as such brings important transcultural issues to bear on contemporary American conversations about the missional church. All of this serves to innovatively stimulate this missional church conversation and more directly address the various questions that arise in pursuing mission in a multiculuralized American society.

Author Biography

Paul S. Chung is an Associate Professor of Mission and World Christianity at Luther Seminary. His books related to constructive theology and missiological hermeneutic include Martin Luther and Buddhism (Cascade, 2007) and The Cave and The Butterfly (Cascade, 2010).

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Abbreviations	p. xiv
Introduction: World Christianity, Missional Church, and Public Theology	p. 1
Embodying World Christianity in the Mission of God
Bartholomé de Las Casas: Mission as Prophetic Justice	p. 31
Matteo Ricci: Mission as Inculturation	p. 52
Shaping Public Missiology: World Christianity and Postcolonial Voice	p. 81
Contributing to the Missio Dei and Missional Church Conversation
New Directions: From Edinburgh via Willingen to the Missional Church Conversation	p. 101
The Place of Diakonia in the Mission of God: Hermeneutical Construction	p. 123
Church as Diakonia and Congregational Mission	p. 136
Mission as Deaconhood of all Believers	p. 148
Missional Church as Public Vocation	p. 167
Re-envisioning Missional Church and Public Faith
Public Church and Hermeneutics of Word-Event	p. 187
Public Church and American Society in Cultural Complexities	p. 206
Missional Epistemology and Hermeneutics in Studies of Mission	p. 228
Public Church and Theology of Hope	p. 244
Public Church and Socially Engaged Mission	p. 264
Epilogue: Gods Narrative in Congregational Life	p. 283
Glossary and Explanations of Technical Terms and Concepts	p. 291
Bibliography	p. 295
Index	p. 313
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