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In the midst of partial, competing, and often hostile forms of human solidarity, David Bosch challenged the church to be the Alternative Community called to live in the in-between of various opposing socio-political, economic, and ecclesiastical polarities. Girma Bekele explores and renews that call in the context of Ethiopia. Acute poverty and the lingering question of the balance between ethnic distinctiveness and national unity, together constitute a two-edged challenge to Christian identity. Constructive dialogue that fosters unity is intrinsic to effective response to the plight of the poor. This means a turning away from institutional self-preservation towards a contextually relevant mission that crosses all human-made frontiers. Taking Ethiopia as the immediate context, Dr. Bekele offers important insight to the church in the majority world and beyond.

Girma Bekele, Adjunct Professor of Missions and Development Studies at Wycliffe College in the University of Toronto, is a Missions and Church Leadership Consultant.

Foreword	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Abbreviations	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
Bosch's Personal Paradigm Shifts-From the Prison of History to the Prison of Hope
Bosch's World	p. 19
An Excursion into the Rise of Afrikanerdom: The Legitimatization of Apartheid	p. 19
Bosch's Religious Heritage: The Ecclesiological Self-Understanding of DRC	p. 31
Biographical Sketch	p. 45
Early Life and Influences	p. 45
Missionary: A Decade of Theological Formation	p. 49
Bosch the Academician (1972-1992)	p. 53
Conclusion	p. 56
Bosch's Theological Framework-A Background to his View of the Church as the Alternative Community
Introduction	p. 60
Bosch's Theological Development: From Witness to the World to Transforming Mission	p. 61
Introduction to Bosch's Analysis of Paradigm Shifts in the History of Mission	p. 77
Mission, Evangelism, and Theology: Setting the Horizon for the Identity of the In-Between People	p. 96
Introduction	p. 96
Mission	p. 97
Evangelism	p. 113
Theology	p. 128
Conclusion	p. 135
Paradigm Shifts in Ethiopia's Mission History
Introduction	p. 140
Crown and Clergy: An Excursion to the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church	p. 146
Beginnings, and the Shaping of Ecclesiological Identity-Under the Aksumite Kingdom (325-650)	p. 146
The Dark Age and Restoration under the Zagwé Dynasty-Mission through Architectural Art (700-1200)	p. 157
Solomonic Dynasty: Expansion through Monastic Revival, the Challenge of Islamic Invasion, the Portuguese Interlude, and Theological Controversies (1270-1800)	p. 161
Modern Era, Persecution under Italy, Autocephaly, and the Great Divorce of State and Church (1855-1974)	p. 171
Some Remarks on Crown-Clergy Dynamics and Ethiopianism as Paradoxical Ideology	p. 185
Protestantism in Ethiopia: A Paradigm Shift or Proselytism Gone Wrong?	p. 198
Introduction	p. 198
The Catholic Missionary Paradigms-De Jacobis' Indigenization Vs Massaja's Latinization	p. 200
The Protestant Mission: Heyling's Missionary Paradigm and the Birth of EECMY	p. 204
The Protestant Mission-Lambie's Missionary Paradigm and the Birth of EKHC	p. 212
The Ecumenical Movement and the Role of Ethiopian Pentecostal Movement	p. 221
The Great Controversy: Evangelizing the Evangelized	p. 228
Conclusion	p. 241
The Missionary Task of the Church as the Alternative Community
Introduction	p. 246
The New Testament Foundation of Mission	p. 248
Missional Hermeneutics: An Ecumenical Task	p. 248
Jesus' Self-understanding: The Bridge between Two Testaments	p. 260
NT Missionary Paradigms: Bosch's Deduction of Major Missiological Motifs	p. 266
The In-Between People and the Quest for Social Justice	p. 281
Mission as Contextualization	p. 281
The Development of Contextual Theologies: Introductory Context and Main Presuppositions	p. 286
Black Theologies: African, African American, and Southern African	p. 289
The Alternative Paradigm-The In-Between People as a Counter Community	p. 297
Sub Conclusion	p. 324
Listening Together: Towards a Contemporary Mission Praxis in Ethiopia
Introduction	p. 328
The Cry of the Poor: The Sociological Context	p. 331
The Failed Marxist Utopia	p. 331
Natural Disaster: Drought and the Politics of Famine	p. 347
Post-Derge Challenges and Opportunities for Contemporary Churches	p. 350
The Fragility of Ethno-Linguistic Based Federalism	p. 350
From Facelessness to Visibility: Religious Freedom as Paradox	p. 357
The Effects of Globalization	p. 367
A Move towards Contemporary Mission Praxis: the Emerging Collaborative Ecumenical Diakonia	p. 381
Churches' Response to the Realities of Acute Poverty-Evaluation	p. 388
Conclusion	p. 402
Glossary	p. 421
Bibliography	p. 423
Index	p. 445
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