The Witness of God

by Flett, John G.

• ISBN13: 9780802864413
• ISBN10: 0802864414
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-04-15
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Summary

A Constructive Revision Of Trinitarian missio Dei theology, John Flett's Witness of God argues that the neglect of mission as a theological locus has harmful consequences for understanding both the nature of God's connection with the world and the corresponding nature of the Christian community. Flett maintains that mission/witness is an integral part of God's being, not a secondary characteristic, and contends that the church - if we truly seek to reflect the fullness of God's being - must reflect this truth by becoming a missionary community.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiv
Abbreviations	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
A Problem of God	p. 1
Missio Dei: The Problem of God in Answer to the Problem of Church and Mission	p. 4
Barth and the Origins of Missio Dei	p. 11
A Trinitarian Proposal	p. 17
The Problem That Is Missio Dei	p. 35
Introduction	p. 35
Sent by a Missionary God	p. 36
Oriented to the Kingdom of God	p. 51
Missionary by Her Very Nature	p. 61
The Problem of Missio Dei	p. 76
German Missions and Dialectical Theology, 1928-1933	p. 78
Introduction	p. 78
Imperialism and Christianization	p. 80
The Missionary Reception of Dialectical Theology	p. 85
"Theology and Mission in the Present Situation"	p. 105
Siegfried Knak and the Missionary Reception	p. 112
Barth's 1932 Lecture and Missio Dei Theology	p. 120
Tributaries to the IMC Willingen Conference, 1952	p. 123
Introduction	p. 123
Karl Hartenstein: Originator of Missio Dei	p. 124
The North American Report: "Why Missions?"	p. 136
Willingen, 1952	p. 150
The Competing Forms of Missio Dei Theology	p. 161
The Missionary Connection	p. 163
Introduction	p. 163
The Ground of Mission	p. 166
God Is God and the Creature the Creature	p. 180
The Missionary End	p. 195
The Trinity Is a Missionary God	p. 196
Introduction	p. 196
God In and For Himself Is a Missionary God	p. 198
The Unity of the One Son	p. 211
The Witness of the Spirit	p. 226
The Calling of Witness	p. 240
Introduction	p. 241
Jesus Christ's Prophetic Existence	p. 242
Life in the Promise of the Spirit	p. 251
Apostolic Community	p. 262
Living in Service to God, She Is Sent in Service to the World	p. 284
Missio Dei Revisited	p. 286
The Problem of Missio Dei	p. 286
Missio Dei Revisited	p. 287
Joy	p. 295
Bibliography	p. 299
Index	p. 319
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