An Evangelical Understanding of The Missio Dei as Inclusion of Social Justice: A Critical Theological Reflection.
The term missionary was initially employed in its contemporary sense for emissaries of the Pope and the royal families of Portugal and also Spain who were sent to convert people to Catholicism. Over the last two hundred years, the evangelical idea of mission has been inclined to be defined by...
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| description | The term missionary was initially employed in its contemporary sense for emissaries of the Pope and the royal families of Portugal and also Spain who were sent to convert people to Catholicism. Over the last two hundred years, the evangelical idea of mission has been inclined to be defined by people various theological scholars and some have concentrated on the “Great Commission” of Matthew 28. This article critically calls for a re-evaluation of the understanding of mission of within Evangelicalism that focuses on evangelism to be reconstructed to the Integral understanding of the Missio Dei which is a Latin Christian theological term that is generally translated as the "mission of God," or the "sending of God." It is a notion which has become progressively significant in missiology and in obtaining a clear understanding the mission of the church. This refocusing, positions God, the Father, at the centre of his mission and through Jesus Christ invites his church to participate with him on mission. This radical shift, calls for an understanding that the church is on a mission and this mission includes the praxis of social justice. While the contemporary Western world is preoccupied with individualism a belief in the Holy Trinity impels us to be concerned about relationships and society and social justice in general, and thus the values of individual accomplishment in a materialistic world and inter-person and national rivalries must take up very little, if any time at all. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-248007eb7c034de7909dd8b629f1c7d22022-12-22T03:34:24ZengAfricajournalsPharos Journal of Theology2414-33242019-08-01100An Evangelical Understanding of The Missio Dei as Inclusion of Social Justice: A Critical Theological Reflection.Prof. Godfrey Harold 0Senior Lecturer, Cape Town Baptist Seminary Research Associate, University of Stellenbosch South Africa The term missionary was initially employed in its contemporary sense for emissaries of the Pope and the royal families of Portugal and also Spain who were sent to convert people to Catholicism. Over the last two hundred years, the evangelical idea of mission has been inclined to be defined by people various theological scholars and some have concentrated on the “Great Commission” of Matthew 28. This article critically calls for a re-evaluation of the understanding of mission of within Evangelicalism that focuses on evangelism to be reconstructed to the Integral understanding of the Missio Dei which is a Latin Christian theological term that is generally translated as the "mission of God," or the "sending of God." It is a notion which has become progressively significant in missiology and in obtaining a clear understanding the mission of the church. This refocusing, positions God, the Father, at the centre of his mission and through Jesus Christ invites his church to participate with him on mission. This radical shift, calls for an understanding that the church is on a mission and this mission includes the praxis of social justice. While the contemporary Western world is preoccupied with individualism a belief in the Holy Trinity impels us to be concerned about relationships and society and social justice in general, and thus the values of individual accomplishment in a materialistic world and inter-person and national rivalries must take up very little, if any time at all.https://www.pharosjot.com/uploads/7/1/6/3/7163688/article_16_vol_100_2019_stellenbosch.pdfMissionsocial justiceevangelicalsoteriologypraxis |
| spellingShingle | Prof. Godfrey Harold An Evangelical Understanding of The Missio Dei as Inclusion of Social Justice: A Critical Theological Reflection. Pharos Journal of Theology Mission social justice evangelical soteriology praxis |
| title | An Evangelical Understanding of The Missio Dei as Inclusion of Social Justice: A Critical Theological Reflection. |
| title_full | An Evangelical Understanding of The Missio Dei as Inclusion of Social Justice: A Critical Theological Reflection. |
| title_fullStr | An Evangelical Understanding of The Missio Dei as Inclusion of Social Justice: A Critical Theological Reflection. |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Evangelical Understanding of The Missio Dei as Inclusion of Social Justice: A Critical Theological Reflection. |
| title_short | An Evangelical Understanding of The Missio Dei as Inclusion of Social Justice: A Critical Theological Reflection. |
| title_sort | evangelical understanding of the missio dei as inclusion of social justice a critical theological reflection |
| topic | Mission social justice evangelical soteriology praxis |
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