Decolonizing Mission

Harvey C. Kwiyani (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

240 Seiten

2025
SCM Press (Verlag)
978-0-334-06319-3 (ISBN)

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For the past 500 years, the idea of the mission of God has been synonymous with that of the expansion of the Western civilisation and its influence in the world. Christianity, being the religious foundation of the Western civilisation as it stands today, has both justified and been used as an instrument for the domination of the world by Western imperial forces. Mission methods have developed that use western supremacy and militarism as a justifiable means to convert the world and make disciples for Christ. In Decolonizing Mission, Harvey Kwiyani traces the history of Christian mission alongside the history of empire, showing the influence that one had on the other. Imagining what mission without imperialism would look like, Kwiyani sheds light on the connection between colonialism and mission and invites us to realign our missional methods with God's.

Harvey C. Kwiyani is the Director of the Centre for Global Witness and Human Migration (aka The ACTS 11 Project) at Church Mission Society, where he also leads postgraduate studies in African Christianity. His previous books include Multicultural Kingdom. Originally from Malawi, he was previously the CEO of the Evangelical Mission Association (Global Connections) and a lecturer at Liverpool Hope University.

Acknowledgements

Preface
Introduction
1We need an English Colony here
2Jesus, his mission, and the Empire
3Taking Jesus to Rome
4To dominate and Christianise
5Whoever wishes to serve as a soldier
6Mission and Colonialism in the 19th and 20th Centuries
7Decolonising Mission Language
8Mission According to the Colonised
9We need a new Missiology

Erscheinungsdatum	18.08.2025
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	135 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Moraltheologie / Sozialethik
ISBN-10	0-334-06319-1 / 0334063191
ISBN-13	978-0-334-06319-3 / 9780334063193
Zustand	Neuware