Mission and Development : God's Work or Good Works?

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clarke, Matthew.

Contributor:

Clarke, Matthew, Contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic assistance.

Missions--Developing countries..

Missions.

Missions--Developing countries.

Local Subjects:

Economic assistance.

Missions--Developing countries..

Missions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Continuum International Publishing, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book considers the implications, consequences, opportunities and constraints faced when mission and development endeavours coincide. This is explored from various perspectives, including that of history, theology and those involved in mission work and missionary organizations. Despite eighty per cent of the worlds population professing religious belief, religion has been largely excluded from consideration of those seeking to achieve development in poorer countries. Moreover, the work of missionaries has often involved the provision of basic welfare services that in many parts of the worl

Contents:

Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Notes on Contributors; chapter1 Introduction: Good and God-Development and Mission; Development Best Practice and Religion; Contents of This Book; Conclusion; Notes; References; Part one - History and Setting; chapter2 Washing Our Dirty Feet: Christ and Development; Introduction; Jesus and Servanthood; Mission and Servanthood; Conclusion; Notes; References; chapter3 Christian Mission at the Crossroads of Development: Biblical and Magisterial Persp; Introduction; Biblical Perspectives; Social Teaching of the Catholic Church

The Social Mission of the ChurchConclusion; Notes; References; Part TWO - Theology of Mission and Development; Introduction; The Mission and the Establishment of the Colonial Administration; Industrial Mission: The Mission and Economic Development Through Agriculture; The Mission and Ideas of Self-Governance; Conclusion; Notes; References; chapter5 God i givim ples ya long yumi (God Has Given Us This Land): The Role of the Church; Introduction; Historical Role of Church in Solomon Islands and Vanuatu; Independence: Church Leaders and Theology of Independence7

Contemporary Role of Church in Solomon Islands and VanuatuThe Church and Contemporary Nation-Building in Melanesia; Conclusion; Notes; References; Introduction; SDA Mission History Prior to World War Two; SDA Mission and Social Work After World War Two; Conclusion; References; Part three - Case Studies: Mission Organizations and Development; chapter7 The Micah Mandate: An Evangelical View; Introduction; Mission and Donors; (Mis)understanding Mission; TEAR Australia; Conclusion; Notes; References

chapte8 Palms Australia: Missionaries, International Development Volunteers and Beyond: Prophetic WiIntroduction; Prophetic Wisdom Enlightens Development: Some Basics; Catalysts for Change: Incongruence and External Pressures; Models of Mission and Church; Prophetic Wisdom Enlightens Development; Conclusion; Notes; References; chapter9 Blurring Mission and Development in the Mennonite Central Committee1; Introduction; Separation of Mission and Development; Mennonite Central Committee; Planting Churches in West Kalimantan; Development in West Kalimantan; Making Indonesian Mennonites

ConclusionNotes; References; chapter10 UnitingWorld: Partnership for Effective Involvement in Mission Including Develo; Introduction; A Protestant Theology of Mission; A Uniting Church Theology of Mission; Integrated Development and Mission: The Key Concept of Partnership; Case Studies: How UnitingWorld Applies These Concepts in Practice; Conclusion; Notes; References; chapter11 Mission and the Wane of the Secular; Introduction; Overcoming Secular Suspicion of Mission and Religion; Reconciliation and Authentic Engagement; Conclusion; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-12379-6

9786613527653

1-4411-5323-3

OCLC:

778454545