Teaching Missiology in and for World Christianity: Content and Method

The article begins with a brief definition of “World Christianity” and elaborates three theses for conceiving the relationship between missiology and theology, the understanding and practice of Christian missions, and the teaching of missiology. I argue that outside missiology there is no theology....

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Published in:International bulletin of mission research
Main Author: Phan, Peter C. 1943- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publishing [2018]
In: International bulletin of mission research
Further subjects:B World Christianity missiology Global North Global South church history conversion church planting Chinese Marginal Christians Justo González cartography topography
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Summary:The article begins with a brief definition of “World Christianity” and elaborates three theses for conceiving the relationship between missiology and theology, the understanding and practice of Christian missions, and the teaching of missiology. I argue that outside missiology there is no theology. I also reject the separation between church history and missiology, the division between the historic churches of the West and the “mission lands” of the rest, and a narrow focus of the goal of Christian missions on conversion and church-planting. Finally, I recommend a shift from “church history” to “history of Christianity.”
ISSN:2396-9407
Contains:Enthalten in: International bulletin of mission research
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/2396939318775265