Diakonia Trinitatis Dei as/and Transformational Development

The paper acknowledges that different agencies acting against poverty and participating in poverty alleviation use different languages, for example, diakonia versus development and transformational development, while dealing with the same issues. Against the background of poverty in South Africa as...

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Auteur principal: Knoetze, Hannes (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: [2019]
Dans: The ecumenical review
Année: 2019, Volume: 71, Numéro: 1/2, Pages: 147-160
Classifications IxTheo:CH Christianisme et société
HA Bible
KBN Afrique subsaharienne
NBC Dieu
NCC Éthique sociale
RJ Mission
RK Diaconie
Sujets non-standardisés:B Poverty
B Development
B Diakonia
B Missio Dei
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Résumé:The paper acknowledges that different agencies acting against poverty and participating in poverty alleviation use different languages, for example, diakonia versus development and transformational development, while dealing with the same issues. Against the background of poverty in South Africa as well as development policies from South Africa, this paper discusses the importance of diakonia as founded in the trinitarian God, Father, Son, and Spirit. Using a missional paradigm, the paper discusses the missio Dei as it unites with the covenant, forgiveness, empowerment, and to make God known. The paper concludes that although diakonia has a more holistic and comprehensive approach, it is important to use language which is generally understood and accepted. It therefore suggests using the term "transformational development" to educate society about the concept of diakonia.
ISSN:1758-6623
Contient:Enthalten in: The ecumenical review
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/erev.12406