Christian Mission in the Contemporary World: A Dialogue between 1 Peter and Postcolonial Critics
The modern missions movement’s relationship with colonialism has brought to light many problems with contemporary conceptions of Christian mission. For many, the Bible often becomes, in the words of Tinyiko Sam Maluleke, the “colonial text par excellence.” This paper seeks to highlight – in dialogue...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2021
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Horizons in biblical theology
Year: 2021, Volume: 43, Issue: 2, Pages: 119-145 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Petrusbrief 1. 2
/ Mission (international law
/ Identity
/ Colonialism
/ Postcolonialism
/ Reciprocity
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Bibel. Petrusbrief, 1., 2,9-17
B Postcolonial B Colonialism B Mutuality B Identity B Mission (international law B 1 Peter |
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| Summary: | The modern missions movement’s relationship with colonialism has brought to light many problems with contemporary conceptions of Christian mission. For many, the Bible often becomes, in the words of Tinyiko Sam Maluleke, the “colonial text par excellence.” This paper seeks to highlight – in dialogue with postcolonial critics – how 1 Pet 2:9–17 can instead provide the foundation for a theology of mission relevant to the contemporary context. First Peter distinctively anchors Christian mission in one’s Christian identity and clarifies how that identity transforms one’s relationship to one’s culture as well as to power structures in that culture. In doing so, 1 Peter eschews a triumphalist attitude and instead embodies values shared by theorists of postcolonial mission, namely narrativity, mutuality, and humility. |
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| ISSN: | 1871-2207 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Horizons in biblical theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18712207-12341429 |