The terrible other: Wisdom from Mother Maria of Paris for contemporary missional engagement across boundaries

This article takes up a discussion which began in the journal Missiology around the employment of the concept of the ‘person of peace,’ taken from Luke 10: 6, in contemporary mission. It recognises the difficulties and pitfalls of encountering and engaging others, as neighbours across the boundary o...

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Main Author: Rooms, Nigel (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2025
In: Missiology
Year: 2025, Volume: 53, Issue: 2, Pages: 170-181
IxTheo Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
HC New Testament
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KCD Hagiography; saints
KDF Orthodox Church
NBF Christology
NBJ Mariology
NCA Ethics
RJ Mission; missiology
Further subjects:B Person of peace
B Neighbour
B ascetic
B Mother Maria Skobtsova
B Solidarity
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