The in-between people : a reading of David Bosch through the lens of mission history and contemporary challenges in Ethiopia / Girma Bekele ; with a foreword by Jonathan J. Bonk.
2011
266.0092 B424i 2011
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Title
The in-between people : a reading of David Bosch through the lens of mission history and contemporary challenges in Ethiopia / Girma Bekele ; with a foreword by Jonathan J. Bonk.
Author
ISBN
1608992691
9781608992690
9781608992690
Imprint
Eugene, Or. : Pickwick Publications, ©2011.
Language
English
Description
xvi, 461 pages ; 23 cm
Call Number
266.0092 B424i 2011
System Control No.
(OCoLC)712630324
(OCoLC)712630324
(OCoLC)712630324
Summary
"In the midst of partial, competing, and often hostile forms of human solidarity, David Bosch challenged the church to be the Alternative Community called to live in the in-between of various opposing socio-political, economic, and ecclesiastical polarities. Girma Bekele explores and renews that call in the context of Ethiopia. Acute poverty and the lingering question of the balance between ethnic distinctiveness and national unity, together constitute a two-edged challenge to Christian identity. Constructive dialogue that fosters unity is intrinsic to effective response to the plight of the poor. This means a turning away from institutional self-preservation towards a contextually relevant mission that crosses all human-made frontiers. Taking Ethiopia as the immediate context, Dr. Bekele offers important insight to the church in the majority world and beyond."--Publisher website.
Note
Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of St. Michael's College, 2009 under title: Listening to the cry of Hagar : David Bosch's theology of the missional alternative community viewed through the lens of Christian mission in Ethiopia.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-444) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Bosch's world
Biographical sketch
Bosch's theological development : from Witness to the world to Transforming mission
Introduction to Bosch's analysis of paradigm shifts in the history of mission
Mission, evangelism and theology : setting the horizon for the identity of the in-between people
Crown and clergy : an excursion to the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Some remarks on crown-clergy dynamics and Ethiopianism as paradoxical ideology
Protestantism in Ethiopia : a paradigm shift or proselytism gone wrong?
The New Testament foundation of mission
The in-between people and the quest for social justice
The cry of the poor : the sociological context
Post-Derge challenges and opportunities for contemporary churches
A move towards contemporary mission praxis : the emerging collaborative ecumenical diakonia.
Biographical sketch
Bosch's theological development : from Witness to the world to Transforming mission
Introduction to Bosch's analysis of paradigm shifts in the history of mission
Mission, evangelism and theology : setting the horizon for the identity of the in-between people
Crown and clergy : an excursion to the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Some remarks on crown-clergy dynamics and Ethiopianism as paradoxical ideology
Protestantism in Ethiopia : a paradigm shift or proselytism gone wrong?
The New Testament foundation of mission
The in-between people and the quest for social justice
The cry of the poor : the sociological context
Post-Derge challenges and opportunities for contemporary churches
A move towards contemporary mission praxis : the emerging collaborative ecumenical diakonia.
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