Abstract

VAN DE BEEK, A.. Mission as Reconciliation. Acta theol. [online]. 2019, vol.39, suppl.28, pp.16-33. ISSN 2309-9089.  http://dx.doi.org/10.18820/23099089/actat.sup28.2.

For a long time, missiology operated in the paradigm of civilisation and good citizenship. Since the end of the 19^th century, inculturation and social justice have replaced this paradigm. The current focus is on self-affirmation. In his work, Pieter Verster pleads for understanding mission as reconciliation, and this not so much as a variation on social justice, but as a fundamental new relation of God to human beings. Christology is the centre of his missiological paradigm. Renewal of humanity is only possible in the perspective of transcendence: God's coming in Christ and resurrection to eternal life. In this article, it is argued that it will be a great challenge for scholarly missiology and for the churches to accept this new paradigm, which involves a reconsideration of the basic paradigm of Christianity.

Keywords : Missiology; Reconciliation; Christology; Transcendence.

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