Cathy Ross
Biographic Data
| ID | 7546473 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cathy Ross |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cathy |
| FAMILY NAME | Ross |
| SIGNATURE | ROSS C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Oxford Centre for Mission Studies |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3551-0118 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Encountering our own whiteness
This article emerged out of a debrief as a result of putting together a journal issue on race, mission, and colonialism. We found this to be a challenging, confronting, and learning experience where we encountered our whiteness, sometimes in unexpected ways. We were able to uncover this by a series of conversations during which we discovered new and troubling insights about the process which had made us deeply uncomfortable. The autoethnographic …
Hope is tough
This paper seeks to understand the nature of hope by drawing on the Biblical books of Lamentations and 1 Peter as well as insights from contemporary commentators. I explore how the experience of the Israelites was one of articulating the pain and remaining with it. They did not rush through, but expressed it and sat with it. Naming and articulating the pain and grief is a form of hope in itself. It begins to give some agency and some way of encou…
David Smith, Liberating the Gospel
Mission
This chapter discusses Anglican practice of and engagement in mission, concluding with some suggested future trajectories. The Five Marks of Mission are considered in some detail along with other contextual trends such as the church growth movement, mission-shaped church and Fresh Expressions of church which have been influential throughout parts of the Anglican Communion. The theology of missio Dei is discussed along with the importance of conte…
Practical Theology and Missiology – Can They Live Together
The relationship between the academic disciplines of practical theology and missiology is explored critically in this soap box article. Their commonalities and differences are rehearsed and a case is made for their “living together” in a fruitful and creative relationship, not least because of the worldwide perspective that missiology carries with it
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Practical Theology and Missiology – Can They Live Together
The relationship between the academic disciplines of practical theology and missiology is explored critically in this soap box article. Their commonalities and differences are rehearsed and a case is made for their “living together” in a fruitful and creative relationship, not least because of the worldwide perspective that missiology carries with it
Mission
This chapter discusses Anglican practice of and engagement in mission, concluding with some suggested future trajectories. The Five Marks of Mission are considered in some detail along with other contextual trends such as the church growth movement, mission-shaped church and Fresh Expressions of church which have been influential throughout parts of the Anglican Communion. The theology of missio Dei is discussed along with the importance of conte…
David Smith, Liberating the Gospel
Hope is tough
This paper seeks to understand the nature of hope by drawing on the Biblical books of Lamentations and 1 Peter as well as insights from contemporary commentators. I explore how the experience of the Israelites was one of articulating the pain and remaining with it. They did not rush through, but expressed it and sat with it. Naming and articulating the pain and grief is a form of hope in itself. It begins to give some agency and some way of encou…
Encountering our own whiteness
This article emerged out of a debrief as a result of putting together a journal issue on race, mission, and colonialism. We found this to be a challenging, confronting, and learning experience where we encountered our whiteness, sometimes in unexpected ways. We were able to uncover this by a series of conversations during which we discovered new and troubling insights about the process which had made us deeply uncomfortable. The autoethnographic …
Philosophy (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Christian Theology and Mission (4 works) · Religion, Society, and Development (4 works) · Theology (4 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Agency (philosophy (1 work)