Missio Dei

Is There Any Common Ground

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ID11295690
AuthorsRolf Kjøde (0000-0001-6829-5624, Associate Professor, Department of Theology, Religion and Philosophy, NLA University College Bergen Norway, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume39
Issue2
Pages219-246
Publication date2022-06-07
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMission Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0168-9789 • E-ISSN: 1573-3831
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1163/15733831-12341848
OpenAlexW4283819611
LanguageEN
References cited17

Missio Dei has become a common and valued expression in most wings of the church. To what extent do we mean the same thing when we use this term? This article explores the understanding of the concept missio Dei in contemporary conciliar and evangelical contexts, with special emphasis on The Cape Town Commitment and Together towards Life . Although missio Dei has had a turbulent life with diverse definitions and connected interests in the relatively short time span of the term, there seems to be a growing convergence in its usage. This common ground is primarily connected to the change from an ecclesiocentric to a Trinitarian paradigm of mission and to understanding the kingdom of God as the goal of mission. There are, however, differences in the documents, and these are evident in the relative emphases they give to the centrality of Christ and the role of the Spirit

Centrality · Common ground · Convergence (economics · Ecclesiology · Environmental ethics · History of religions · Sociology · Theology · Christian Theology and Mission · Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies · Philosophy · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious studies

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