Salvation in a Wounded World. Towards a Spectral Theology of Mission
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11295996 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Judith Gruber (0000-0002-4277-0586, Professor of Systematic Theology and Director of the Centre of Liberation Theologies, KU Leuven Leuven Belgium, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 374-396 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-16 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mission Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0168-9789 • E-ISSN: 1573-3831 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15733831-12341737 |
| OpenAlex | W2999623384 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This article argues that there is a growing discrepancy between theological and critical approaches to mission: while critical mission studies have abandoned teleological frameworks for the narration of mission history, historico-theological teleologies still prove to be influential in theological conceptualizations of mission. As a result, there is a lack of theological language that can respond constructively to the interdisciplinary re-reading of mission history – mission theology is immunized from the interdisciplinary critique of mission history. Based on this diagnosis, this article asks what kind of theological approach can account for the complex entanglements of Christian knowledge production into the deadly politics of modern colonialism. Taking an interdisciplinary approach that intersects theology and postcolonial trauma studies, it investigates the narratives of decolonization that emerged around the recent renovation of the Afrika Museum in Brussels, Belgium, and develops from this analysis building blocks towards a ‘spectral theology.’
Theology · Christian Theology and Mission · Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies · Philosophy · Religion, Society, and Development
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |