Missiological Mutilations – Prospective Paralogies : Language and Power in Contemporary Mission Theory
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
3631555105
ISBN-13
9783631555101
Publisher
Peter Lang AG
Imprint
Peter Lang AG
Country of Manufacture
DE
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 24th, 2007
Print length
290 Pages
Weight
402 grams
Dimensions
15.00 x 21.00 x 1.90 cms
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The aim of this study is to demonstrate intrinsic power structures in language patterns of contemporary Christian mission theories. Bringing in questions and concerns raised by postcolonial theory and critical discourse analysis, the study explores the structuralist ideologies behind modern epistemology and – it is maintained – the associated «modern» language patterns. Based on discourse analyses of language and terminology employed by a number of significant contemporary mission theorists the author in conclusion points towards a widespread use of ‘power language’ within the modern mission movement. Eventually the study moves from critical analysis into theological construction suggesting a mission theory based on postmodern assumptions, both reconciled with religious diversity through ‘paralogies’ (Jean-François Lyotard) and acknowledging the unavoidable relativity of any theological claim.
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