Transformation-An International Journal of Holistic Mission Studies最新文献

{"title":"Women Academics in Theological and Mission Organisations","authors":"A. Moseley, Mark Oxbrow","doi":"10.1177/02653788231189149","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02653788231189149","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reports on a small-scale inquiry into the experience of female scholars undertaking post-graduate research in a British mission research centre working primarily with students from international backgrounds. Drawing on previous research literature, survey and interview data is used to identify social, financial, gendered and theological factors that impact women in terms of their entry into academia, flourishing and advancement in that contact. It suggests that academic institutions, systemic processes and measures of achievement are currently largely ‘designed by men for men’ and act to exclude women who do not approach research within male structures. It suggests that measures of achievement are different for men and women and that there are systemic issues in an academic system designed by men which are restrictive for men as well as women. A healthy academic institution needs to value mutual support, accomplishment and belonging, providing mentors, role models and networks of support.","PeriodicalId":41530,"journal":{"name":"Transformation-An International Journal of Holistic Mission Studies","volume":"40 1","pages":"255 - 265"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44900052","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Book Review: Interpreting Your World: Five Lenses for Engaging Theology and Culture by Justin Ariel Bailey","authors":"Robert Mao","doi":"10.1177/02653788231184594","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02653788231184594","url":null,"abstract":"Justin Ariel Bailey (PhD) has served as a pastor and is an associate professor of theology at Dordt University. His writing Interpreting Your World is orientated by Professor Kevin Vanhoozer’s introduction to cultural hermeneutics about 20 years ago. A pastor’s primary task is preaching and ministering the Word of God; therefore, the original and contemporary cultural contexts must be considered to bring the Word effectively to bear upon the world. As culture is like religion, it shapes one’s heart to longing for the Word of God. In the failed world, humans disconnect from God, and are formed by the culture in which we are hardwired in our everyday lives, even how we read and interpret the Bible. Bailey’s five lenses enable “the dialogue between theology and the culture” (p. xi). He did not treat theology and culture at the two ends of the spectrum, but culture as active “lived theology” that both interprets our world. The Holy Spirit and the Word of God are spiritual formation agencies. Nevertheless, understanding the culture and its function brings the Word in its cultural contexts as a “powerful means of spiritual formation on earth” (p. xii). Bailey also saw culture as broadly synonymous with the “world” as opposed to God’s world, the kingdom of God. Therefore, the dialogue between the two worlds is essential. The book aims to engage culture and theology conversation transformed from our cultural worldview to a Christian worldview in response to the Creator, the triune God. Bailey’s noble goal in his book is to discipline the cultural imagination. The strongest argument is that there is not a simple method of rejection and replacement of culture, nor a simple engagement of culture, but rather an emplacement of culture. If one sees the conversation between theology and culture as comparing what they say, theology takes a superior perspective, and the culture is always on the wrong side. Bailey introduced a new metaphor that the conversation must consider “what” is said, the content, “how” it is said, the context, and “who” is speaking, the connection to the conversation partner. In this approach, culture is treated as a text for us to discern its meaning and see it more through different lenses. Further, Bailey gives three different cultural literary prepositions for the conversation: First, the theology of culture sees culture as a “work” we do. It is renewed in every generation by evaluating, justifying, or orienting our current cultural activities in light of biblical-theological views rooted in Scripture and Christian traditions of interpretation. Second, the theology from culture sees culture as a “world” we discern. It seeks to identify and resist any theological visions of an imaginative universe that implicitly emerge from various cultural artifacts. Lastly, the theology for culture aims at our imagination and sees culture as a “web”weweave and share with others. It draws biblical-theological resources to create and cultivate our commu","PeriodicalId":41530,"journal":{"name":"Transformation-An International Journal of Holistic Mission Studies","volume":"40 1","pages":"266 - 267"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44371095","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Contemporary Ecumenical Missiology and the Renewal of Christian Theology","authors":"K. Ross","doi":"10.1177/02653788231178197","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02653788231178197","url":null,"abstract":"There is a symbiotic relationship between mission and theology – they need each other. Just as the conception and practice of Christian mission have been renewed and refreshed through theological creativity, this article explores how Christian theology might be enriched by insights from contemporary ecumenical missiology. It makes particular reference to the World Council of Churches 2012 mission affirmation Together Towards Life: Mission and Evangelism in Changing Landscapes and the Arusha Call to Discipleship issued by the 2018 WCC World Mission Conference held at Arusha, Tanzania. Drawing on these seminal texts, the article considers what it means to do theology with life itself at stake, the question of agency in theology, and the role of spirituality, discipleship and transformation in the construction of theology. It concludes by turning to the question of education and formation, proposing that in today's context, theologians need to be formed as “organic intellectuals.”","PeriodicalId":41530,"journal":{"name":"Transformation-An International Journal of Holistic Mission Studies","volume":"40 1","pages":"181 - 191"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43476058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Book Review: Movement Catalysts: Profile of an Apostolic Leader by E. Prinz","authors":"Lucius R. Burch","doi":"10.1177/02653788231167696","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02653788231167696","url":null,"abstract":"Building upon the foundation he laid in his doctoral dissertation at Columbia International University, Emanuel Prinz self-published Movement Catalysts: Profile of an Apostolic Leader in August of 2022. Prinz bases his book on data about church planting movements (CPMs) gleaned by Dr David Garrison while he was at the International Mission Board (IMB) of the Southern Baptist Convention, but he specifically focuses on the various characteristics and best practices of those movements’ leaders. His research produces a qualitative snapshot of the catalytic leader most common within documented CPMs. Although much has been written and discussed in missiological circles regarding CPMs, Prinz notes that relatively little attention has been given to the leadership makeup within those movements. Labeling such leadership as apostolic, his primary thesis is that “the person of the apostolic leader is the key element that determines whether or not a movement launches, not the method he or she employs” (Prinz, 2022, p. 5). Prinz analyzes those leaders’ common characteristics and best practices to craft a profile for successful missional leadership. In eight chapters, Prinz outlines his research methodology, presents a brief literature review, offers the results from the data collected, and summarizes the findings with implications and conclusions. In chapter 1, Prinz relates his rationale for the study and establishes some benchmarks. He defines his research scope within the IMB’s empirical documentation of 45 CPMs among 33 ethnic groups in fourteen countries. He also shows some biblical understanding of the apostolic leader as a catalyst in those movements. This establishes a foundation for his argument that the catalyst is the most critical factor in facilitating a CPM. Chapter 2 reviews secular and Christian literature on leadership theory and CPMs. The net result identifies 41 traits that describe an apostolic leader. However, he notes minimal consensus within the literature reviewed. Therefore, Prinz chooses to include only those traits which “have the comparatively largest amount of agreement among authors” (Prinz, 2022, p. 36). He justifies his omissions as irrelevant to the study. He also assigns a connected appendix to discuss counter ideas as rival explanations. Chapter 3 reveals the teaming data, which Prinz also illustrates in his appendices. Examining the ministry approaches of Disciple-Making Movements, Training for Trainers, Insider Movements, and C5 contextualization, he describes the team makeup of those in catalytic leadership in CPMs, with the great majority having only one or two members on a leadership team. He describes the varying roles consigned to team members within those different approaches. In chapter 4, Prinz identifies traits and competencies in effective movement catalysts using the raw data self-reported by those in leadership. Eleven of those are present in all catalysts, and an additional 23 characteristics and competencies a","PeriodicalId":41530,"journal":{"name":"Transformation-An International Journal of Holistic Mission Studies","volume":"40 1","pages":"268 - 269"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41677786","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Christian Migrants and Their Living Faith in Mission: An Indonesian Perspective","authors":"Raymundus Sudhiarsa","doi":"10.1177/02653788231151358","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02653788231151358","url":null,"abstract":"The main problem highlighted in this essay is the challenges being faced by Christian migrants in Indonesia. They are expected to succeed in overcoming the cross-cultural problems within their Christian communities, and externally to take part in building a fellowship beyond their own groups. Indonesia's multireligious and multicultural landscape has suffered in the past few decades from the politics of identity. The Christian migrants have also been affected by this. Whilst they need support in formulating afresh their Christian identity, they also require a broader intercultural mindset. Through observations, focus group discussions and literature reviews, the paper tries to formulate the role Christian migrants can explore in their cross-cultural contexts. The basic position it takes is that the Catholic migrants (a case in this paper) are also agents of mission and that migration is to some extent a process of building bridges among diverse peoples in society. The paper argues that there is a need for the migrants to be equipped with intercultural competencies and interreligious spirituality.","PeriodicalId":41530,"journal":{"name":"Transformation-An International Journal of Holistic Mission Studies","volume":"59 1","pages":"119 - 130"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74378470","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Muslim Diasporas: An Examination of the Issues of the Second and Third Generation Muslims in Europe","authors":"I. Ghatas","doi":"10.1177/02653788231161338","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02653788231161338","url":null,"abstract":"This article studies the issues of the emerging second and third generations of post-war Muslim migrants in Europe. There has always been some presence of Muslims in Europe, but immigrants who came in the post-Second World War (WWII) period represent the majority of today's Muslim diasporas in Europe. They are referred to as the ‘first generation’. This division is made to distinguish between those who had moved permanently to a country other than their country of birth, from the second/third-generation immigrants referring to those who were born in Europe. This article explores issues of second and third-generation Muslims in Europe, contrasting and comparing them with their parents’ experiences. Family socialisation has significant effects supporting the effective transmission of religious identification, belief and practices to the next generation. The younger generations may receive a ‘transmitted package of heritage’ from the first generation, but they are not born in a vacuum, rather are exposed to a different mainstream cultural identity coming from the media, non-Muslim (The term non-Muslim refers to anyone who does not define himself as belonging to or practising the Islamic faith.) friends and educational institutions in the new environments. They are not expected to be just passive recipients. They try to relate to both heritages and negotiate in such a way as to maintain relations with family and achieve full European citizenship. For the younger generations in Europe, greater contact and exchange between the races and cultures is the key towards the future even if it is contested within their own community.","PeriodicalId":41530,"journal":{"name":"Transformation-An International Journal of Holistic Mission Studies","volume":"25 1","pages":"156 - 168"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84866503","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Opportunities and Challenges of Theological Education and Missional Formation in the 4IR: A Paradigm Shift","authors":"Hannes Knoetze","doi":"10.1177/02653788231163808","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02653788231163808","url":null,"abstract":"In discussing the opportunities and challenges of theological education within a ‘glocal’ context, which in the context of this article is focussing on Africa, African Traditional Religions, other living faiths, post-Christendom, illiteracy, traditionalism, secularisation and the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), are all part of a paradigm shift. Addressing this paradigm shift, the article will at least address the following three issues. First, the re-examining of some methodological aspects of our curriculums. The second aspect I would call human- (student and educator) centred awareness, or it can also be called ‘knowledge-constitutive interest’. The third aspect of theological education has to do with the fact that theological education does not take place ‘out there’ but is a life transforming and very personal issue that has to do with praxis, a way of life.","PeriodicalId":41530,"journal":{"name":"Transformation-An International Journal of Holistic Mission Studies","volume":"40 1","pages":"202 - 211"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44090935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Editorial Introduction","authors":"David Emmanuel Singh","doi":"10.1177/02653788231154834","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02653788231154834","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41530,"journal":{"name":"Transformation-An International Journal of Holistic Mission Studies","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134904577","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Barriers for Believers in Christ from Muslim Backgrounds: A Case from North America","authors":"Sam Kim","doi":"10.1177/02653788231151884","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02653788231151884","url":null,"abstract":"Despite increasing numbers of converts from Islam, there are still difficulties for Believers in Christ from Muslim Backgrounds (BMBs) to become part of their local churches. Their understanding and expectation of churches are often vastly different from the reality on the ground. In addition, they also often have diverse practical issues that prevent a smooth integration within their adoptive Christian communities. This article reflects on the perspectives of BMBs related to their difficulties and barriers to fully embracing their new faith or belonging in local churches in North America. It also outlines the normative shape of faith communities in Islam and Christianity and suggests how local churches may better serve converts by encouraging closer belonging and informed discipleship.","PeriodicalId":41530,"journal":{"name":"Transformation-An International Journal of Holistic Mission Studies","volume":"81 1","pages":"169 - 178"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72934996","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"‘Forgiveness’ in Building Bridges With Muslims: An Intertextual Analysis of the Joseph's Narrative","authors":"Hanna Hyun","doi":"10.1177/02653788231151359","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02653788231151359","url":null,"abstract":"Joseph's story in Genesis 37–50 is well-known among Christians. It is similar to the Torah's account of Yōsef's life. The Islamic version celebrates the triumph of the virtuous. In contrast, the biblical narrative highlights the unwavering loyalty of Joseph to his family and forgiveness; an account that could serve as a model for coexistence and fostering harmonious interfaith relations. In this article, the Qurʾānic story of al-Yῡsuf, as well as the Jewish and Christian interpretations of the same story, are used for an intertextual interpretation. Drawing from the idea of ‘from the foreign to the familiar,’ the author describes Joseph's story in Islamic, Jewish and Christian traditions in that sequence. Joseph's story, she suggests, has valuable lessons for the Jews, Christians and Muslims who are connected with each other in a sense through this common narrative; she argues that an intertextual reading of similar narratives in their traditional sources has promise for building bridges between them.","PeriodicalId":41530,"journal":{"name":"Transformation-An International Journal of Holistic Mission Studies","volume":"11 1","pages":"143 - 155"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80418054","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}