Mission and Development: God's Work or Good Works?

Author:   Dr Matthew Clarke
Publisher:   Continuum Publishing Corporation
ISBN:  

9781441108111


Pages:   216
Publication Date:   29 March 2012
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Dr Matthew Clarke
Publisher:   Continuum Publishing Corporation
Imprint:   Continuum Publishing Corporation
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.378kg
ISBN:  

9781441108111


ISBN 10:   1441108114
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   29 March 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained

Language:   English

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Good and God: Development and Mission Matthew Clarke Part I: History and Setting 2. Washing Our Dirty Feet: Christ and Development Jonathan Ryan 3. Christian Mission at the Crossroad of Development: Biblical and Magisterial Perspectives Jacob Kavunkal SVD Part II: Theology of Mission and Development 4. Fiji's Methodist Mission and its Role in Development through Education, Agriculture and Self-Governance in the early Twentieth Century Kirstie Close 5. God i givim ples ya long yumi (God has given us this land): The Role of the Church in Building Pacific nations Matthew Clarke 6. The God Factor: Adventism, Medical Missionaries and ‘Development' in Papua New Guinea Brad Watson Part III: Case Studies: Mission Organisations and Development 7. The Micah Mandate: An Evangelical View Steve Bradbury 8. Palms Australia: Missionaries, International Development Volunteers and Beyond: Prophetic Wisdom for Cross-Cultural Engagement Roger O'Halloran 9. Blurring Mission and Development in the Mennonite Central Committee Philip Fountain 10. Uniting World: Partnership for Effective Involvement in Mission including Development Kerry Enright and Vicki-Ann Ware 11. Mission and the Wane of the Secular Gerhard Hoffstaedter and Matthew Clarke Index

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'This collection makes a valuable contribution to understanding developments in Christian mission and the links between mission and development activities, mainly in the Pacific island states. The authors write from the perspective of mission organisations associated with a variety of denominations about theology and practice, historical and contemporary engagement with development activities (including service delivery, community development and political movements), the links and distinctions between mission and evangelism, foreign and local churches, mission organisations and donor agencies. They claim that Christian missions make important and positive contributions to the achievement of development objectives but also, importantly, recognise and explore some of the contradictions and challenges.'--,


'This collection makes a valuable contribution tounderstanding developments in Christian mission and the links between mission anddevelopment activities, mainly in the Pacific island states. The authors write fromthe perspective of mission organisations associated with a variety ofdenominations about theology and practice, historical and contemporary engagementwith development activities (including service delivery, community developmentand political movements), the links and distinctions between mission andevangelism, foreign and local churches, mission organisations and donoragencies. They claim that Christian missions make important and positivecontributions to the achievement of development objectives but also, importantly, recognise and explore some of the contradictions and challenges.'--,


'This collection makes a valuable contribution to understanding developments in Christian mission and the links between mission and development activities, mainly in the Pacific island states. The authors write from the perspective of mission organisations associated with a variety of denominations about theology and practice, historical and contemporary engagement with development activities (including service delivery, community development and political movements), the links and distinctions between mission and evangelism, foreign and local churches, mission organisations and donor agencies. They claim that Christian missions make important and positive contributions to the achievement of development objectives but also, importantly, recognise and explore some of the contradictions and challenges.'--Sanford Lakoff


Author Information

Matthew Clarke is Associate Professor and Head of the School of International and Political Studies, Deakin University, Australia.

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