Interrogating the Language of “Self” and “Other” in the History of Modern Christian Mission
Contestation, Subversion, and Re-imagination
Missional Church, Public Theology, World Christianity
Published by: Wipf and Stock Publishers
164 Pages, 6.00 x 9.00 x 0.33 in
- Paperback
- 9781532674303
- Published: August 2020
- Hardcover
- 9781532674310
- Published: August 2020
- eBook
- 9781532674327
- Published: August 2020
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This book offers a critical analysis of the use of language in mission studies. Language and Christian missionary activity intersect in complicated ways to objectify the other in cross-cultural situations. Rethinking missiological language is both urgent and necessary to subvert narratives that continue to fetishize the other as cultural stereotypes. The project takes a step forward to reconceptualize otherness as gift, and such an affirmation should create a pathway for human flourishing and furthermore, open new avenues for missiological exploration to address issues arising from a world dominated by bigoted discourses, lies, and hate speech.