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Missionary or missional? A study in terminology

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dc.contributor.author Saayman W. en
dc.date.accessioned 2012-11-01T16:31:21Z
dc.date.available 2012-11-01T16:31:21Z
dc.date.issued 2010 en
dc.identifier.citation Missionalia en
dc.identifier.citation 38 en
dc.identifier.citation 1 en
dc.identifier.issn 2569507 en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10500/7094
dc.description.abstract The author attempts to get clarity on the two related terms, missionary and missional, as the former is being replaced more and more in academic writing by the latter term. He finds that there is no clear etymological difference in the terms, as both derive from the root word mission. Writers using the term missional clearly state that they understand mission mainly as missio Dei, which is a well-established term. The difference implied therefore must lie in contextual factors, as missional is used specifically to describe the missio Dei in the North Atlantic. It had its origins in work done by the Gospel and Our Culture Network, and was inspired by the writings of Newbigin and Bosch. The author identifies certain problem areas with the term missional which will have to be considered if the term is used to describe mission in Africa. en
dc.language.iso en en
dc.title Missionary or missional? A study in terminology en
dc.type Review en


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