Černý, Pavel (2007) Vztah teologie a misiologie: Misijní hermeneutika [Relationship of Theology and Missiology: Mission Hermeneutics]. In: Do we need missiology? And if so, why do we not teach it and develop it systematically?, June 2007, Prague, CZ. (Unpublished)
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Before we start discussing the relationship between theology and missiology, we must briefly look at their content and the development of their mutual understanding. 1. Theology The understanding of theology has gone through a long historical development and the individual definitions oscillate from an everyday thinking about one's faith to highly academic expressions and terms. Wolfgang Trillhaas, for example, sees theology as a "reflective self-understanding of faith."1 Theology implies the wish to think about the reality of faith as deeply as possible and about its relationship to other sources of knowledge about life.2 Other authors look at theology from a more intellectual point and emphasize rational thinking or speech about God or an intellectual discourse of God. Theology is, according to this concept, a discipline helping the trained mind come to a more comprehensive and justified judgment about the claims of faith.3 The Enlightenment of the 18th century forced the Christians of the Western world to defend their understanding of theology and its position within the university framework. It was the beginning of the efforts to defend theology as a legitimate science. The Reformed theologian Charles Hodge calls theology "a science about the facts of God's revelation", while E. H. Bancroft claims that theology is "a science about God and the relationship between God and the universe".4 The situation changes in the 1960s with the development of a number of liberation theologies. The emphasis is more often put on the practical character of theology and a reflection of the practice. Theology is no longer just a field of study of narrow intellectual groups but becomes a theme of a dialogue. Gustavo Gutiéreez understands theology "as a critical reflection on historical praxis in the light of the Word" and this definition became quite well known and accepted.5 2. Missiology We should remember that until the 16th century the word mission was used for describing the doctrine of the Trinity. The verb mitto (to send) referred to the task of Jesus Christ who was sent to Earth by God the Father to fulfill the work of salvation. It was the true and real Missio Dei-God's mission in this world.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Christological matrix; Mission matrix; Multicultural hermeneutics |
| Subjects: | B Mission theology/theory > Mission-Biblical teaching B Mission theology/theory > Missio Dei B Mission theology/theory > Missional ecclesiology B Mission theology/theory > Contextualization/Inculturation |
| Divisions: | Central Europe > Czech Republic |
| Depositing User: | Users 3 not found. |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Sep 2020 21:08 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Feb 2024 17:06 |
| URI: | https://ceeamsprints.osims.org/id/eprint/1792 |
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