Beyond Missio Dei

Sarosh Koshy holds a PhD in Christian theology from Drew University, USA. He is a researcher with decades-long work experience with social action groups, faith organizations, and social movements, both in India and the US, and is currently based in New York, USA.

• 1: Introduction: in search of signposts toward a new theological paradigm.- 2: Job, the joban tradition, and the status-quoist nature of mission.- 3: Discernments from the joban tradition: theoretical context and the mission imperative.- 4: Contemporary theological articulations in mission theology and missio dei.- 5: Beyond missio dei: theological resources for the journey.- 6: Witness of god and the risk of proclamation.- 7: Conclusion: behold the marturion dei, witness courageously, and have life abundantly.

“In Beyond Missio Dei, Sarosh Koshy highlights the problematic aspect of understanding Christian mission as missio Dei and offers the notion of witness as an alternative path toward a postcolonial mission. … As an Anabaptist Christian, I welcome Koshy’s notion of discipleship as a never-ending process of ‘becoming’ Christian … .” (Luis Tapia Rubio, Anabaptist Witness, Vol. 11 (2), October, 2024)