Decolonizing Mission

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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For the past 500 years, the idea of the mission of God has been synonymous with that of the expansion of the Western civilisation and its influence in the world. Christianity, being the religious foundation of the Western civilisation as it stands today, has both justified and been used as an instrument for the domination of the world by Western imperial forces. Mission methods have developed that use western supremacy and militarism as a justifiable means to convert the world and make disciples for Christ. In Decolonizing Mission, Harvey Kwiyani traces the history of Christian mission alongside the history of empire, showing the influence that one had on the other. Imagining what mission without imperialism would look like, Kwiyani sheds light on the connection between colonialism and mission and invites us to realign our missional methods with God's.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2025-08-29
Mått135 x 216 x 20 mm
Vikt312 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor240
FörlagSCM Press
ISBN9780334063193

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Harvey C. Kwiyani is the Director of the Centre for Global Witness and Human Migration (aka The ACTS 11 Project) at Church Mission Society, where he also leads postgraduate studies in African Christianity. His previous books include Multicultural Kingdom. Originally from Malawi, he was previously the CEO of the Evangelical Mission Association (Global Connections) and a lecturer at Liverpool Hope University.

Here is the passionate voice of a rising scholar from the global South, exposing the entanglement of the gospel with the systemic legacy of European expansionism, white supremacy and the civilizing mission of colonialism. Carrying painful memories of his own family’s abuse in colonial Nyasaland, he shows the way to credible postcolonial evangelizing. This is a clarion call for mission scholars and practitioners across the globe to unlearn the divisive and destructive habits of the past by developing a decolonizing mission together.