MISSION AS PROPHETIC DIALOGUE

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MISSION AS PROPHETIC DIALOGUE
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Mission as Prophetic Dialogue

• Previous 3 chapters presented
• Mission as participation in the life and mission
  of Trinity
• Mission as continuation of Jesus mission to
  preach and witness Gods Reign
• Mission as the proclamation of Christ as the only
  savior

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Prophetic dialogue and post-colonial realities

• To understand Gods unfathomable riches
• Dialogue with - World
• - People
• - Culture
• - Religions
• with humility

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• Prophetic
• Mission entrusted - called
• Mission undertaken - sent out
• Mission challenged - proclaim and witness

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Post-colonial realities

• Economic colonialism - poverty
• Intellectual colonialism - teeming masses
• Religious colonialism - multicultural
• - multireligious
• - different political ideologies

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Post-colonial tools/resources for prophetic
dialogue

• Local narrative
• Oral traditions
• Indigenous literature
• Pain and suffering

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Prophetic Dialogue
Prophetic praxis Proclamation witness
Prophetic spirituality Liturgy Contemplation
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Prophetic Dialogue
Prophetic praxis Proclamation witness
Prophetic spirituality Liturgy Contemplation