Mission as accompaniment : a response to mechanistic dehumanization / Brian E. Konkol.
Series: Emerging scholarsPublication details: Minneapolis : Fortress Press, c2017.Description: xiv, 289 pages : charts ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781506418506
- 1506418503
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Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2015 under title: From anesthetic to advocacy through Mission as Accompaniment : towards a more effective response from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's Global Mission to Mechanistic Dehumanization.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-286) and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. Mechanistic dehumanization -- 3. Mission as accompaniment -- 4. The olive agenda -- 5. Ubuntu -- 6. Toward a response to mechanistic dehumanization -- Conclusion.
Mission as accompaniment emerges from both Latin American theology and a development methodology; it involves "walking together in solidarity that practices interdependence and mutuality" and is thus viewed as a suitable foundation to counteract dehumanization. This study argues that mission as accompaniment has not yet offered an adequate response to mechanistic dehumanization. It argues further that two additional elements-the African concept of Ubuntu, and an Olive Agenda-when integrated into mission as accompaniment, will better equip church companions to respond more effectively to mechanistic dehumanization.
