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Niemandt, Cornelius Johannes Petrus (Nelus)
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2016-02-24T15:41:08Z |
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dc.date.available |
2016-02-24T15:41:08Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2015 |
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dc.description.abstract |
In this research, the 2013 mission affirmation of the World Council of Churches’
(WCC), Together towards life – Mission and evangelism in changing landscapes
(TTL), is evaluated through a rather unique hermeneutical lens by interpreting and
assessing the ecumenical discourse in the light of the book by Kester Brewin,
Mutiny, Why we love pirates and how they can save us (2012), and by integrating
these insights.
The research acknowledges the emphasis on life-affirming mission in TTL, and the
approach that a theological bridge is established between the Christian faith, secular
worldviews, indigenous religions, and wisdom traditions, because the gospel is
good news for all of creation. The following questions are investigated in the light of
this: How can the idea of life be reconciled with the mission of God? What is the content
and scope of “life” and what is “life” all about? The focus is on the economicpolitical-
social consequences of adapting “life” as a theological point of departure.
The research integrates a re-evaluation of piracy, as unpacked by Brewin, with the
missional endeavour of discernment and the discovery of what “fullness of life” can
mean in our day and times. It discusses piracy and mission as: resistance against the
idolatry in the free-market economy; the restoration of the commons and koinonia in
places where relationships flourish; living in the margins; and economic and ecological
liberation in the Kingdom as a place of freedom. |
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dc.description.librarian |
am2015 |
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dc.description.uri |
http://www.missionalia.journals.ac.za |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Niemandt, N 2015, 'Together towards life : sailing with pirates', Missionalia : Southern African Journal of Mission Studies, vol. 43, no. 3, pp. 336-348. |
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dc.identifier.issn |
0256-9507 |
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dc.identifier.other |
10.7832/43-3-88 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/2263/51534 |
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en |
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dc.publisher |
University of South Africa, Department of Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology |
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University of South Africa, Department of Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology |
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dc.subject |
Life in fullness |
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dc.subject |
Mission from the margins |
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dc.subject |
Piracy |
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dc.subject |
Defending the commons |
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dc.subject |
Economic freedom |
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dc.subject |
Together towards life (TTL) |
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dc.subject |
World Council of Churches (WCC) |
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dc.title |
Together towards life : sailing with pirates |
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dc.type |
Article |
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