Mission as breaking down walls, opening gates and empowering traders : from contextualisation to deep contextualisation

dc.contributor.authorNiemandt, Cornelius Johannes Petrus (Nelus)
dc.contributor.emailnelus.niemandt@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-30T09:13:21Z
dc.date.available2017-10-30T09:13:21Z
dc.date.issued2017-08-31
dc.description.abstractThe research addressed the issue of symbolic walls that divide, segregate, preserve and institutionalise. The way in which institutions and especially the Faculty of Theology at the University of Pretoria facilitated symbolic ‘walls’ was discussed in the overview of the Department of Science of Religion and Missiology in the first century of the Faculty of Theology. The concepts of ‘gatekeepers’ and ‘traders’ were then applied because walls, paradoxically, need gates to facilitate control, movement and, eventually, life. Gatekeepers were described as the guardians of the status quo, and traders as agents who, in one way or another, facilitate movement, trade, flow and life in the midst of the shadows of walls. Missionaries are, by the very nature of the missionary enterprise, more traders than gatekeepers. Here, the work of Bosch – specifically his ground-breaking work on mission as contextualisation – provides an explanation of the art of mission as breaking down walls, opening gates and empowering traders. That is precisely why Missiology is particularly well suited to assist the church and theology in the art of breaking down walls. The theological imperative of contextualisation means that the life of the church, theology, and thus theological training, cannot do without Missiology. The concept of ‘deep contextualisation’ was discussed as a particularly relevant approach to include a postanthropomorphic discourse in Missiology. It can assist with the reorientation of the history of mission on the whole of history and, thus, also deep history. The concept also provides a way to address the discourses on colonialisation and includes a reorientation on the future and embracing hope.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentScience of Religion and Missiologyen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2017en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.hts.org.zaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationNiemandt, C.J.P., 2017, ‘Mission as breaking down walls, opening gates and empowering traders: From contextualisation to deep contextualisation’, HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies 73(1), 4621. https://DOI.org/ 10.4102/hts.v73i1.4621.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0259-9422 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2072-8050 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.4102/hts.v73i1.4621
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/62966
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherAOSIS Open Journalsen_ZA
dc.rights© 2017. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_ZA
dc.subjectGatekeepersen_ZA
dc.subjectMissionariesen_ZA
dc.subjectSymbolic wallsen_ZA
dc.subjectContextualisationen_ZA
dc.subjectTradersen_ZA
dc.titleMission as breaking down walls, opening gates and empowering traders : from contextualisation to deep contextualisationen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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