What Is The Mission Of The Church? | |
Phụ đề: | A guide for Catholics - Revised and expanded edition |
Tác giả: | Roger P. Schroeder |
Ký hiệu tác giả: |
SC-R |
DDC: | 266 - Truyền giáo |
Ngôn ngữ: | Anh |
Số cuốn: | 1 |
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Abbreviations | IX |
Preface and Acknowledgments for Second Edition | XI |
1. How the Concept of Mission Has Changed: An Introduction |
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From Ransoming Pagan Babies to Mission on Every Continent and in Every Parish |
1 |
New Understanding of Mission | 2 |
Mission and Table Fellowship | 6 |
Additional Considerations and Challenges | 9 |
Aim and Structure of This Book | 10 |
Questions for Reflection | 12 |
Suggestions for Further Reading | 12 |
2. Starting with the Big Picture: God’s Mission, the Reign of God, and Christ the Savior |
13 |
God’s Mission and the Spirit | 14 |
Jesus and the Reign of God | 15 |
The Mission of Jesus and Table Fellowship | 16 |
Jesus Christ, the Savior | 18 |
Call to Discipleship | 19 |
Jesus Encounters the Samaritan Woman at the Well | 21 |
Mission as Seeds and Weeds | 23 |
Sketching the Big Picture | 24 |
Questions for Reflection | 26 |
Suggestions for Further Reading | 26 |
3. The Spirit Leads the Disciples in New Directions: The Biblical Portrait of a Church Missionary by Nature |
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Before Pentecost (Acts 1): Disappointment and Expectation | 28 |
Pentecost (Acts 2—5): Receiving Power to Bear Witness | 29 |
Stephen and the Hellenists (Acts 6—7): Jewish Disciples Pushed beyond Their Comfort Zone |
30 |
Samaria and the Ethiopian Eunuch (Acts 8): To the Ends of the Earth? |
31 |
Cornelius and His Household (Acts 10:1—11:18): Peter and the Gentile Mission |
32 |
Antioch (Acts 11:19-29): Mission Matures | 35 |
Universal Mission (Acts 12—28): Missional and Church Self-Consciousness Spreads |
36 |
A Tiny Church with a Universal Mission | 39 |
Questions for Reflection | 40 |
Suggestions for Further Reading | 40 |
4. Mission from the Early Church to the Fall of Constantinople (100-1453): House Churches, Monks, Mendicants, and Beguines |
42 |
Mission in the Early Church (100-301): Individual Christians in a Variety of Situations |
43 |
Mission and the Monastic Movement (313-907): From Constantine to the Fall of the T’ang Dynasty |
50 |
Mission and the Mendicant Movement (1000-1453): Preachers, Third Orders, and Beguines |
56 |
Questions for Reflection | 62 |
Suggestions for Further Reading 62 | 62 |
5. Mission from Columbus to the Fall of the Berlin Wall (1492-1989): Prophets, Jesuits, Missionary Societies, and New Approaches |
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Mission in the Age of Discovery (1492-1773): Conquistadors, Prophets, and Jesuits |
64 |
Mission in the Age of Progress (1792-1914): Civilizers, Evangelizers, and Volunteer Societies |
71 |
Mission in the Twentieth Century (1919-1989): The Emergence ofWorld Christianity |
76 |
Icons of the Transformation of Mission 78 | 78 |
Emergence of World Christianity: Christianity as a World Religion |
80 |
Questions for Reflection | 82 |
Suggestions for Further Reading | 82 |
6. Church Documents as Signposts for Mission Today: The Why, Who, and Where of Mission |
84 |
Mission before Vatican II: Saving Souls and Establishing the Church | 85 |
Mission as Participation in the Mission of the Triune God | 87 |
Implications of the Three Missional Principles of Vatican II | 89 |
Mission as Liberating Service of the Reign of God | 90 |
Mission as Proclamation of Jesus Christ as Universal Savior | 94 |
Evangeliijjaudium and Pope Francis | 96 |
The Why, the Who, and the Where of Mission | 98 |
The Wedding Banquet as a Parable of Mission | 105 |
Questions for Reflection | 107 |
Suggestions for Further Reading | 107 |
7. A Single but Complex Reality: The What of Mission | 109 |
Witness and Proclamation | 110 |
Liturgy, Prayer, and Contemplation | 112 |
Pursuit of Justice, Peace, and the Integrity of Creation | 114 |
Interreligious and Secular Dialogue | 116 |
Inculturation | 118 |
Reconciliation | 120 |
Integrating the Single but Complex Reality of Mission | 122 |
Questions for Reflection | 123 |
Suggestions for Further Reading | 123 |
8. The Mission-Oriented Parish and Diocese: The Spirituality and Practice—the How—of Missionary Discipleship |
125 |
The Spirituality of Mission | 126 |
Prophetic Dialogue: Discerning the Already and the Not Yet | 128 |
Practice of Mission | 129 |
Once Again, Mission as a Single but Complex Reality | 133 |
Table Fellowship as the Goal of Mission in Its Fullness | 136 |
Summing Up: What Zrthe Mission of the Church? | 137 |
Questions for Reflection | 138 |
Suggestions for Further Reading | 138 |
Appendix 1: A Sample Parish Assessment Tool | 140 |
Appendix 2: Partnership Annual Check-In | 144 |
Appendix 3: Resources and Contact Information | 148 |
A. Resources for Short-Term Mission, Parish Twinning, and Mission Formation | 148 |
B. Select Diocesan or Regional Mission Office Websites | 149 |
C. General Contact Information | 150 |
Bibliography 152 | 152 |
A. Official Catholic Church Documents Related to Mission after 1960 | 152 |
B. Basic Resources on Mission and Mission Education 154 | 154 |
Index | 161 |