Churches, Mission and Development in the Post-colonial Era

Prof. Dr. Heinzpeter Znoj; Dr. phil. Sabine Zurschmitten

doi:10.5771/9783896658210

Summary

How is it that the Catholic and Protestant churches, which had already demanded sustainable development in the countries of the South in the 1960s, today predominantly support the technocratic development plans of the governments there? This special volume explores this apparent paradox through theological, historical and ethnographic studies. They provide insights into the theological foundations of church development policy and show how on its basis the resolutions of the Second Vatican Council and the World Council of Churches at the end of the 1960s demanded alternatives to modernist, neo-colonial development. Several contributions on Indonesia highlight the tensions between the development policy convictions of individual church actors and the closely state-controlled churches. Against this background it becomes clear to what extent the secular commitment of the churches is marked by real political constraints. With contributions by Heinzpeter Znoj, Sabine Zurschmitten, Cyprianus Jehan Paju Dale, Claudia Hoffmann, Noëmi Rui, Barbara Miller, Maria Hughes

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Publication year: 2019
Publication date: 17.07.2019
ISBN-Print: 978-3-89665-820-3
ISBN-Online: 978-3-89665-821-0
Publisher: Academia, Baden-Baden
Language: English
Pages: 161
Product type: Edited Book

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 6
Heinzpeter Znoj, Sabine Zurschmitten
1. Individual Contributions No access Heinzpeter Znoj, Sabine Zurschmitten
2. What Future for Christian Development? No access Heinzpeter Znoj, Sabine Zurschmitten
3. Works Cited No access Heinzpeter Znoj, Sabine Zurschmitten
Claudia Hoffmann
1. Dealing with Stereotypes: An Introduction No access Claudia Hoffmann
2. Mission, Diaconia, and Development No access Claudia Hoffmann
3. Biblical Concepts of Mission No access Claudia Hoffmann
4. Theological Frames of Reference No access Claudia Hoffmann
5. Christian Development No access Claudia Hoffmann
6. Case Study: mission 21 No access Claudia Hoffmann
7. Conclusion: What Makes Development Christian? No access Claudia Hoffmann
8. Works Cited No access Claudia Hoffmann
Maria Hughes
1. Introduction No access Maria Hughes
2. 1. This Study’s Contribution No access Maria Hughes
3. 2. Refining this Study’s Research Focus No access Maria Hughes
4. Maria Hughes
  1. 1st Voice: Present-Day Mission is Different from “Classic” Mission No access Maria Hughes
  2. 2nd Voice: the “Additional Dimension” of Mission No access Maria Hughes
  3. 3rd Voice: Mission as an Awareness-Raising Program No access Maria Hughes
5. Conclusion No access Maria Hughes
6. Works Cited No access Maria Hughes
Barbara Miller
1. Einleitung No access Barbara Miller
2. Soziale Ent-Fernung und ökologische Grenzen des Raums No access Barbara Miller
3. Prognose und Planung der Weltzukunft No access Barbara Miller
4. Gerechte globale Beziehungen und neue Lebensstile No access Barbara Miller
5. Praktiken, Handlungsanweisung und „Entwicklungsarbeit“ No access Barbara Miller
6. Nachhaltige Entwicklung – eine missionarische Innovation? No access Barbara Miller
7. Zitierte Literatur No access Barbara Miller
Noëmi Rui
1. 1. Einleitung No access Noëmi Rui
2. Noëmi Rui
  1. Commission on Churches’ Participation in Development und die Idee der lokalen Entwicklungsbüros No access Noëmi Rui
  2. Interkerkelijke Coördinatie Commissie voor Ontwikkelingsprojecten und die Idee des “Reversed Consortium” No access Noëmi Rui
3. 3. Die Dorfentwicklung durch Motivatoren, eine Kooperation von DC, CCPD und ICCO No access Noëmi Rui
4. 4. Schlussfolgerung No access Noëmi Rui
5. Zitierte Literatur No access Noëmi Rui
Sabine Zurschmitten
1. Introduction No access Sabine Zurschmitten
2. SVD Missionaries as Key Figures of Development in Flores No access Sabine Zurschmitten
3. “Sustainability” Means a Secure Succession No access Sabine Zurschmitten
4. The Church in Manggarai: From European-Dominated Mission Church to Gereja Mandiri No access Sabine Zurschmitten
5. Father Armin as a Receiver No access Sabine Zurschmitten
6. Father Armin as a Giver No access Sabine Zurschmitten
7. Conclusion No access Sabine Zurschmitten
8. Works Cited No access Sabine Zurschmitten
Cypri Jehan Paju Dale
1. Introduction No access Cypri Jehan Paju Dale
2. Colonial Status of West Papua No access Cypri Jehan Paju Dale
3. Cypri Jehan Paju Dale
  1. Development Under the Colonial Flag No access Cypri Jehan Paju Dale
  2. The Defining Decade of the 1960s No access Cypri Jehan Paju Dale
  3. Under the New Order No access Cypri Jehan Paju Dale
  4. 2001 to Present: The Church as a Partner of the State in Development and Nation-Building No access Cypri Jehan Paju Dale
  5. First - faith in development No access Cypri Jehan Paju Dale
  6. Second - the vision of peace No access Cypri Jehan Paju Dale
  7. Third - the guardian of the unitary state No access Cypri Jehan Paju Dale
4. Decolonizing Catholicism No access Cypri Jehan Paju Dale
5. Conclusion No access Cypri Jehan Paju Dale
6. Works Cited No access Cypri Jehan Paju Dale