Churches, Mission and Development in the Post-colonial Era: Christian Engagements between Holistic and Modernist Schemes of Improvement

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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Edition: 1/2019
Copyright Year: 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
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2. What Future for Christian Development? No access
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1. Dealing with Stereotypes: An Introduction No access
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2. Mission, Diaconia, and Development No access
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3. Biblical Concepts of Mission No access
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4. Theological Frames of Reference No access
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5. Christian Development No access
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6. Case Study: mission 21 No access
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7. Conclusion: What Makes Development Christian? No access
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1. Introduction No access
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2. 1. This Study’s Contribution No access
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3. 2. Refining this Study’s Research Focus No access
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  1. 1st Voice: Present-Day Mission is Different from “Classic” Mission No access
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  2. 2nd Voice: the “Additional Dimension” of Mission No access
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  3. 3rd Voice: Mission as an Awareness-Raising Program No access
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1. Einleitung No access
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2. Soziale Ent-Fernung und ökologische Grenzen des Raums No access
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3. Prognose und Planung der Weltzukunft No access
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4. Gerechte globale Beziehungen und neue Lebensstile No access
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5. Praktiken, Handlungsanweisung und „Entwicklungsarbeit“ No access
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6. Nachhaltige Entwicklung – eine missionarische Innovation? No access
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7. Zitierte Literatur No access
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1. 1. Einleitung No access
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  1. Commission on Churches’ Participation in Development und die Idee der lokalen Entwicklungsbüros No access
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  2. Interkerkelijke Coördinatie Commissie voor Ontwikkelingsprojecten und die Idee des “Reversed Consortium” No access
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3. 3. Die Dorfentwicklung durch Motivatoren, eine Kooperation von DC, CCPD und ICCO No access
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4. 4. Schlussfolgerung No access
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1. Introduction No access
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2. SVD Missionaries as Key Figures of Development in Flores No access
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3. “Sustainability” Means a Secure Succession No access
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4. The Church in Manggarai: From European-Dominated Mission Church to Gereja Mandiri No access
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5. Father Armin as a Receiver No access
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6. Father Armin as a Giver No access
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7. Conclusion No access
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2. Colonial Status of West Papua No access
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  1. Development Under the Colonial Flag No access
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  2. The Defining Decade of the 1960s No access
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  3. Under the New Order No access
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  4. 2001 to Present: The Church as a Partner of the State in Development and Nation-Building No access
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  5. First - faith in development No access
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  6. Second - the vision of peace No access
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  7. Third - the guardian of the unitary state No access
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4. Decolonizing Catholicism No access
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5. Conclusion No access
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