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Book SynopsisMission and Money; Christian Mission in the Context of Global Inequalities offers academic discussion about the mission of the Church in the context of contemporary economic inequalities globally, challenging the reader to reconsider mission in the light of existing poverty, and investigating how economic structures could be challenged in the light of ethical and spiritual considerations. The book includes contributions on the subjects of poverty and inequality from the theologians, economists and anthropologists who gave keynote presentations at the European Missiological Conference (IAMS Europe) that took place in April 2014 in Helsinki, Finland. This conference was a major step forward in terms of discussion between missiologists and economists on global economic structures and their influence on human dignity. Contributors are: Mari-Anna Auvinen-Pöntinen, Stephen B. Bevans, Jonathan J. Bonk, Ulrich Duchrow, Jonas Adelin Jørgensen, Vesa Kanniainen, Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, Tinyiko Sam Maluleke, Gerrie Ter Haar, Evi Voulgaraki-Pissina, Mika Vähäkangas, Felix Wilfred.
Trade Review"The book offers academic discussion on the topic of tackling contemporary global economic inequalities in the light of missional, ethical and spiritual considerations.(...) The reader gets a distinct feeling of the evident vibrancy of the conference as it broke ground in the field, exploring new ways to tackle difficulties regarding mission and money in the future. The book is a worthwhile read for academics and laypersons, as well as secularists wishing to understand where it would be fruitful to dig into the topic and contribute." Maria Gruber Wikström, in: Exchange Vol. 45 (2016)
Table of ContentsContents Introduction - Jonas Adelin Jørgensen and Mari-Anna Auvinen-Pöntinen Introducing Authors Part I A Challenge of Theological-Missiological Reflection on Money and Mobility in the Globalizing World - Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen Part II Ethics and Global Economics - Vesa Kanniainen Asian Perspectives on Global Economic Inequality - Felix Wilfred Christian Mission in a World under the Grip of an Unholy Trinity: Inequality, Poverty and Unemployment - Tinyiko Sam Maluleke Poverty and Power: African Challenges to Christian Mission - Gerrie ter Haar The Mission of the Church amidst European Social and Economic Crisis: The Case of Greece - Evi Voulgaraki-Pissina Interreligious Liberation Theologies, Money and Just Relations - Ulrich Duchrow Economic Development and Christian Mission: A Perspective from History of Mission - Jonathan J. Bonk Part III Mission and Money in Two Recent Mission Documents: The WCC’s Together towards Life and Pope Francis’s Evangelii Gaudium - Stephen Bevans Mission and Money—Mapping the Field - Mika Vähäkangas Index
