Globalization and the Mission of the Church (Ecclesiological Investigations)

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Various social, political, economic and cultural commentators are at this time arguing that human history is reaching a decisive stage in its development, a stage marked by increased interconnection between peoples, the compression of space and time, a sharing of ideas at unprecedented levels, global trade and finance, and so forth. The shorthand word used to encompass these phenomena is “globalization”. Some embrace it, others reject it, even as still others dispute its existence. But with the abundance of literature and debate that it generates, the topic cannot be ignored. From its inception in the missionary mandate of Jesus (Matthew 28), Christianity has had a global dimension to its mission. Christianity isn’t a spectator to globalization but one of its agents, one of the crucial forces at work which have extended interconnection between peoples, shared ideas and promoted social, political and cultural links.

The purpose of the current work isn’t to provide a complete response to the question of the mission of the church in a globalizing world, but to establish a framework within which answers is also sought. Grounded in the writings of Bernard Lonergan and Robert Doran, it develops a theology of history and addresses the churches response to the have an effect on of globalization on vital, social, cultural, personal and non secular values. The project brings together the perspectives of Catholicism and Pentecostalism, the former providing a depth of wisdom and tradition, the latter drawing on the insight of a newly emerging movement that has taken root in each and every continent with remarkable energy and enthusiasm.

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