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Mission As Accompaniment

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Key Concepts

1. Introduction
2. Mechanistic Dehumanization
3. Mission As Accompaniment
4. The Olive Agenda
5. Ubuntu
6. Towards A Response To Mechanistic Dehumanization
7. Conclusions

Bibliography
Index

Additional Info
Mechanistic dehumanization occurs when human beings are objectified and exploited as a means to an end, comparable to expendable components of a machine. This misconstruction of human value is a source and sustainer of overproduction, an excess of consumption, and the pursuit of unrestrained economic growth, damaging both people and the planet.

Can the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Global Mission respond to mechanistic dehumanization through mission as accompaniment?

The notion of mission as accompaniment, which emerges from liberation theology and development methodology, promotes solidarity among church companions that embodies interdependence and mutuality. Grounded in the New Testament expression of koinonia, Mission as Accompaniment is affirmed in this study as a suitable foundation to counteract mechanistic dehumanization.

Through this research with the University of KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) Theology and Development program, Brian E. Konkol incorporates economics, ecology, anthropology, and postcolonial missiology. He maintains that two particular elements-the African concept of Ubuntu, and an Olive Agenda-when integrated into mission as accompaniment, will equip the ELCA Global Mission with an advocacy-driven trajectory in response to mechanistic dehumanization.

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SKU (ISBN): 9781506418506
ISBN10: 1506418503
Brian Konkol
Binding: Cloth Text
Published: June 2017
Emerging Scholars
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers – 1517 Media

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