Power and Partnership. Jonathan S. Barnes

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Название: Power and Partnership

Автор: Jonathan S. Barnes

Издательство: Ingram

Жанр: Религия: прочее

Серия: American Society of Missiology Monograph Series

isbn: 9781621896777

isbn: 0

Аннотация:

While the concept of partnership between churches in the Global North and South has been an ecumenical goal for well over eight decades, realizing relationships of mutuality, solidarity, and koinonia has been, to say the least, problematic. Seeking to understand the dynamics of power and control in these relationships, this work traces the history of how partnership has been lived out, both as a concept and in practice. It is argued that many of the issues that are problematic for partnerships today can find their antecedents during colonial times at the very beginnings of the modern missionary movement. For those interested in pursuing cross-cultural partnerships today, understanding this history and recognizing the use, as well as the misuse, of power is crucial as we seek genuine relationships of care and friendship in our fractured and divided world.