Homemade Mission, Universal Civilization: Friedrich Schleiermacherâs Theology of Mission
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Though it is generally acknowledged that Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768â1836) was the first to put mission studies in the curriculum of theology, the contents of his theology of mission are not very well known. This article offers a careful reconstruction of his mission theology based on a gender-critical and postcolonial reading of the main sources, in particular Christian Ethics. Schleiermacher made a case for a family-based type of mission, closely linking mission activity to religious education. He favored an organic and grassroots approach to mission. By highlighting his upbringing in the Moravian mission-oriented community and by analyzing his reluctance to morally justify modern foreign missions, the author replies to recently voiced criticisms that Schleiermacherâs theology takes a colonialist stance and contributes to the export of a âcult of female domesticityâ. His views on the superiority of Christian religion can be counterbalanced and modified by his actual theology of the missional encounter. The article proposes to retrospectively regard Schleiermacher as one of the first theologians who convincingly expressed the notion of a missional church which is as inclusive as possible.
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For this section, see A.J. Lewis (1962), Hartmut Beck (1981), Peter Vogt (2010), and Robert L. Gallagher (2005).
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Erwin H.U. Quapp, Christus im Leben Schleiermachers. Vom Herrnhuter zum Spinozisten (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1972), 36 describes the daily schedule of life at the âPädagogium.â Every evening from 19.00 till 19.30 the pupils gathered for a common hour of Bible reading. Additionally, for edifying purposes, they listened to readings from Spangenbergâs Idea fidei fratrum and from the Nachrichten aus der Brüdergemeine [Reports from the Brethren Community]. The latter contained religious speeches, reports on the work of the Moravian Church at home and abroad, reports from missionaries all over the world, and religious biographies of deceased brethren and sisters.
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Homemade Mission, Universal Civilization: Friedrich Schleiermacherâs Theology of Mission
In: Mission StudiesSearch for other papers by Heleen E. Zorgdrager in
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Though it is generally acknowledged that Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768â1836) was the first to put mission studies in the curriculum of theology, the contents of his theology of mission are not very well known. This article offers a careful reconstruction of his mission theology based on a gender-critical and postcolonial reading of the main sources, in particular Christian Ethics. Schleiermacher made a case for a family-based type of mission, closely linking mission activity to religious education. He favored an organic and grassroots approach to mission. By highlighting his upbringing in the Moravian mission-oriented community and by analyzing his reluctance to morally justify modern foreign missions, the author replies to recently voiced criticisms that Schleiermacherâs theology takes a colonialist stance and contributes to the export of a âcult of female domesticityâ. His views on the superiority of Christian religion can be counterbalanced and modified by his actual theology of the missional encounter. The article proposes to retrospectively regard Schleiermacher as one of the first theologians who convincingly expressed the notion of a missional church which is as inclusive as possible.
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