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Architecture for the emerging missional paradigm amomg faith communities in Botswana - In dialogue with Bosch
Dissertation (MA(Theol))--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/28826 Architecture for the emerging missional paradigm amomg faith communities in Botswana - In dialogue with Bosch Niemandt, Cornelius Johannes Petrus (Nelus) desandlara@gmail.com Henry, Desmond Mic Post colonial Post modern Bechuanaland Botswana African tradional religions Paradigm shift Theology Christendom Praxis Faith communities Aic Missio dei Missional Missional ecclesiology UCTD Dissertation (MA(Theol))--University of Pretoria, 2010. The indispensability of the Church [in Africa] is the primary motive for the writing of this dissertation. Throughout the centuries, we have seen the Church in various contexts, and in many forms. We have borne witness to the good, bad and the ugly throughout the history of the Church. It is my belief that any constructive growth for the future success of the Church in Africa has to come from the bold recognition that if it is to succeed and fully partake in the Missio Dei, 'everything must change' (McLaren 2007). There is need for continuity and discontinuity; however, change is not negotiable!! The Church is called to be both confessional and Missional; the Church should always be forming (ecclesia simper formanda), and reforming (ecclesia simper reformanda)(van Gelder 2007). Therefore, there is a need to rediscover the essence of Jesus‟ intention for the Church; that is God‟s redeemed people, and their view of God‟s Kingdom with its various implications for an African Missiology. There is a need for Missional Churches in Africa, for dialogue, and for unity in action. In this dissertation, I will endeavour to present architecture for a Missional Ecclesiology in dialogue with Bosch; focusing on the emerging renaissance of African Missiology, and the current Pneumatological importance/ emphasis in many African Churches (otherwise known as African independent Churches- AIC). I have used the word architecture to mean overall framework emphasizing relationships between components, orientation and support as well as the innovative response to functional necessity. The focus/ niche of this dissertation will be faith communities in Botswana, because that is my current context of ministry, and there is an obvious research gap in this area of study as nothing has been researched and published in terms of an emerging Missional Ecclesiology amongst faith communities in Botswana. I will seek to collect, analyze and interpret current as well as historical data regarding Church (mission), population and emerging areas of concern for faith communities in Botswana, and, by implication, Southern Africa. Science of Religion and Missiology unrestricted 2013-09-07T14:19:09Z 2010-10-18 2013-09-07T14:19:09Z 2010-09-03 2010-10-18 2010-10-18 Dissertation Bosch, D 2010, Architecture for the emerging missional paradigm amomg faith communities in Botswana - In dialogue with Bosch, MA(Theol) dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28826 > E10/720/gm http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28826 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-10182010-181629/ © 2010, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Mic Post colonial Post modern Bechuanaland Botswana African tradional religions Paradigm shift Theology Christendom Praxis Faith communities Aic Missio dei Missional Missional ecclesiology UCTD Architecture for the emerging missional paradigm amomg faith communities in Botswana - In dialogue with Bosch |
| title | Architecture for the emerging missional paradigm amomg faith communities in Botswana - In dialogue with Bosch |
| title_full | Architecture for the emerging missional paradigm amomg faith communities in Botswana - In dialogue with Bosch |
| title_fullStr | Architecture for the emerging missional paradigm amomg faith communities in Botswana - In dialogue with Bosch |
| title_full_unstemmed | Architecture for the emerging missional paradigm amomg faith communities in Botswana - In dialogue with Bosch |
| title_short | Architecture for the emerging missional paradigm amomg faith communities in Botswana - In dialogue with Bosch |
| title_sort | architecture for the emerging missional paradigm amomg faith communities in botswana in dialogue with bosch |
| topic | Mic Post colonial Post modern Bechuanaland Botswana African tradional religions Paradigm shift Theology Christendom Praxis Faith communities Aic Missio dei Missional Missional ecclesiology UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28826 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-10182010-181629/ |