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Theological Education for Mission in the Anglican Communion - July 2018

Dr Muthuraj Swamy

31/07/2018

Dr Muthuraj Swamy

As of June 2018, the Mission Theology in the Anglican Communion project has been integrated into the Theological Education department in the Anglican Communion Office and renamed as Theological Education for Mission in the Anglican Communion (TEMAC). This article outlines plans through to 2020.

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Globalisation in the Pacific Islands: Challenges and Perspectives for Churches

Revd Dr Cliff Bird

28/06/2017

Revd Dr Cliff Bird

Rev Dr Cliff Bird, Regional Coordinator, Pacific Programs Relief and Development, Uniting World, was Theological Consultant at the Mission Theology in the Anglican Communion conference, Fiji June 2017, explored the concept of globalisation in the Pacific as it relates to contemporary mission and development.

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Te Katekateka as the Key to Embracing and Empowering Women in Kiribati, with particular implications for the Kiribati United Church.

Rev Meeri Iaabeti

28/06/2017

Rev Meeri Iaabeti

Rev Meeri Iaabeti, Kiribati United Church, gave this paper at the Mission Theology in the Anglican Communion conference, Fiji June 2017, exploring the traditional Kiribati rite of passage for a young woman and its significance for ordination  today.

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The Practice of Faaaloaloga and the Congregational Church of Samoa

Rev Kara Siaosi Ipiniu

28/06/2017

Rev Kara Siaosi Ipiniu

Rev Kara Siaosi Ipiniu, Congregational Church of Samoa, gave this paper at the Mission Theology in the Anglican Communion conference, Fiji June 2017, exploring the traditional Samoan concepts of gifts and obligations and the implications for well being.

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Church history and the Catholic Church Mission in Tonga: Looking Afresh at Early Missionary Approaches

Viliami Kiola

28/06/2017

Viliami Kiola

Viliami Kiola, who is training fo the Roman Catholic Priesthood at the Pacific Regional Seminary, Suva, gave this paper at the Mission Theology in the Anglican Communion conference, Fiji, June 2017 exploring the history of Roman Catholic Mission in Tonga.

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Pregnancy: Introducing and exploring an Eco-Theological Model from the Pacific for the World

Filomena Hunt Leituala

28/06/2017

Filomena Hunt Leituala

Filomena Hunt Leituala, Congregational Christian Church of American Samoa, gave this paper at the Mission Theology in the Anglican Communion conference, Fiji June 2017, exploring  the concept of pregnancy 

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Bulsal: Critiquing Shepherd Theology from a Vanuatu Indigenous Perspective

Fr Anthony Ling

28/06/2017

Fr Anthony Ling

Rev Anthony Ling, Anglican Church of Melanesia, in Vanuatu, gave this paper at the Mission Theology in the Anglican Communion conference, Fiji June 2017, exploring the difficulties of using 'shepherd' language for pastoral care and suggesting 'friendship' language as preferable.

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A Samoan Woman's Missionary Journey: Paddling against the Tide

Rev Marie Ropeti

28/06/2017

Rev Marie Ropeti

Rev Marie Ropeti, Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand, presented this paper at the Mission Theology in the Anglican Communion conference in Fiji, June 2017, exploring her journey of ordination as a Presbyterian and encouraging other denominations to ordain women.

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Sunday School: most fruitful area for Christian Education in Vanuatu

Rev Leinamau Seru

28/06/2017

Rev Leinamau Seru

Rev Leinamau Seru, Presbyterian Church of Vanuatu, gave this paper at the Mission  Theology in the Anglican Communion conference in Fiji, June 2017, exploring the significance of Sunday Schools in  Vanuatu.

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Ibulubulu: A theology of forgiveness understood in a rite of reconciliation in my Itaukei culture

Deaconess Verenaisi Toga

28/06/2017

Deaconess Verenaisi Toga

Deaconess Verenaisi Toga, Methodist Church of Fiji and Rotuma, gave this paper at the Mission Theology in the Anglican Communion conference, Fiji June 2017, exploring the traditional Fijian rite of forgiveness and reconciliation.

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The Silent Dauniveiqaravi in the Church

Deaconess Litiana Maituriwai Tuidrakulu

28/06/2017

Deaconess Litiana Maituriwai Tuidrakulu

Deaconess Litiana Maituriwai Tuidrakulu, Methodist Church in Fiji and Rotuma, presented this paper at the Mission Theology in the Anglican Communion conference in Fiji, June 2017, exploring the empowering of the ministry of women, especially the wives of Pastors.

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The Protestant Church of Kanaky: assessing the evolution of the church and the theology she has tried to develop and apply

Rev Billy Wetewea

28/06/2017

Rev Billy Wetewea

Rev Billy Wetewea, Protestant Church of Kanaky, New Caledonia, gave this paper at the Mission Theology in the Anglican Communion conference, Fiji June 2017, exploring the Church-State and colonial impact in New Caledonia considering in particular the Kanaky people. 

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A Fara reading of Jonah on Interfaith Dialogue in Fiji

Rev Geraldine V Wiliame

28/06/2017

Rev Geraldine V Wiliame

Geraldine V. Wiliame presented this paper at the Mission Theology in the Anglican Communion conference in Fiji in June 2017 exploring the concept of Fijian traditional dance and relating it to Inter Faith issues. 

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Public Failures and Hidden Successes: a Comparative History of Protestant Missions Five Centuries After the Reformation

Prof Alec Ryrie

13/06/2017

Prof Alec Ryrie

Professor Alec Ryrie considers the history of the Protestant missionary movement, in particular in South Africa, Korea and China.

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Early Anglican Mission Invovlement in India: Theological Reflections

Daniel Jeyaraj

31/05/2017

Daniel Jeyaraj

Professor Jeyaraj considers the Lutheran-Anglican (SPCK) early engagement in mission in South East India based a Tranquebar and elsewhere

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Public Theology and the Brazilian Religious Field: Questions and Contributions from an Anglican Perspective

The Very Revd Dr Gustavo Gilson Oliveira

25/04/2017

The Very Revd Dr Gustavo Gilson Oliveira

A paper from the Mission Theology in the Anglican Communion Conference in Recife, Brazil, 24-27th April 2017.

 

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God is not homophobic: An Anglican Contribution to Overcoming Homophobia

Revd Inamar de Souza

25/04/2017

Revd Inamar de Souza

A paper from the Mission Theology in the Anglican Communion Conference in Recife, Brazil from 24th - 27th April 2017.

 

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Ecumenism and Interfaith Dialogue: A Mode of Doing Public Theology

The Revd Dr Lilian Lira

25/04/2017

The Revd Dr Lilian Lira

A paper from the Mission Theology in the Anglican Communion Conference in Recife, Brazil from 24th - 27th April 2017.

 

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Biblical Notes on Mission and Theology: Doing theology through activism for life

Dr Paulo Ueti

25/04/2017

Dr Paulo Ueti

A paper from the Mission Theology in the Anglican Communion Conference in Recife, Brazil from 24th - 27th April 2017.

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Public religion and public theology: the message of justice and affirmation of pluralism in a divided and commodified society

Dr Joanildo Burity

25/04/2017

Dr Joanildo Burity

A paper from the Mission Theology in the Anglican Communion Conference in Recife, Brazil from 24th - 27th April 2017.

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Italian Translation of Graham Kings's Four Poems on Women in the Bible

Graham Kings

28/03/2017

Graham Kings

Bishop Graham's poems on the paintings of Silvia Dimitrova (as written about by him in his June 2016 Interweavings here: 

http://www.missiontheologyanglican.org/interweavings/women-in-the-bible-interweavings-no-10-june-2016/) translated into Italian by Gemma Debono, Pontifical Urban University.

 

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Indian Christian Responses to Anti-Conversion in India: An Assessment and Some Proposals

Dr Muthuraj Swamy

16/03/2017

Dr Muthuraj Swamy

Dr Muthuraj Swamy, MTA Continental Editor for Asia and a MTA Sabbatical Scholar, gave this seminar, 'Indian Christian Responses to Anti-Conversion in India: An Assessment and Some Proposalson 22nd in Durham and on 16th March at Lambeth Palace.

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Western Impregnation of Bible Translations in Kiikamba and other African Languages

Canon Professor Dr John Mbiti

09/02/2017

Canon Professor Dr John Mbiti

Canon Professor Dr John Mbiti gave this seminar for the Mission Theology in the Anglican Communion project at Lambeth Palace on 7th February 2017 and at Durham University on 8th February 2017.

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Second Revival In Episcopal Church Among the Dinka in South Sudan: 1970-2010

Bishop Hilary Garang Deng

23/01/2017

Bishop Hilary Garang Deng

Bishop Hilary Garang Deng, from South Sudan, was a Mission Theology in the Anglican Communion Sabbatical Scholar from September to December 2016. This is a paper he wrote for a lecture at the Cambridge Theologican Federation. 

 

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Gender and Sustainable Development in Africa

The Revd Dr Lydia Mwaniki

21/11/2016

The Revd Dr Lydia Mwaniki

A Seminar of the Mission Theology in the Anglican Communion project, given by the the Revd Dr Lydia Mwaniki at Durham University on 23rd November and Lambeth Palace on 24th November. 

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This is my body, this is my blood: Implications for Mission Theology from a Dalit perspective

Elizabeth Joy

03/11/2016

Elizabeth Joy

A Seminar of the Mission Theology in the Anglican Communion project, given by Elizabeth Joy, at Lambeth Palace on 11th October 2016 and Durham University on 2nd November 2016.

 

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Contextual Mission in India: From Women's Perspective

Dr Susan Thomas

21/10/2016

Dr Susan Thomas

A paper from the Mission Theology in the Anglican Communion Conference in Bangalore, October 2016.

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"Live and Let Live" - The Essence of God's Mission from the Perspective of the Indigenous Peoples

Dr Chhungi Hrangthan

21/10/2016

Dr Chhungi Hrangthan

A paper from the Mission Theology in the Anglican Communion Conference in Bangalore, in October 2016.

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Doing Mission in Context: Christian Mission as Invitation in Contemporary India

Dr Muthuraj Swamy

21/10/2016

Dr Muthuraj Swamy

A paper from the Mission Theology in the Anglican Communion Conference in Bangalore, October 2016 by Dr Muthuraj Swamy.

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The Mission of Jesus Christ in India Today

Dr Ken Gnanakan

21/10/2016

Dr Ken Gnanakan

A paper from the Mission Theology in the Anglican Communion Conference  in Bangalore, October 2016.

 

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Contextual Mission in India: Evaluations and Directions

Revd Dr. David Joy

21/10/2016

Revd Dr. David Joy

A paper from the Mission Theology in the Anglican Communion Conference held in Bangalore in October 2016.

 

 

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Healing Ministry as Christian Mission

Revd Dr Arul Dhas T.

21/10/2016

Revd Dr Arul Dhas T.

A paper from the Mission Theology in the Anglican Communion Conference in Bangalore, October 2016.

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Sarah the Mother of Mission: An Exposition on Genesis 18 and the painting by Silvia Dimitrova

Graham Kings

14/07/2016

Graham Kings

A seminar of the Mission Theology in the Anglican Communion project, delivered by the Rt Revd Dr Graham Kings, Mission Theologian in the Anglican Communion, on 16th June at Durham Cathedral and 13th July at Lambeth Palace. With responses from Steve Muneza (Durham Cathedral) and Pervaiz Sultan (Lambeth Palace).

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Facing the Criticism: Towards a Critical and Constructive Anglican Missiology

The Revd Dr Robert Heaney

13/05/2016

The Revd Dr Robert Heaney

A Seminar of the Mission Theology in the Anglican Communion project, delivered by The Revd Dr Robert Heaney at Westminster Abbey on 12th May 2016.

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Diocesan Community Development as a part of God's Mission

The Revd Dr Emad Basilios

20/04/2016

The Revd Dr Emad Basilios

A paper from the Mission Theology in the Anglican Communion Conference in Cairo, April 2016.

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Returning to our roots: Mission in Tunisia Today and St Cyprian

A servant of God

20/04/2016

A servant of God

A paper from the Mission Theology in the Anglican Communion Conference in Cairo, April 2016.

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Coptic Monasticism and its Theology: The Models of Antony and Pachomius

Mina Fouad Tawike

19/04/2016

Mina Fouad Tawike

A paper from the Mission Theology in the Anglican Communion Conference in Cairo, April 2016.

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Koinonia as an image of Ecclesiology for Egypt today

The Very Revd Canon Dr Samy Fawzy Shehata

19/04/2016

The Very Revd Canon Dr Samy Fawzy Shehata

A paper from the Mission Theology in the Anglican Communion Conference in Cairo, April 2016.

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Desert Spirituality and Mission: Coptic Perspectives

Abouna Youhanna

19/04/2016

Abouna Youhanna

A paper from the Mission Theology in the Anglican Communion Conference in Cairo, April 2016.

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Theological and Cultural Foundations for Strong and Positive Inter-Religious Relations

Mouneer Anis

19/04/2016

Mouneer Anis

A paper from the Mission Theology in the Anglican Communion Conference in Cairo, April 2016.

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That they may be one: Anglican interdependence and clergy education in the Church of Uganda

Zachary Guiliano

29/03/2016

Zachary Guiliano

Zachary Guiliano reflects on some of the points raised by The Revd Dr Griphus Gakuru in his recent Seminar, focusing on education, Anglican interdependence, and ecumenical cooperation.

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The Church of Uganda and Speaking Truth to Power: Lessons from Nathan the Prophet

The Revd. Dr. Griphus Gakuru

18/03/2016

The Revd. Dr. Griphus Gakuru

A Seminar of the Mission Theology in the Anglican Communion project, delivered by The Revd Dr Griphus Gakuru at Lambeth Palace, 17th March 2016.

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Pentecostal/Anglican cooperation? New horizons in mission

Zachary Guiliano

19/02/2016

Zachary Guiliano

This article from Dr. Zachary Guiliano considers Revd. Dr. Wonsuk Ma's stimulating paper from the recent seminar, and asks questions of theology, mission and unity for the global church.

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Growth of Global Christianity: Shape and Significance for Theology by Wonsuk Ma

The Revd Dr Wonsuk Ma

15/02/2016

The Revd Dr Wonsuk Ma

A Seminar of the Mission Theology in the Anglican Communion project, delivered by The Revd Dr Wonsuk Ma at Lambeth Palace, 12th February 2016.

This paper will also be given at St Chad's, Durham University, on 24th February 2016, 7:00pm. For more details, please see this page.

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Place of Theology in the Contemporary University: A Case for Justification

Joseph Galgalo

10/11/2015

Joseph Galgalo

Inaugural Seminar of the Mission Theology project at Durham University, presented on 10 November 2015

I shall employ a simple conceptual framework as I attempt to build a case for the place of theology as an academic subject to be taught in its own right in the University today.

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Developments and Trends in African Christianity: An Anglican Kenyan Perspective

Joseph Galgalo

20/10/2015

Joseph Galgalo

Inaugural Seminar of the Mission Theology project at Lambeth Palace, presented on 20 October 2015

A cursory look at African Christianity reveals at least two conspicuous phenomena. The first of these is the sustained exponential growth of Christianity within a relatively short period of time, with numbers growing from about 10 million in 1900 to just over half a billion in 2015. An equally noticeable phenomenon is the diversity of the different forms of Christian practices and teachings in Africa to the extent that it may be more accurate to see it as Christianities rather than Christianity.

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Interview with Graham Kings: Dutch Perspectives

Wim Houtman

19/07/2015

Wim Houtman

As he begins his new post as Mission Theologian in the Anglican Communion, Graham Kings speaks to Wim Houtman and Dick Schinkelshoek, religion journalists with Nederlands Dagblad, the evangelical daily newspaper in the Netherlands.

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The Mission of God and the Future of the Anglican Communion

Graham Kings

26/06/2015

Graham Kings

An address given at the lunch organised by the Center for Anglican Communion Studies (VTS) and the Compass Rose Society at General Convention of The Episcopal Church, Salt Lake City, Friday 26 June 2015

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Raising up the Voices of new 'Doctors of the Church'

Graham Kings

19/06/2015

Graham Kings

The faith background of Graham Kings and the priorities of the post of Mission Theologian in the Anglican Communion, published originally in Anglican World, the magazine of the Communion and republished with permission.

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The Servant of Global Periti

John Martin

17/06/2015

John Martin

The background to Graham Kings's conversion and missionary vocation and an outline of the post of Mission Theologian in the Anglican Communion, which he takes up on 16 July 2015, published originally in The Living Church and republished with permission.

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