%0 Journal Article
%T Mission and the book of Acts in a pluralist society
%A Colin H. Yuckman
%J Missiology
%@ 2051-3623
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0091829619830423
%X A critical aspect of understanding the ¡°missiology¡± of Acts is discerning the proper relationship between christology and mission practice. By analyzing the narrative construal of mission in Acts, I will show that Luke defines christology and missiology in relation to one another (Luke 24:47¨C49). Universal mission is not merely a secondary consequence of who Jesus is, but a basis for recognizing the full reality of Jesus¡¯ lordship. According to Acts, the knowledge that comes with mission practice is as critical to understanding who Jesus is as understanding Jesus¡¯ identity is a prerequisite for universal mission. This study will offer a (re)construction of mission theology for an intercultural context: first, by contesting the mission-as-mandate model that has dominated the imagination of mission practitioners; and, second, by showing how proper mission in Luke¡¯s narrative world entails the practice of mission in which one ¡°discovers¡± who Jesus is through participation in universal witness (especially to the ethnically ¡°other¡±¡ªe.g. Acts 10) rather than through imparting full knowledge to convert the other. Indeed, mission may bear an epistemological weight which, Acts suggests, radically challenges Christendom legacies of mission and offers a new foundation for mission as intercultural interdependence
%K book of Acts
%K missiology
%K christology
%K Acts 10¨C11
%K interculturality
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0091829619830423