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Transformation: An International Journal of Holistic Mission Studies
Journal Prestige (SJR): 0.103

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ISSN (Print) 0265-3788 - ISSN (Online) 1759-8931
Published by Sage Publications

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March 2022_Transformation
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  Pages: 126 - 130
  Abstract: Transformation, Volume 39, Issue 2, Page 126-130, April 2022.
  
  Citation: Transformation
  PubDate: 2022-05-14T01:35:16Z
  DOI: 10.1177/02653788221094794
  Issue No: Vol. 39, No. 2 (2022)
The Impact of Reformed Theological Seminary, Mkar: The Unfinished Agenda
on Public Theology
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  Authors: Philip Tachin
  Abstract: Transformation, Ahead of Print.
  Theological education has been very critical to the qualitative growth of the church. This reality finds its expression in the establishment and development of the Reformed Theological Seminary Mkar. The Universal Reformed Christian Church which founded the Seminary has benefitted from the depths of the Reformed theological knowledge that it has impacted church leaders. This theological education has been largely responsible for the transformation of the Tiv society. However, as the society keeps growing with fresh challenges, it has become necessary that the Seminary reflects on its new intellectual role in shaping the cultural, social, spiritual and political contexts. It is on this note that the question of public theology has become expedient for the Seminary to consider its inclusion in its curriculum. This research argues the significance of public theology as the new insight that it seeks to break the boundaries of Christian theology from the private life of the believer to the all-encompassing issues in human society. This is premised on the view that God holds the both private and public spheres accountable to himself.
  Citation: Transformation
  PubDate: 2022-08-08T07:33:47Z
  DOI: 10.1177/02653788221110784
The Menace of Colonialism and the Imperative of Koinonia as a Model for
Living in a Nigerian Context
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  Authors: Raphael Akhijemen Idialu
  Abstract: Transformation, Ahead of Print.
  
  Citation: Transformation
  PubDate: 2022-08-05T07:24:27Z
  DOI: 10.1177/02653788221108911
Book Review: A Missional Reading of the Fourth Gospel: A Gospel-Driving
Theology of Discipleship by Sung Chan Kwon
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  Authors: Kirk J. Franklin
  Abstract: Transformation, Ahead of Print.
  
  Citation: Transformation
  PubDate: 2022-07-22T06:53:55Z
  DOI: 10.1177/02653788221112558
June 2022_Transformation
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  Citation: Transformation
  PubDate: 2022-07-21T03:46:55Z
  DOI: 10.1177/02653788221114609
An Exploration of Christianity in Northeast India in the Emerging
Political Context: Trials and Opportunities
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  Authors: Lalfakawma Ralte
  Abstract: Transformation, Ahead of Print.
  In the past years, the Northeast people linked the BJP with the principle of Hindutwa (a Hindu way of life) that made it unattractive for them. In recent years, the Party surprisingly takes the area like wildfire by dictating who is to rule in many states. Now, switching from old history to that of a fresher one, a historian may significantly raise a question in this transition: “Is the Hindu way of life entering the region with the emergence of the BJP'” One perception which robustly stands against this question is that the native inhabitants view the coming of the BJP in the Northeast as “a politics of convenience and expediency” to boost up their deprived economic situations. They do not perceive it as a politic of conviction to and assurance for the BJP.
  Citation: Transformation
  PubDate: 2022-07-11T12:43:10Z
  DOI: 10.1177/02653788221112666
Postures Toward Postcolonial Peace: Repentance, Forgiveness, and Lament
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  Authors: Al Tizon
  Abstract: Transformation, Ahead of Print.
  Each party in any given conflict has a role to play in the process of reconciliation. However, these respective roles are different depending on the power differential within the conflict. The role of the gospel peacemaker is to be aware of the power differential and to call each party to do their part toward reconciliation with one another. For those who have abused their power for self-gain at the expense of others need to repent. For those who have been victimized by this power abuse need to forgive. And both abuser and abused need to lament.
  Citation: Transformation
  PubDate: 2022-07-04T06:09:19Z
  DOI: 10.1177/02653788221112374
From ‘Selves’ to ‘One Another’: A Hospitable Proposal for a
Post-Colonial Missions Paradigm of Interdependence
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  Authors: Alan Howell
  Abstract: Transformation, Ahead of Print.
  The Three-Selves paradigm of establishing indigenous churches that are Self-Propagating, Self-Supporting, and Self-Governing (later including Self-Theologizing as a Fourth “Self”) has been influential in shaping the “end goal” of Protestant missions. While this paradigm oriented missions towards independence, that objective was still shaped by Colonial ideals. This paper proposes a shift from the goal of independent “Selves” to an interdependent posture of “One-Another-ing” (or “Belonging”) for hosts and guests. That proposal is framed by listening to the language of hospitality from the margins: a reading of oft-neglected texts (2 and 3 John) in the context of northern Mozambique, Africa.
  Citation: Transformation
  PubDate: 2022-06-28T05:36:25Z
  DOI: 10.1177/02653788221110780
“Not by Might, Nor by Power”: Spirit-filled Imaginary for
Peace Building in Romania
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  Authors: Beneamin Mocan
  Abstract: Transformation, Ahead of Print.
  Peace building in our societies should be central to Christian theology. In a postcommunist culture as is the case of Romania, part of the task of Christian theology is to construct the proper trajectories to peace building by looking back at the time when the Church was trapped in dictatorial clutches. Referring to the Pentecostal Church in Romania, we will see that the best way of bringing to light the possible contributions towards peace building is by making use of the category of “imaginary”. This category helps us both to uncover the decisive identity markers of a given spirituality and to find those much-needed contributions towards peace building.
  Citation: Transformation
  PubDate: 2022-06-17T06:21:28Z
  DOI: 10.1177/02653788221108908
African Pentecostal Churches and Racialized Xenophobia: International
Migrants as Agents of Transformational Development'
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  Authors: Elina Hankela, Ignatius Swart, Clementine Nishimwe
  Abstract: Transformation, Ahead of Print.
  Scholarship on Pentecostal potential and practice forms a significant part of the debate on religion and development, not least when the focus is on sub-Saharan Africa. Yet in this debate African Pentecostal migrant communities have scarcely been represented. The article focuses on two such communities in South Africa, arguing that they may be regarded as developmental agents in the context of racialized xenophobia, even if they do not portray themselves as such. The argument is based on ethnographic fieldwork and shaped through employing the concept of transformational development that centers on restoring relationships. The article concludes that the two communities – living in a context affected by racialized xenophobia – contribute meaningfully towards restoring relationships between people and God, one's relationship with oneself, relationships within the church community as well as relationships between the church community and the neighborhood.
  Citation: Transformation
  PubDate: 2022-05-13T07:06:35Z
  DOI: 10.1177/02653788221095595
Editing the Story of Life in the Experience of Grief: An Intercultural
Pastoral Care of the Nias Church in Indonesia
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  Authors: Alokasih Gulo, Bambang Subandrijo, Simon Rachmadi
  Abstract: Transformation, Ahead of Print.
  In the moment of grief, people need consolation coming from the very core of human existence: living communication with one’s source of being. This communication ensues stories of life-sustaining one’s self-identity and spiritual vitality. When a story of life enlightens one’s experience of grief, it becomes a curative force for one’s soul-healing process. Yet if the life story becomes ineffective, it needs an “editing” process—or a revision—to get a meaning reconstruction that is more compatible with the grief situation. Using a postcolonial ethnography, we evaluate the pastoral care done by Nias Christian Church for people experiencing grief. We will describe a theoretical framework to argue that pastoral care is fundamentally an editing process of the story of life-sustaining the well-being of the human soul. We, then, will describe the Nias tradition on grief. Finally, we will discuss how the church should develop pastoral care interculturally.
  Citation: Transformation
  PubDate: 2022-05-12T01:05:03Z
  DOI: 10.1177/02653788221098330
An African Response to Karl Barth's Notion of Evil as Nothingness
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  Authors: Rowland Onyenali
  Abstract: Transformation, Ahead of Print.
  In African spiritual exercises, there is so much talk about the menace of demons or evil spirits. These spirits are conceived of as the antithesis of God or as the spiritual opposition to the benign activities of God. Modern African religion sees them as the causes of sicknesses and any form of catastrophe in the lives of people. The paper takes off from Karl Barth's conception of evil and demons as nothingness and argues that when correctly understood, the so-called evil spirits or demons are nothing but the active agents of God in His relationship with humans. Since African cosmology sees the world as a universe of forces held in harmony by God, it seems that the African idea of the deities and spirits as subordinates of God better captures the idea of the evil spirits or demons as nothingness outside the purview of God than the Barthian conception.
  Citation: Transformation
  PubDate: 2022-04-25T06:00:53Z
  DOI: 10.1177/02653788221096152
The Shift of the Center of Gravity of the Church from the West to the
Majority World
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  Authors: Hwa Yung
  First page: 77
  Abstract: Transformation, Ahead of Print.
  Almost everywhere throughout the Majority World (MW), that is Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Christianity used to be called the ‘white-man's religion’. But that is the case no more—the church has exploded all over the MW. In this paper I would like to look at this shift in Christianity worldwide, and what implications it has for the global church, and especially for us in Asia. My purpose here is not to highlight the weaknesses of the Western church and to glorify the growth of the churches in the MW. Rather my hope is that this will help us have a clearer understanding of the challenges before us so that we can labor more fruitfully for the advance of the gospel in the Asian context. In the process I will also raise questions which hopefully will help point the way forward.
  Citation: Transformation
  PubDate: 2022-02-28T04:30:20Z
  DOI: 10.1177/02653788221082019
The Shift of the Centre of Gravity of the Church from the West to the
Majority World: A Response
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  Authors: Lindsay Brown
  First page: 86
  Abstract: Transformation, Ahead of Print.
  This is a response to Hwa Yung's paper on the shift of the centre of the gravity of the church from the West into the Majority World. It reflects on the reasons why the church grew in the West, particularly in Europe, in the past and suggests what can be learned from the strengths of the Western church, as well as its weaknesses and failures. Three periods of Western church history are covered: The Early Church from AD 30 to AD 330, the sixteenth century European Reformation, and the modern missionary expansion in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and the subsequent decline of the Western church.
  Citation: Transformation
  PubDate: 2022-03-14T03:07:39Z
  DOI: 10.1177/02653788221086218
Rethinking Ao Naga traditional religion
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  Authors: Tiatemsu Longkumer
  First page: 99
  Abstract: Transformation, Ahead of Print.
  Understanding the Ao Naga traditional religion detached from its colonial and Christian theological imprints is still in a very nascent stage. Literature review reveals that there are copious writings on Ao traditional religion, seemingly indicating that it is one of the most studied aspects of Ao society. Even though Ao traditional religion is the most studied aspect of Ao society, it is also one of the most misunderstood aspects of the society. Such misunderstanding stems from the bubble of references among the academic writers concentrated on colonial and Ao theologians’ writings with negligible scrutiny. This paper is an attempt to break the bubble and challenge the mindscape by giving an alternative proposal. The first section critiques the colonial writings of J. P. Mills and W. C. Smith. The second section critiques work by Ao Christian theologians. In the last section, I propose a way of understanding Ao traditional religion gleaning from the work of contemporary animism.
  Citation: Transformation
  PubDate: 2022-05-05T05:29:41Z
  DOI: 10.1177/02653788221099504
Book Review: Advanced Missiology: How to Study Missions in Credible and
Useful Ways by Kenneth Nehrbass
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  Authors: Kirk J. Franklin
  First page: 122
  Abstract: Transformation, Ahead of Print.
  
  Citation: Transformation
  PubDate: 2022-04-26T07:20:26Z
  DOI: 10.1177/02653788221092929
Pancasila and Covenantal Pluralism in Indonesia: A Historical Approach
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  Authors: Philip Suciadi Chia
  First page: 91
  Abstract: Transformation, Ahead of Print.
  
  Citation: Transformation
  PubDate: 2021-12-30T01:30:28Z
  DOI: 10.1177/02653788211069971
Missional Discipleship in the Public Sphere: With Special Reference to
Lordship, Followership and Christlikeness in the Concept of Public
Discipleship
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  Authors: Guichun Jun
  First page: 111
  Abstract: Transformation, Ahead of Print.
  Missional discipleship is more than a movement seeking a new methodological and strategic mission paradigm. Missional discipleship is the essence of Christianity concerning the ontological foundation for the prime reason for existence as believers and the epistemological lens to see the world from the perspective of transformed values in Christ. In other words, missional discipleship requires acknowledging the lordship of Christ by demonstrating the ontological embodiment of who Christ is and epistemological resemblance by perceiving the reality as Christ does. These radical transformations in both ontological and epistemological areas can enable believers to authentically follow Christ as disciples and demonstrate Christlikeness in all spheres of their existence as missionaries. Christlike attributes and qualities are progressively cultivated in believers lives as they conform to the image of Christ, and the most profound nature of Christlikeness is holiness. Missional discipleship provides a platform to expand the concept of Christlikeness as holiness from the personal dimension to the public dimension to overcome the privatisation of discipleship and Christian religious dualism polarising things into the categories of the sacred and secular.
  Citation: Transformation
  PubDate: 2021-12-06T12:47:48Z
  DOI: 10.1177/02653788211062462