Abstract:Holistic mission, while widely used as a helpful articulation of the missio Dei, contains within itself a dilemma: if everything is mission, then nothing is mission (Anglican Bishop Stephen Neill). In its adoption of development studies language and practice of diakonia and development, contemporary holistic mission runs the ironic risk of not being holistic enough. To the extent that holistic mission “flattens” a holistic view of the scriptural, narrative arc of salvation into an immanent dimension, to the ex… Show more
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