Mission and Development God's Work or Good Works [Hardcover]

This book considers the implications, consequences, opportunities and constraints faced when mission and development endeavours coincide. This is explored from various perspectives, including that of history, theology and those involved in mission work and missionary organizations. Despite eighty per cent of the world's population professing religious belief, religion has been largely excluded from consideration of those seeking to achieve development in poorer countries. Moreover, the work of missionaries has often involved the provision of basic welfare services that in many parts of the world predate the interventions undertaken by 'professional' secular aid workers. Are missionaries doing development work or is development a critical aspect of mission?

Matthew Clarke is Associate Professor and Head of the School of International and Political Studies, Deakin University, Australia.

1. Introduction: Good and God: Development and Mission Matthew Clarke \ Part I: History and Setting \ 2. Washing Our Dirty Feet: Christ and Development Jonathan Ryan \ 3. Christian Mission at the Crossroad of Development: Biblical and Magisterial Perspectives Jacob Kavunkal SVD \ Part II: Theology of Mission and Development \ 4. Fiji's Methodist Mission and its Role in Development through Education, Agriculture and Self-Governance in the early Twentieth Century Kirstie Close \ 5. God i givim ples ya long yumi (God has given us this land): The Role of the Church in Building Pacific nations Matthew Clarke \ 6. The God Factor: Adventism, Medical Missionaries and Development' in Papua New Guinea Brad Watson \ Part III: Case Studies: Mission Organisations and Development \ 7. The Micah Mandate: An Evangelical View Steve Bradbury \ 8. Palms Australia: Missionaries, International Development Volunteers and Beyond: Prophetic Wisdom for Cross-Cultural Engagement Roger O'Halloran \ 9. Blurring Mission and Development in the Mennonite Central Committee Philip Fountain \ 10. UnitingWorld:lÃ9