Interrogating the Language of Self and Other in the History of Modern Christian Mission: Contestation Subversion and Re-Imagination: 11 (Missional Church Public Theology World Christianity)

This book offers a critical analysis of the use of language in mission studies. Language and Christian missionary activity intersect in complicated ways to objectify the other in cross-cultural situations. Rethinking missiological language is both urgent and necessary to subvert narratives that continue to fetishize the other as cultural stereotypes. The project takes a step forward to reconceptualize otherness as gift and such an affirmation should create a pathway for human flourishing and furthermore open new avenues for missiological exploration to address issues arising from a world dominated by bigoted discourses lies and hate speech.