The God Who Is with Us

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Theology of Mission in the Doctrine of Revelation

Benjamin H. Kim

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Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
21 October 2022

Christianity; Theology; Religious institutions & organisations

Contemporary theologies of mission rely on the central concept of the missio Dei, which states that mission properly belongs to the triune God over the church. However, present accounts fail to establish any corresponding link between God’s trinitarian economy and ontology. In other words, the problem of the missio Dei is the problem of the break between the act and being of God. Benjamin H. Kim argues that a repair is needed for missio Dei theology, and this repair is found in reexamining Barth’s doctrine of revelation. In doing so, the locus of mission moves from God’s trinitarian sending to his trinitarian revealing. The repair is further advanced by Dietrich Bonhoeffer through his concept of person, which functions as the unity of act and being. This account returns mission to its original definition, which was intended to describe the inner-trinitarian being of God in relation to humanity. The concept of person recovers this meaning of mission by locating it first in the person of Christ and second, in the collective person of the church existing as the Christ community. Thus, Bonhoeffer’s description of revelation in terms of personhood provides and account that is more faithful to the missio Dei’s core insights.

By: Benjamin H. Kim
Imprint: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 238mm, Width: 159mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 522g
ISBN: 9781978715301
ISBN 10: 1978715307
Pages: 238
Publication Date: 21 October 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chapter 1 Re-examining Missio Dei Theology Chapter 2 The Theology of the Missio Dei Chapter 3 Karl Barth and the Mission of Revelation Chapter 4 Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Person of Mission Chapter 5 Reconstructing a Theology of Mission

Benjamin H. Kim is associate professor of theological studies at SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary in El Dorado Hills, CA.

Reviews for The God Who Is with Us: Theology of Mission in the Doctrine of Revelation

The issues Benjamin H. Kim raises concerning mission and its relation to the missio Dei are the questions being asked by thoughtful missiologists and especially theologians of mission. . . . It carries the missio Dei argument forward to its next stage of development and to a deeper level, with consequences for how we see the church and its mission. All missiologists and theologians of mission should be interested in this book. -- W. Ross Hastings, Regent College In this systematic work, Benjamin H. Kim adds significantly to the debate on the twentieth-century origins of the problematic concept of missio Dei. By appropriating Barth's theology of revelation through Bonhoeffer's explication of person, Kim offers a fecund mission theology of the church community being Christ's body with and for the world. -- Kirsteen Kim, Fuller Theological Seminary There is no theologian of the twentieth century who diagnosed the significance of the current context for the church as well as Bonhoeffer and in so thoroughly a theological way. Benjamin H. Kim draws out the deep theological logics of Bonhoeffer's work for a theological account of mission. His work is scholarly, ecclesial, and - most importantly - timely. -- Tom Greggs, FRSE, Marischal Chair (1616) and Head of Divinity, University of Aberdeen