Toward a New, Praxis-Oriented Missiology: Rediscovering Paulo Freire’s Concept of Conscientizacao and Enhancing Christian Mission as Prophetic Dialogue
Rosalia Meza
Jun 2020 · American Society of Missiology Monograph Series Book 46 · Wipf and Stock Publishers
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The new and different frontiers and factors discussed in missiology are reshaping the meaning of mission. Christian mission today is searching for new directions to approach the postmodern, postcolonial, and ecumenical paradigms. This book argues that mission is the process of embodying the content and praxis of the gospel, not the transmission of knowledge that keeps an established structure and culture alive (often justified by a specific ecclesiological model). Thus, mission initiates a transformative process of faith, which leads to personal and social transformation. This work brings into dialogue Stephen Bevans's notion of mission as prophetic dialogue and Paulo Freire's concept of conscientizacao. The aim is not to discover a method to do mission but to rescue the process that leads to transformation, allowing one to encounter the other where they are while respecting the uniqueness of every person, culture, church, and society. Prophetic dialogue enriched by conscientizacao (and vice versa) can open new perspectives within missiology and provide a new approach to mission praxis. This approach is then analyzed through the experiential and transformative elements of the Verbum Dei charism applied in ministry, demonstrating the effectiveness of prophetic dialogue and conscientizacao in the Verbum Dei Missionary Fraternity mission praxis.
About the author
Rosalia Meza, VDMF, is a religious sister of the Verbum Dei Missionary Fraternity and is currently Provincial Superior of Verbum Dei’s US Province. She is also serving as Senior Director of Religious Education for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Rosalia holds a Doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University in Berkeley, California.
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