Missio Dei in a Digital Age

by Jonas Kurlberg, Peter M. Phillips (Editor)

We are witnessing an unprecedented technological revolution. Every sphere of life from communications, work, economy, leisure, our homes, and health care is being digitised. These far-reaching changes demand careful consideration and discernment by churches participating in God’s redemptive work around the world. Digitalization of society is radically changing both the methods and conditions of missions. For the first time, this book explores the implications of digitality for Missio Dei in thought and practice. Bringing together theologians, missiologists, computer scientists and practitioners, the book considers a diverse range of topics from evangelism to pastoral care, cyber pilgrimages to biases in algorithms, public theology to homiletics and inculturation to contextualization.

288 pages, Paperback

Published December 30, 2020

Reviews

[John Paul Arceno · Rating 5 out of 5]

It has achieved its goal to collect a global voice for this fresh expression of doing digital missions. What made it great is the faithfulness to see digital missions from a Missio Dei perspective. That instead of us starting from our duty to God’s missions and us just being part of it. Sometimes, we become autonomous and try to play God in doing missions. However, a broader perspective of how God is doing it, where God is working now, and why God calling us to be part of it are making a lot more sense than just uncritically embracing the trend of this modern digital age. A digital community is a real community. The Spirit of God can work beyond the box we limit Him. And the church must learn this digital inculturation in order to engage the people who are needing of redemption, forgivness, and grace.

[James Poitras · Rating 4 out of 5]

An academic treatment of the digital age; digital engagement and evangelism.