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Intercultural Theology and the Mission of the Church

Intercultural Theology and the Mission of the Church INTERCULTURAL THEOLOGY AND THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH Frans Wijsen In its recent Assessment of Research Quality the Association of the Universities in the Netherlands noted the danger of 'an overly introspecti- ve Eurocentrism' in doing theology in the Netherlands and called for more 'involvement with extra-European issues' .' Some years earlier I made an investigation of missiological education in the Dutch faculties of theology. This investigation confirmed the diagnosis of Eurocentrism, except for some evangelical schools of theology which have a missionary and cross- cultural set-up.' Since September 2000 the Faculty of Theology of the Catholic Univer- sity of Nijmegen has started an English programme in intercultural theol- ogy in which students from Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe are enrolled.' But, to what extent do we escape from the 'danger of Eurocen- trism' ? Is our programme really intercultural? Or is it just another example of Western 'knowledge export', a one-way traffic, a manifesta- tion of a Western superiority complex in which we presuppose that our rationality is the best, that our methods are the most appropriate? Are we prepared to learn from 'the others', or do we want them to adjust to our criteria? Do we http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Exchange Brill

Intercultural Theology and the Mission of the Church

Exchange , Volume 30 (3): 218 – Jan 1, 2001

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© 2001 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0166-2740
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1572-543X
DOI
10.1163/157254301X00138
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INTERCULTURAL THEOLOGY AND THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH Frans Wijsen In its recent Assessment of Research Quality the Association of the Universities in the Netherlands noted the danger of 'an overly introspecti- ve Eurocentrism' in doing theology in the Netherlands and called for more 'involvement with extra-European issues' .' Some years earlier I made an investigation of missiological education in the Dutch faculties of theology. This investigation confirmed the diagnosis of Eurocentrism, except for some evangelical schools of theology which have a missionary and cross- cultural set-up.' Since September 2000 the Faculty of Theology of the Catholic Univer- sity of Nijmegen has started an English programme in intercultural theol- ogy in which students from Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe are enrolled.' But, to what extent do we escape from the 'danger of Eurocen- trism' ? Is our programme really intercultural? Or is it just another example of Western 'knowledge export', a one-way traffic, a manifesta- tion of a Western superiority complex in which we presuppose that our rationality is the best, that our methods are the most appropriate? Are we prepared to learn from 'the others', or do we want them to adjust to our criteria? Do we

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