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MISSION AND MULTICULTURALISM. ON COMMUNICATION BETWEEN EUROPEANS AND AFRICANS Frans Wijsen The debate on multiculturalism has been raging in several European countries for some ten years.' By and large it centres on the question whether European society is, or ought to be, a multicultural society and whether new migrants must adapt to European lifestyle, or whether they can and may retain their distinctive character. The discussions we are hearing currently in the political debate clearly demonstrate how unprepared European countries are for becoming a multicultural society. Whether it is a matter of head scarves, female circumcision, arranged marriages, Islamic primary education, acceptance of homosexuality or separation of church and state: on the whole the countries of Western Europe are completely at a loss what to do about it or, even worse, believe they know best. The thesis I want to defend here is that missionaries and missionary institutions have considerable expertise in dealing with cultural differences. Often they have worked for many years in non-Western societies and nowadays they are increasingly working in multicultural communities in the European continent. As an empirical study and theological reflection on missionary practice,2 missiology can not only contribute to a theory of intercultural
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Published: Jan 1, 2003
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