God`s Mission and Postmodern Culture The Gift of Uncertainty

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1. Questioning the Legitimacy of Mission Political Change 21 Academic Changes 23 Vatican II 25 Postmodern Culture 26 Summary 32 2. Rediscovering Mission in God First Analogy: Trinity as a Paradigm Shift Second Analogy: Trinity as "Relationality" Third Analogy: Trinity as "Differe(a)nce" Fourth Analogy: Trinity as "Event" 50 Summary 53 3. Death, God, and Trinitarian Mission A God Who Suffers 58 Death within the Trinity 61 Summary 68 4. Our Mission: A New Way of Being, a New Way of Doing Participation in God`s Mission as a New Way of "Being" 73 Participation in God`s Mission as a New Way of "Doing" 80 Summary 90 5. Mission Lived 93 Prayer and Peace Presence in South Sudan by Theresa Baldini and Madeline McHugh What`s Mission after Fifty Years? byMartyShea 99 Mission as Working with the Hired Hands byDougVenne 101 Gentle Service to the Poorest by Jim Noonan 106 Summary 110 6. Mission and Ecclesial Existence 111 Living Ecclesial Existence: Openness to the "Other" 113 Living Ecclesial Existence: Looking Beyond 115 Living Ecclesial Existence: Mutuality in Relationships 117 Living Ecclesial Existence: Accepting Intimacy 119