Table of Contents
Preface 7
Introduction 11
1 Questioning the Legitimacy of Mission 19
Political Change 21
Academic Changes 23
Vatican II 25
Postmodern Culture 26
Summary 32
2 Rediscovering Mission in God 35
First Analogy: Trinity as a Paradigm Shift 36 1
Second Analogy: Trinity as "Relationality" 41
Third Analogy: Trinity as "Differe(a)nce" 46
Fourth Analogy: Trinity as "Event" 50
Summary 53
3 Death, God, and Trinitarian Mission 55
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 71
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 94
What's Mission after Fifty Years? by Marty Shea 99
Mission as Working with the Hired Hands by Doug Venne 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
Notes 123
Index 153
