Talking about generosity in contemporary mission

Marie-Hélène Robert


Université Catholique de Lyon, France (France)
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5768-0017

Abstract

Is generosity a value, a risk, a counter-value or a question in the contemporary Western context? How is human generosity, aroused and directed by the primary generosity of God, at the heart of the current challenges of the missionary encounter? 
This reflexion crosses the anthropological, spiritual and biblical dimensions of the notion to answer these questions, beginning by avoiding the pitfalls of generosity. We could see then how to actualize the evangelical call to be "generous as your Father is generous" and explore models of missionary generosity adjusted to that of God and to contemporary expectations so that the Gospel may always be better proclaimed and received.


Keywords:

Mission, Spirituality, Ethics of giving/self-giving

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Published
2022-10-06

Cited by

Robert, M.-H. . (2022). Talking about generosity in contemporary mission. Warsaw Theological Studies, 35(1), 166–177. https://doi.org/10.30439/WST.2022.1.10

Authors

Marie-Hélène Robert 

Université Catholique de Lyon, France France
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5768-0017

Marie-Hélène Robert OLA — dr teologii w zakresie misjologii, profesor na Wydziale Teologii Uniwersytetu Katolickiego w Lyonie, gdzie od 2008 r. wykłada teologię dogmatyczną. Członkini Instytutu Misyjnego Matki Bożej Apostołów. Pracowała jako misjonarka na Wybrzeżu Kości Słoniowej, w Egipcie i w Czadzie. Zaangażowana w międzynarodowe spotkania ekumeniczne.



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