Christian Mission and a Diakonia of Reconciliation: A Global Reframing of Justification and Justice

Dr. Chung presents an understanding of the diakonia of reconciliation and discipleship in God s mission through the hermeneutical retrieval of justification, theologia crucis, and reconciliation. He undertakes the gargantuan task to connect and integrate diaconal service in the quest for social justice with the doctrine of justification. His theology of the diakonia of reconciliation and emancipation, for which Matthew 25 stands as the Magna Carta, explores the terrain of reconciliation of other religionists in an interreligious context, particularly as it encounters the Buddhist faith. Dr.Chung s intercultural emancipation theology, which he refers to as my Asian irregular theology, goes hand in hand with a Christian witness to the mystery of God s mission and active discipleship through the diakonia of reconciliation on behalf of the poor and also in recognition of the dignity and value of religious others.