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The Missionswissenschaftliches Institut Missio eV (MWI) is an institute for the promotion of science, research and teaching in Catholic missionary work and in the world church context.

founding

The organization was founded in 1971 on the initiative of missio as an independent association , confirmed by the German Bishops' Conference in 1972 and recognized by the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples in Rome in 1978 .

tasks

The foundation was shaped by the spirit of the Second Vatican Council and the awakening of the world church that was shaped by it . According to the statutes, the MWI promotes science, research and teaching in Catholic missionary work and in the global church context.

The MWI has supported theological and philosophical projects of the young churches in Africa , Asia , Latin America and Oceania from the start .

In almost forty years, more than 700 young people from the Third World have received grants for theological or philosophical postgraduate studies (licentiate, master's and above all doctorate) in Europe or in the south. Above all, it is students who are intended for later teaching and research in their own countries. Your future task is the further development of the local theology so that the local church can react appropriately to local developments.

Another task is to support the establishment and expansion of Catholic theological-philosophical training and research institutes in Africa , Asia , Latin America and Oceania . There are various funding programs for this purpose:

Research projects and programs promoting contextual theologies and philosophies in the developing world; Specialist conferences and meetings at international and regional level; Publication of theological and philosophical literature; Specialized libraries: procurement of books for theological and philosophical studies; Exchange of teachers as a start-up aid for young theological and philosophical institutes and universities. In addition, a publicly accessible is the MWI Library ( Mikado : Mi ssionsbibliothek and ka tholische Do kumentationsstelle) with the collection emphasis Contextual theologies and philosophies , mission studies , religious studies , inter-religious dialogue , human rights and the situation of the young Churches assigned.

The projects and the work of the MWI are financed through donations .

history

In the 1970s, the focus of the MWI was on the reception of theological and philosophical awakenings in Africa , Asia , Latin America and Oceania , as well as on their comprehensive documentation and communication in a European context. As a concrete fruit of these efforts, the bibliographic journal Theologie im Context was founded in 1979 .

In the 1980s, the work of the MWI developed in the sense of building an intercontinental network of theologians. The institute increasingly assumed the task and function of a platform and a catalyst for scientific exchange among the local churches in the south. At the same time, the German-language book series Theology of the Third World started in 1981 with the aim of making selected theological contributions from Africa , Asia , Latin America and Oceania accessible to an interested public in Europe .

In the 1990s, the MWI attempted to actively enter into a dialogue with the contextual theologies and philosophies of the South. The Yearbook for Contextual Theologies, founded in 1993, should be such a hinge.

Since 2000 the institute has been particularly concerned with globalization ; religiously motivated violence ; Macroecumens; Mission Area Europe; indigenous theologies; Postmodern; Migration flows; interreligious dialogue; HIV AIDS; Parish pastoral. The various funding programs take this into account.

Until October 2009, the MWI not only promoted training, teaching and research, but also carried out research itself in cooperation with the many partners in the south. This had to be given up. The focus on promoting the training of young theologians and philosophers from Africa , Asia and Oceania , supporting the expansion of teaching and research institutes in Africa, Asia and Oceania and accompanying them has been increased.

cables

literature

  • Fritz Frei: 30 years of the Mission Research Institute Missio eV, Aachen. In: Neue Zeitschrift für Missionswissenschaft, 58 (2002), p. 44
  • Norbert Kößmeier: From a desk with a donation pot to the avant-garde: MWI is celebrating its 30th anniversary. In: KM Forum Weltkirche, 121 (2002), pp. 25–28.
  • Josef Estermann: 30 years of MWI. In: Zeitschrift für Missionswissenschaft und Religionswissenschaft, 85 (2001), pp. 317-320
  • Josef Estermann: Missiological Institute Missio eV, Aachen (Germany): Promoting contextual theologies. In: Promoting mission studies: The role of missiological institutes. (Colloquium of the International Association of Catholic Missiologists (IACM) and the Missiological Institutes, Rome, February 15-20, 1999) / Ed. by Sebastian Karotemprel, Joseph Puthenpurakal and Francis Fernandez. - Shillong 2000, ISBN 81-85408-00-2 , pp. 43-73.
  • Ludwig Wiedenmann: Mission Studies or Contextual Theology? : Orientation of the Missio Institute in Aachen. In: Inculturation and Contextuality: Theologies in Worldwide Exchange. Festschrift for Ludwig Bertsch SJ for his 65th birthday / Ed. By Monika Pankoke-Schenk and Georg Evers. - Frankfurt a. M. 1994, pp. 231-240. ISBN 3-7820-0705-0 .
  • Ludwig Wiedenmann: The missiological institute Missio in Aachen. In: Zeitschrift für Missionswissenschaft und Religionswissenschaft, 70 (1986), pp. 240–242.
  • Missio: The Institute of Missiology. In: Biblical Apostolate, (1985), H. 2/3, pp. 7-8.
  • Ernst Schmied: Five years of "promotion of theological research and teaching" of the Missio eV Institute of Missiology. In: Journal for Mission Studies and Religious Studies, 62 (1978), pp. 301-303.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.mwi-aachen.org/mwi/geschichte/ History of the Missio Institute of Missiology