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A Nonverbal Mission
Author(s) -
Novsima Isabella
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international review of mission
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.118
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 1758-6631
pISSN - 0020-8582
DOI - 10.1111/irom.12263
Subject(s) - nonverbal communication , perspective (graphical) , vulnerability (computing) , expression (computer science) , sociology , epistemology , psychology , communication , linguistics , philosophy , computer science , art , visual arts , computer security , programming language
Popularly, theology and mission are understood as the works of words and language. Starting from the perspective of women with intellectual disabilities who experience trauma, this paper proposes an apophatic approach for theology and mission that gives the primacy of nonverbal self‐expression over verbal logocentrism. Such a proposal places vulnerability at the heart of the Christian mission.