ABSTRACT
Continuing the theme of the previous chapter I resume my exploration of what happens when the gospel encounters a 'non-Christian' culture. In the second part of the book I argued that the gospel lays on the Church a sui generis approach to power, which privileges the weaker sections of society. In the last chapter, however, I conceded that, in the context of mission, the Church had to face up to the violence of its past. Was that violence more subtle than the crudities of colonialism? Is it, as some critics allege, part of the very implication of incarnation? I pursue this question by reflecting on two models of mission.
