Abstract Our world is characterised by a plurality of religions and cultures, including people who do not profess any religious faith or belief. Each religion cherishes and reveres its norms and ethos and seeks to uphold and project its sacredness both publicly and privately. If the multiplicity of religious expressions is not accepted as a gift, it may fuel and sustain unhealthy rivalry. With this understanding in mind, the need for pedagogy that prepares Christian missioners and workers to engage in life-affirming dialogue and cooperation with people of other belief systems remains crucial. This article seeks to reinforce the case for a missional formation that includes and mainstreams basic aspects of interfaith know/edge, knowing full well that mission activities are not carried out in a vacuum, but among human beings in their social and communal locations. The title of this article is informed by the document Together towards Life (TTL). The title of the document in itself is invitational and inclusive. The invitation or call is not restricted to believing Christians, but stretches to all humanity, regardless of religious affiliation, social cluster, or racial identity. It is invitational because it triggers the consciousness that no one is independent of the other living being. We are interdependent for our collective wellbeing. It is against this background that I chose to write this article as an entreaty for a missional formation that consciously includes aspects of interfaith/inter-religious learning as a critical component. Our world today is witnessing an increasing expression of religious practices and allegiances. Religious pluralism is indeed an existential reality, livery part of the world has at least two religious expressions as part of its socio-religious demographic disaggregation. Christianity is one of the prominent religious expressions on the globe, existing in the midst of other religious entities, including those that have been classified as irreligious. However, in some parts of human society, some religious expressions are termed as majority ones, while others are treated as minority groups. In some zones, neutrality seems to be emphasized and entrenched as a mechanism to delegitimize religious hegemony. It may be necessary to state in a more missional tone that Christian religious faith, like any other that engages in life-giving dialogue, finds nourishment, embellishment, and greater awareness of self in dialogue. As Hans Ucko has upheld, "Some would, due to their experience in dialogue, confess that in the relationship with the other, one's faith in God has grown and changed. They have over and over again met with God, and they have learned that God is more; as Jacob said, 'God, you are here and I didn't know it.'" (1) He went on to say, "They have come to understand that God truly has many mansions. They have come to appreciate that one cannot exhaust God, that God is always Deus semper maior; one cannot grasp God, understand God, and hold God. God is unknowable and incomprehensible. The only thing knowable and comprehensible about God is his unknowability and his incomprehensibility." (2) It is important to state unequivocally that for a Christian, it is mandatory to "make disciples, being witnesses, living letters, and bearers of good news," as conveyed in Matthew 28, Mark 16, and 2 Corinthians 3:2. Such a mandate does not foreclose the need for inter-religious encounters, but instills the consciousness of being a genuine Christian before, during, and after such formal encounters. It may be contested, but the assertion will be analyzed in subsequent sections to offer more insight on being a witness while engaging in inter-religious discourses. Together towards Life Inspires Inter-religious Learning As mentioned earlier, TTL underpins the inescapable necessity for Christian missioners to intentionally recognize the existence of religious others. …

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赋予生命的不同信仰间相遇的宣教形成

摘要 我们的世界以多种宗教和文化为特征，包括不信奉任何宗教信仰或信仰的人。每种宗教都珍视和尊重其规范和精神，并力求在公开和私下维护和投射其神圣性。如果宗教表达的多样性不被接受为礼物，它可能会助长和维持不健康的竞争。考虑到这种理解，使基督教传教士和工人准备好与其他信仰体系的人进行积极对话和合作的教学法仍然至关重要。本文旨在加强宣教形成的理由，其中包括跨信仰知识/边缘的基本方面并将其纳入主流，充分了解宣教活动不是在真空中进行，但在社会和公共场所的人类之间。这篇文章的标题来自于“一起走向生活”（TTL）文件。文件的标题本身具有邀请性和包容性。邀请或呼召不限于相信的基督徒，而是延伸到全人类，无论宗教信仰、社会群体或种族身份如何。它是邀请性的，因为它触发了没有人独立于另一个生物的意识。为了我们的集体福祉，我们相互依存。正是在这种背景下，我选择写这篇文章作为对有意识地将跨信仰/跨宗教学习的各个方面作为关键组成部分的宣教形成的恳求。我们今天的世界正在见证宗教实践和效忠的日益增多。宗教多元化确实是一个存在的现实，世界的制服部分至少有两种宗教表达，作为其社会宗教人口分类的一部分。基督教是世界上最突出的宗教表达之一，存在于其他宗教实体中，包括那些被归类为非宗教的实体。然而，在人类社会的某些部分，一些宗教表达被称为多数派，而另一些则被视为少数群体。在某些地区，中立似乎被强调并确立为一种使宗教霸权合法化的机制。可能有必要以更具使命感的语气说明基督教的宗教信仰，就像任何其他参与赋予生命的对话一样，在对话中找到滋养、修饰和更大的自我意识。正如汉斯·乌科所坚持的那样，“有些人会因为他们在对话中的经验，承认在与对方的关系中，一个人对上帝的信仰已经增长和改变。他们一次又一次地与上帝相遇，他们了解到上帝更多；正如雅各布说，‘神啊，你在这里，我不知道。’”（1）他接着说，“他们开始明白神真的有许多宅邸。他们开始意识到一个人不能穷尽神，即上帝永远是Deus semper maior；人无法把握上帝、理解上帝、持有上帝。上帝是不可知的和不可理解的。关于上帝唯一可知和可理解的就是他的不可知和他的不可理解。” (2) 必须明确指出，对于基督徒来说，必须“使人作门徒、作见证、活的书信、在这种正式接触期间和之后。它可能会受到质疑，但该断言将在后续章节中进行分析，以提供更多关于在参与宗教间对话时作为证人的见解。共同迈向生活激发跨宗教学习 如前所述，TTL 支持基督教传教士有意识地承认其他宗教人士存在的不可避免的必要性。… 在这种正式接触期间和之后。它可能会受到质疑，但该断言将在后续章节中进行分析，以提供更多关于在参与宗教间对话时作为证人的见解。共同迈向生活激发跨宗教学习 如前所述，TTL 支持基督教传教士有意识地承认其他宗教人士存在的不可避免的必要性。…