The Asbury Journal 76/2: 186-212 © 2021 Asbury Theological Seminary DOI: 10.7252/Journal.02.2021F.03
Michael Bennett and Allan Varghese
To Seek and Know our Biases: Autoethnography in Missiological Inquiry
Abstract: Today, Christian mission scholarship widely accepts the historical missiology as a scholarly discipline. Therefore, many scholars have been calling for the “decolonization” of Christian mission. This paper seeks to join the call of decolonization by offering a considerate discussion on integrating autoethnography as a research methodology in missiological inquiry. While qualitative research, it later demonstrates how autoethnography can be an integral methodology for missiological inquiries, namely in the process of de-colonizing and de-westernizing contemporary mission research.
Key Words: autoethnography, qualitative research, missiology, missions, theology, post-colonial Studies Michael Bennett is a Ph.D. (Intercultural Studies) student at Asbury Theological Seminary. Allan Varghese is a Ph.D. (Intercultural Studies) student at Asbury Theological Seminary.
