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“Don’t ask, don’t tell” Critical questions about global health and missions: Historical and contemporary perspectives. TWU Faculty Retreat August 22, 2012. Dr. Sonya Grypma Overview Dr. Robynne Healey Historical Perspectives on Missions Dr. Barb Astle
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“Don’t ask, don’t tell”Critical questions about global health and missions: Historical and contemporary perspectives TWU Faculty Retreat August 22, 2012
Dr. Sonya Grypma • Overview • Dr. Robynne Healey • Historical Perspectives on Missions • Dr. Barb Astle • Contemporary Perspectives on Global Health • Dr. Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham • Critical Questions
Critical Questions • To what extent are missions/global health culturalistendeavours, focusing on cultural differences, apart from addressing structural forces and social determinants of health that underpin global distributions of wealth and health inequities? • To what extent are missions/global health complicit with imperial relations and colonizing histories?
Critical Questions • How might religion and faith communities function as social capital? • How do we engage in social justice and global citizenship at TWU? How do we bring together the gospel directives of justification and justice?