Ma`rifat-e Adyan, Volume 15, Issue 1, No 57, Year 2025 , Pages 129-148
A Study on Business as Christian Evangelism
Writers:
✍️ Abolhasan pourghorbani
/ Student of the Islamic Seminary of Qom, level 4, and PhD Student of Comparative Theology, Majoring in Christian Theology, University of Religions and Denominations of Qom / abolikaka@gmail.com
/ Student of the Islamic Seminary of Qom, level 4, and PhD Student of Comparative Theology, Majoring in Christian Theology, University of Religions and Denominations of Qom / abolikaka@gmail.comAhmadreza Mefatah URD / Associate Professor of University of Religions and Denominations of Qom / meftah555@gmail.com
Mehrab Sadeghnia / Associate Professor of University of Religions and Denominations of Qom / sadeghniam@yahoo.com
/ Associate Professor of University of Religions and Denominations of Qom / sadeghniam@yahoo.comAbstract:
Christian missionaries have used a variety of evangelistic methods and strategies in order to change the religion of non-Christians since the past. One of these methods is "business as evangelism". Establishing various commercial organizations and companies in different fields in this evangelistic method, they create some jobs for native people in poor areas and help them to earn income, and thus provide the ground to attract them to Christianity and change their religion. The purpose of this business is to create economic prosperity and thus the Christian missionaries claim to contribute to the growth of the local economy and increase social welfare, besides earning money to cover the costs of their missionary activity. The focus of this missionary activity is on developing countries, including Islamic countries, where Christian missionaries may not be allowed to work officially. Considering the lack of access or the difficulty of access to field information, the present research uses the method of collecting library information and is written based on the available sources of "Missiology" using a descriptive-analytical method.
چکیده و کلیدواژه فارسی (Persian)
Title :بررسی تجارت به مثابه تبشیر مسیحی
Abstract:
میسیونرهای مسیحی به منظور تغییر کیش غیرمسیحیان از زمان‌های گذشته تا به حال از انواع روش‌ها و راهبرد‌های تبشیری استفاده می‌کرده‌اند. یکی از این روش‌ها «تجارت به‌مثابه تبشیر» است. در این روش تبشیری تلاش می‌‌شود با تأسیس سازمان‌ها و شرکت‌های گوناگون تجاری در زمینه‌‌‌های متفاوت، از طریق ایجاد شغل و درآمدزایی برای افراد بومی در مناطق فقیرنشین، زمینه جذب آنان به مسیحیت و تغییر کیش فراهم شود. هدف از تجارت این است که مبشران مسیحی علاوه بر کسب درآمد برای تأمین هزینه‌های فعالیت تبشیری، با ایجاد رونق اقتصادی ادعای کمک به رشد اقتصاد محلی و بالا بردن رفاه اجتماعی داشته باشند. تمرکز فعالیت این روش تبشیری بر کشورهای در حال توسعه، از جمله کشورهای اسلامی است که ممکن است مبشران مسیحی اجازه فعالیت رسمی در آنها را نداشته باشند. پژوهش حاضر با توجه به عدم دسترسی یا دشوار بودن دسترسی به اطلاعات میدانی، از روش گردآوری اطلاعات کتابخانه‌ای و براساس منابع موجود در زمینه «میسیولوژی» و به شیوه توصیفی ـ تحلیلی نگاشته شده است.
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pourghorbani, Abolhasan, Mefatah URD , Ahmadreza, Sadeghnia, Mehrab.(2025) A Study on Business as Christian Evangelism. Ma`rifat-e Adyan, 15(1), 129-148 https://doi.org/10.22034/marefateadyan.2024.2020263
Abolhasan pourghorbani; Ahmadreza Mefatah URD ; Mehrab Sadeghnia."A Study on Business as Christian Evangelism". Ma`rifat-e Adyan, 15, 1, 2025, 129-148
pourghorbani, A, Mefatah URD , A, Sadeghnia, M.(2025) 'A Study on Business as Christian Evangelism', Ma`rifat-e Adyan, 15(1), pp. 129-148
