Overturning tables : freeing mission from the Christian-industrial complex / Scott A. Bessenecker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bessenecker, Scott, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Protestant churches--Missions.

Protestant churches.

Missions--Theory.

Missions.

Economics--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Economics.

Capitalism--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Capitalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (204 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Downers Grove, Illinois : InterVarsity Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The history of Protestant mission in the world has unfolded in step with the history of the modern marketplace, defining missions success in marketplace terms. Scott Bessenecker points toward a view of missions freed of false attachments to material paradigms and tailored toward a kingdom vision.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Prologue: Driving the Market Out of Christian Mission""; ""1 A Tale of Two Missions""; ""2 From Corporation to Locally Owned""; ""3 From Profits to Prophets""; ""4 From Convert to Cosmos""; ""5 From Solitary to Solidarity""; ""6 From Mainstream to Margin""; ""7 From Independent to Interdependent""; ""8 From Growth to Flourishing""; ""Epilogue: Putting Our Shoulders to the Donkey Cart""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Notes""; ""Praise for Overturning Tables""; ""About the Author""; ""More Titles from InterVarsity Press""

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ISBN:

9780830896769

0830896767

OCLC:

896826804