Introducing Christian mission today : scripture, history, and issues / Michael W. Goheen ; cover design, Cindy Kiple ; interior design, Beth Hagenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goheen, Michael W., 1955- author.

Contributor:

Kiple, Cindy, cover designer.

Hagenberg, Beth (Bethany), designer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mission of the church.

Missions--Theory.

Missions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (449 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Downers Grove, Illinois : InterVarsity Press, [2014]

Summary:

Mission--a driving force in the long Christian story--today is often cast as the embarrassing relative of tall-steeple religiosity. In our wider culture it's now tucked in the endnotes of book-club histories or forms the ghostlike ellipses in the six o'clock news. But in Introducing Christian Mission Today, Michael Goheen brings the vibrant history, motivation and challenges of Christian mission to the fore. Through the centuries Christian mission has always been recalibrating, retooling and reevangelizing. It has repeatedly taken surprising turns as it is carried along by the Spirit of God. Goheen's introduction to mission's biblical, theological and historical dimensions engages the present and anticipates the future. As he unfolds the major issues of the global and urban, the pluralistic and wholistic contexts of mission today, he lays the ground for engaging in God’s great kingdom enterprise. This full-scale text incorporates the keen missional insights of Lesslie Newbigin, David Bosch and other formative thinkers. It will be a valued resource not only for those in crosscultural contexts but also for those engaged in reevangelizing the West.--publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: a paradigm shift in mission studies today

Part I: Biblical and theological reflection on mission

Scripture as a narrative record of God's mission

Theology of mission and missional theology

Part II: Historical and contemporary reflection on mission

Historical paradigms of mission

An emerging ecumenical paradigm of mission

A survey of the global church

Part III: Current issues in mission today

Holistic mission: witness in life, word and deed

Faithful contextualization: church, gospel and culture(s)

Toward a missiology of western culture

A missionary encounter with world religions

Urban mission: the new frontier

Missions: a witness to the gospel where there Is none.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes at the end of each chapters.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8308-9543-4

OCLC:

923184450