Lesslie Newbigin : missionary theologian : a reader / compiled and introduced by Paul Weston.

Theological foundations for mission. The knowledge of God ; The death of Christ ; Election and the people of God ; Christ as the clue to history ; The ecumenical vision ; Trinitarian mission -- Missionary theology in practice. Christ and the cultures ; The nature and calling of the church ; The gospel and world religions ; The missionary crisis in the West ; The gospel and public life.

Monumental figure in the twentieth-century worldwide church. Internationally esteemed British pastor and missionary theologian. Ecumenical statesman and prolific writer. Lesslie Newbigin (1909-1998) was all of these and more. This reader fills a long-standing need for a comprehensive introduction to Newbigin and his legacy. Opening with a short biography of Newbigin and a discussion of his major theological and missiological themes, the volume sets selected readings in context with brief introductions and offers suggestions for further reading from Newbigin's corpus. --From publisher's description.