Lesslie Newbigin : missionary theologian : a reader / compiled and introduced by Paul Weston.
Material type: TextPublisher: Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Company, [(c)2006.]Description: x, 277 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780802829825
- Missionary theologian
- BV2063.N534.L477 2006
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.
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