What is mission? : theological explorations / J. Andrew Kirk. [print]

By:

Kirk, J. Andrew [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0800632338
9780800632335

Subject(s):

Missions

LOC classification:

BV2061.W438 2000
BV2061.K59.W438 2000

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Contents:

part I. Laying Foundations -- 1. What is Theology? And Theology of Mission? -- 2. God's Mission and the Church's Response -- 3. Mission in the Way of Jesus Christ -- part II. Contemporary Issues in Mission -- 4. Announcing Good News -- 5. Gospel in the Midst of Cultures -- 6. Justice for the Poor -- 7. Encounter with Religions of the World -- 8. Overcoming Violence and Building Peace -- 9. Care of the Environment -- 10. Sharing in Partnership -- part III. Mission in Action -- 11. Church in Mission. Postscript: Whither Mission?

Subject: This book fills the need for a single-volume introduction to the concept of Christian mission and the complex theological and practical issues revolving around it. Part one addresses foundational and methodological questions; part two presents the seven major missiological themes (evangelism, gospel and culture, justice, religious pluralism, violence and peacemaking, ecology, ecumenism); and part three addresses the nature of the relationship between the organized church and the missio dei (mission of God). Although Christologically grounded, it works from within a Trinitarian understanding of the missio dei and recognizes the mutuality of the local/global dynamics of Christian mission. Discussions of evangelism and social justice issues, as well as questions of religious pluralism, environmental issues, war and peace issues are included. Each chapter ends with study questions, making the text useful in congregational study group settings and in the classroom.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode
Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status)	G. Allen Fleece Library Circulating Collection - First Floor	Non-fiction	BV2061.K575.W438 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		31923001808977

Originally published: London : Darton, Longman and Todd, 1999.

This book fills the need for a single-volume introduction to the concept of Christian mission and the complex theological and practical issues revolving around it. Part one addresses foundational and methodological questions; part two presents the seven major missiological themes (evangelism, gospel and culture, justice, religious pluralism, violence and peacemaking, ecology, ecumenism); and part three addresses the nature of the relationship between the organized church and the missio dei (mission of God). Although Christologically grounded, it works from within a Trinitarian understanding of the missio dei and recognizes the mutuality of the local/global dynamics of Christian mission. Discussions of evangelism and social justice issues, as well as questions of religious pluralism, environmental issues, war and peace issues are included. Each chapter ends with study questions, making the text useful in congregational study group settings and in the classroom.

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