Trade and business : a vehicle for missions to reach restricted-access areas /
by Heinz Suter.
- 1997.
- 105 leaves ; 30 cm.
Typescript. 1. Trade and Business--A Valid Vehicle for Missions 2. Historical Survey of Trade and Business as a Vehicle for Missions 3. Contemporary Tentmaking: Three Case Stuides 4. Theological Questions 5. Trade and Business: A Valid Vehicle for Missions Today?
Introduction -- Limitation of the Topic -- Significance of the Topic for the Practice of Missions. Three Representative Periods in the Church's Expansion -- Early Church and Post-Apostolic Times (First Through Third Centuries) -- Historical Background -- Business Connections in the New Testament and Post-Apostolic Times -- The Silk Roads (500-1500 AC) -- Historical Background -- Nestorian Business People as Carriers of the Gospel -- The 18th and 19th Centuries: Two Business Ventures in Missions -- The Moravians -- The Basler Mission -- History of the City of Basel -- The Foudning of the Basler Mission -- The Basler Mission Trading Company. A Small Spanish Import-Export Copmany -- Background -- Heaven's Import-Export -- Results -- Evaluation -- A US-Based Multinational Consulting Corporation -- Background -- Kingdom Corporation Limited -- Results -- Evaluation -- A Non-Western, World-Class Textile Company -- Background -- Angel Textiles -- Results -- Evaluation. Theological and Ethical Insights into Trade and Business as a Means for Misisons; Underlying Complexities, Problems, and Questions -- Introduction -- Business in the History of Ethics -- Luther's "vocatio Dei" -- Calvin's Protestant Ethic of Capital and Work -- Calvin's Historical Context -- Calvin on "Capital" -- The Ethics of "Work" in History -- Calvin on "Work" -- The Puritans -- Max Weber's Thesis. Conclusions, Applications, Principles and Recommendations -- An "Integrated" Lifestyle -- A Spiritual ("Non-Disjunctive") Conception of Business -- Discipline and Diligence -- Honesty -- Fair Prices -- "Quality" as Trademark -- Highly-Skilled Professionalism -- Fervent Evangelism and Discipleship -- Social Solidarity -- Community-Wide Impact -- Political Influence -- Necessary Precautions -- Motivational Tensions -- Getting Side-tracked -- Corruption -- Risks -- Conclusions.
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