The gospel and pluralism today :  reassessing Lesslie Newbigin in the 21st century /  [print] 
edited by Scott W. Sunquist and Amos Yong. 
 - Downers Grove, Illinois :  IVP Academic,  (c)2015. 
 - 238 pages ;  23 cm. 
 - Missiological engagements .
 - Missiological engagements. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: the legacy of Newbigin for mission to the West  Newbigin in his time  Newbigin's theology of mission and culture after twenty-five years : attending to the "subject" of mission  Community and witness in transition : Newbigin's missional ecclesiology between modernity and postmodernity  Holistic theological method and theological epistemology : performing Newbigin's plurality of sources in the pluralist context  Honoring true otherness in a still-antipluralist culture  Pluralism, secularism and Pentecost : Newbigin-ings for Missio Trinitatis in a new century  Evangelism in a pluralist society : the Newbigin vision  What does it mean for a congregation to be a hermeneutic? / John G. Flett --  Asian perspectives on twenty-first-century pluralism  Scott W. Sunquist --  Wilbert R. Shenk --  William R. Burrows --  Veli-Matti Karkkainen and Michael Karim --  Steven B. Sherman --  Esther L. Meek --  Amos Yong --  Carrie Boren Headington --  Allen Yeh. 
<br/><br/> Toward the end of the twentieth century, Lesslie Newbigin offered a penetrating analysis of the challenges of pluralism that confronted a Western culture and society reeling from the dissolution of Christendom. His enormous influence has been felt ever since. Newbigin (1909-1998) was a longtime Church of Scotland missionary to India and later General Secretary of the International Missionary Council and Associate General Secretary of the World Council of Churches. The first installment in the Missiological Engagements series, the essays in this volume explore three aspects of Newbigin's legacy. First, they assess the impact of his 1989 book, Gospel in a Pluralist Society, on Christian mission and evangelism in the West. Second, they critically analyze the nature of Western pluralism in its many dimensions to discern how Christianity can proclaim good news for today. Finally, the contributors discuss the influence of Newbigin's work on the field of missiology. By looking backward, this volume recommends and advances a vision for Christian witness in the pluralistic world of the twenty-first century. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780830850945 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2015027324 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Christianity and culture.<br/>Christianity--20th century.<br/>Apologetics.<br/>Missions--Theory.<br/>Evangelistic work--Philosophy.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BR115.S958.G677 2015 BR115