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Title Classic texts in mission and world Christianity / edited, with introductions by Norman E. Thomas
Published Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, ©1995

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Description xvii, 346 pages ; 24 cm
Series American Society of Missiology series ; no. 20
Contents 1. The Early and Eastern Church. Exemplary Christians (Letter to Diognetus, ca. 129 C.E.). Divine Truth through Philosophy (Clement of Alexandria, 202). Itinerant Evangelists (Eusebius, 323). Monasticism -- The Missionary Ideal (Athanasius on Antony, ca. 360). Mass Conversions (Gregory of Tours, 499?). First Mission to China (Nestorian Monument, 781). Mission to the Slavs (Cyril and Methodius, ca. 1300) -- 2. The Middle Ages and Roman Catholic Missions. Great Commission Not Fulfilled (Augustine of Hippo, "Letter 199," ca. 419). Mission in Two Cities (Augustine of Hippo, The City of God, 426). The Mission of Monasticism (St. Benedict, ca. 540). Adapt Pagan Temples (Pope Gregory, "Letter to Augustine," 601). The Mission of Women Monastics (St. Bertilla, ca. 700). Compulsion or Persuasion of Unbelievers? (Thomas Aquinas, Summa, 1265-73). Interfaith Dialogue (Raymond Lull, 1275?). Defense of the Indians (Bartolome de Las Casas, 1530s). Convert by Preaching and Example (Pope Paul III, Sublimis Deus, 1537). Catholicism to India (Francis Xavier, 1545) -- 3. The Protestant Reformation. The Missionary Message of the Church (Martin Luther, 1523). Represent Christ (Balthasar Hubmaier, 1525). "Thy Kingdom Come" (Martin Luther, 1529). The Apostles as Missionaries (John Calvin, 1559). Church Growth Only by God's Power (John Calvin, 1562). A Continuing Apostolic Authority (Adrian Saravia, 1590). A Commission Already Fulfilled (Philipp Nicolai, 1597). Serving Both Soul and Body (Bartholomaus Ziegenbalg, 1718). The Proper Purpose of Preaching (Count Zinzendorf, 1746) -- 4. Mission in the Wake of the Enlightenment. Earnestly Pray for Revival (Jonathan Edwards, 1748). Conversion of the Indians (Edwards on David Brainerd, 1749). The Great Commission a Present Obligation (William Carey, 1792). Disinterested Benevolence (Samuel Hopkins, 1793). To the Glory of God (Piscataqua Evangelical Magazine, 1805). Civilizing and Christianizing (Samuel Worcester, 1816). Land to Be Possessed (Heman Humphrey, 1819). Obey! (Adoniram Judson, 1837, 1846). Mission and Colonialism (David Livingstone, 1860). Plant Churches (Rufus Anderson, 1870). Mission and the Millennium (J. Hudson Taylor, 1875). The Women's Missionary Movement (L.H. Daggett, 1883). Evangelize the World (John R. Mott, 1900) -- 5. Mission as the Church-with-Others. Establishing Apostolic Plan Churches (Roland Allen, 1912). God's Pilgrim People (Yves Congar, 1937). The Essential Task of the Church (IMC, Tambaram, 1938). The Church for Others (Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 1944). The Only True Motive of Mission (IMC, Ghana, 1958). The Pilgrim Church (Vatican II, Lumen Gentium, 1964). The Missionary Church (Vatican II, Ad Gentes, 1965). The Missionary Task of the Church (WCC, 1967). The Church as the Great Family (Harry Sawyerr, 1968). Open Ecclesiology (Letty Russell, 1974). The Church: A Peoples' Movement (Mathai Zachariah, 1975). Sacrifice and Self Emptying (Mercy Oduyoye, 1986). The Church of the Poor (Pablo Richard, 1987) -- 6. Mission as Mission Dei. The Church's Missionary Obligation (IMC, Willingen, 1952). A Matter of Divine Purpose (Karl Barth, 1932). The Epiphany of God's Will (Vatican II, Ad Gentes, 1965). God's Spirit Works for the Common Good (Vatican II, Gaudium et Spes, 1965). God's Love and Righteousness (James Cone, 1970). God Is Freedom (Sabelo Ntwasa and Basil Moore, 1973). Messianic Mission (Jurgen Moltmann, 1977). Forger of Our History (Julia Esquivel, 1980). Mission Is God's, Not Ours (Philip Potter, 1981). God as Compassion (C.S. Song, 1985). Holy Love and Loving Obedience (Orlando Costas, 1989). Participating in the Trinity (Anastasios of Androussa, 1988) -- 7. Mission as Mediating Salvation. Integral Salvation (Vatican II, Gaudium et Spes, 1965). God-World-Church (Johannes Hoekendijk, 1967). Salvation in a Secular World (WCC, Bangkok, 1973). Eternal, Not This-worldly, Salvation (Donald McGavran, 1973). Salvation -- A Liberation Spirituality (M.M. Thomas, 1973). Salvation as Humanization (Letty Russell, 1974). Salvation -- The Pursuit of Real Justice (Emilio Castro, 1974). Salvation in African Experience (John Mbiti, 1974) -- 8. Mission as the Quest for Justice. Mission and Social Concern (Wheaton Declaration, 1966). Incarnation and Social Concern (W.A. Visser't Hooft, 1968). Radical Renewal into Full Humanity (WCC, Uppsala, 1968). The Gospel According to the Ghetto (Canaan Banana, 1974). Evangelization and Human Advancement (Evangelii Nuntiandi, 1975). Evangelicals and the Whole Gospel (Samuel Escobar, 1975). Proclamation and Liberation (Emilio Castro, 1978). Gospel to the Sinned-against (Raymond Fung, 1980). A Radical Gospel (Evangelical Witness in South Africa, 1986). Jesus, the Model of Holistic Mission (Virginia Fabella, 1989). Real Models of Holiness (EATWOT, 1990) -- 9. Mission as Evangelization. A Matter of Life and Death (WCC, Amsterdam, 1948). Evangelism -- The Church's Way of Life (D.T. Niles, 1951). Do Not Betray the Two Billion! (Donald McGavran, 1968). The Renewal of Mission (WCC, Uppsala, 1968). Individualistic Evangelism Is Inadequate (Eugene Smith, 1968). A Liberating Evangelism ("A Bolivian Manifesto," 1975). Conversion as Sacrificial Identity with Christ (J.N.Z. Kurewa, 1979). Our Life of Evangelization (Mother Teresa, 1985) -- 10. Mission as Contextualization. Theology as Reflection on Experience (Friedrich Schleiermacher (1821-22). Universal Revelation and Indigenous Faith (J.R. Chandran, 1958). Theology Unmasking "Situationality" (Jose Miguez Bonino, 1971). From Indigenization to Contextualization (WCC, 1973). The Hermeneutical Circle (Juan Segundo, 1976). Orthopraxis Not Orthodoxy (EATWOT, 1976). Contextual Particularity (Justin Ukpong, 1987). Women's Theology from Latin America (Aracely de Rocchietti, 1989). Contextualization and Incarnation (Emefie Ikenga-Metuh, 1989) -- 11. Mission as Liberation. How to Face Revolution (K.H. Ting, 1949). Authentic Liberation (CELAM II, Medellin, 1968). Liberation Theology and Genuine Solidarity (Gustavo Gutierrez, 1973). From Development to Liberation (WCC, Nairobi, 1975). Commitment to Solidarity (EATWOT, 1976). A Preferential Option for the Poor (CELAM, Puebla, 1979). "To Break Every Yoke" (Allan Boesak, 1984). Prophetic Theology and Violence (Kairos Document, 1986). Women, Revolution and Spirituality (Luz Beatriz Arellano, 1986). Conversion to the God of the Poor (Julia Esquivel, 1987). Liberation and Wholeness (Chung Hyun Kyun, 1990) -- 12. Mission as Inculturation. Three-Self Principles (Henry Venn, 1861). Adaptation or Accommodation? (J. Thauren, 1927). Missionaries as Learners (Daniel Fleming, 1950). Authentic African Christianity (Laurenti Magesa, 1973, 1990). Dynamic Equivalence Theologies and Churches (Charles Kraft, 1979). Inculturation: Into Whose Culture? (Aloysius Pieris, 1982). Continue the Cultural Critique (Kwok Pui-lan, 1989). Walking on Your Own Cultural Legs (Pedro Casaldaliga, 1990) -- 13. Mission as Common Witness. Christian Unity in Mission (Edinburgh Conference, 1910). We Must Have One Church! (V.S. Azariah at Lausanne, 1927). God Wills Unity (Lausanne, 1927). Christ Enjoins Both Unity and Mission (WCC, Rolle, 1951). Christian Unity and Political Unity (Karl Barth, 1961). Latin American Ecumenism (John A. Mackay, 1963). Restoring Christian Unity (Vatican II, Unitatis Redintegratio, 1964). Common Witness for Renewal and Mission (WCC, Geneva, 1982). An Ecumenical Dialogue of Cultures (Kosuke Koyama, 1984). Ecumenism, African Style (Gabriel Setiloane, 1985). Participation and Common Witness (Mary Motte, 1987) -- 14. Mission as Ministry by the Whole People of God. Lay Life as Vocation and Ministry (M.M. Thomas, 1950). The Only Effective Asian Mission Strategy (Rajaiah D. Paul, 1956). The Missionary Calling of the Laity (Hendrik Kraemer, 1958). Why Not Be a Missionary? (Daniel T. Niles, 1962). Laity's Commission to Witness and Mission (Vatican II, Lumen Gentium, 1964). The Apostolate of Lay People (Vatican II, Apostolicam Actuositatem, 1965)
Summary Classic Texts in Mission & World Christianity, a unique sourcebook on the history and mission of the church. Nearly two hundred selections covering the two millennia of the Christian era are represented, including both classic and contemporary voices of persons in mission - women and men, from Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Europe - and key texts for understanding the mission of Christ, the vocation of the church, and the nature of Christianity. Following the outline of David Bosch's monumental Transforming Mission, Classic Texts offers its readers the full texts cited throughout that best-seller, as well as dozens of additional primary sources from every era and every part of the world. From the seventh century abbess Bertilla of Chelles (who directed both women and men missionaries in England) to the Nestorian Monument detailing struggles with issues of contextualization in 8th century China, to David Livingstone's oft-cited espousal of civilization, commerce, and Christianity (seldom quoted in its entirety), Classic Texts provides a depth and breadth of resources unparalleled elsewhere
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes Also issued online
Subject Missions
Missions and Christian union
Author Thomas, Norman E
LC no. 94044033
ISBN 1570750068
9781570750069
Other Titles Classic texts in mission & world Christianity