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Constants in context : a theology of mission for today /

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: American Society of Missiology series ; no. 30.Publication details: Maryknoll, NY. Orbis Books, ©2004Description: xxii, 488 pages : maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781570755170
  • 1570755175
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 266 B571C 22
LOC classification:
  • BV2061.3 .B48 2004
Contents:
"Missionary by its very nature" : context and the church's mission -- "You are witnesses of these things" : constants in the church's mission -- Mission in the early church (100-301) : individual Christians in a variety of situations -- Mission and the monastic movement (313-907) : from Constantine to the decline of the T'ang dynasty -- Mission and the mendicant movement (1000-1453) : crusades, preachers, nuns and Mongolian Christianity -- Mission in the age of discovery (1492-1773) : conquistadors, prophets and gurus -- Mission in the age of progress (1792-1914) : civilizers, evangelizers and volunteer societies -- Mission in the twentieth century (1919-1991) : the emergence of world Christianity -- Mission as participation in the mission of the triune God (missio Dei) -- Mission as liberating service of the reign of God -- Mission as proclamation of Jesus Christ as universal Savior -- Mission as prophetic dialogue -- Concluding reflections : on being constant in today's context.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-466) and index.

"Missionary by its very nature" : context and the church's mission -- "You are witnesses of these things" : constants in the church's mission -- Mission in the early church (100-301) : individual Christians in a variety of situations -- Mission and the monastic movement (313-907) : from Constantine to the decline of the T'ang dynasty -- Mission and the mendicant movement (1000-1453) : crusades, preachers, nuns and Mongolian Christianity -- Mission in the age of discovery (1492-1773) : conquistadors, prophets and gurus -- Mission in the age of progress (1792-1914) : civilizers, evangelizers and volunteer societies -- Mission in the twentieth century (1919-1991) : the emergence of world Christianity -- Mission as participation in the mission of the triune God (missio Dei) -- Mission as liberating service of the reign of God -- Mission as proclamation of Jesus Christ as universal Savior -- Mission as prophetic dialogue -- Concluding reflections : on being constant in today's context.

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