Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Mission and power: scripture(s) and Spirit(s) -- Mission and power: theoretical fragments from transcultural perspectives: an exploratory essay on the power of interpretation in mission studies / Klaus Hock -- Polycentric Christian mission in a post-colonial world: a Lutheran perspective / Jørgen Skov Sørensen -- The power of interpretation, the interpretation of power: the Gospel and the Bible as contested spaces in global Christianity / Werner Kahl -- Part II. Mission and power: moments, regions, contexts -- The encounter of mission and power in a post-colonial Myanmar context: challenges and proposals / Samuel Ngun Ling -- Christian mission, power and native participation / Atola Longkumer -- Mission through the lens of suffering: defending Japanese Americans during World War II / Hiromi Chiba -- Servant leadership: power, vulnerability and reconciliation / Knud Jørgensen -- Mission and power: a view from the underside of society / Arun Jones -- The global shift of power and its implications for Christian mission / Nico Botha -- Power encounters: evangelization and local religious spirits in Latin America / Raimundo Barreto -- A theology based on common membership of the household of God: towards an intercultural theological hermeneutic in contemporary Germany / Wilhelm Richerbächer -- Proclaiming and struggling for life in plenitude: buen vivir (good living) as a new paradigm for 'mission'? / Josef Estermann -- Part III. Mission and power and global themes -- Intercultural perspectives on education / Frieder Ludwig -- No more flight: gender and eco-justice / Meehyun Chung -- Mission at risk: structures of co-operation in the perspective of 'mission and power' / Michael Biehl -- When strangers become friends: mission and power in the context of global migration / Gemma Tulud Cruz -- Mission and power: rituals, health and healing / Isabel A. Phiri, Chammah J. Kaunda -- Mission and power: some dimensions of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission / Henry Mbaya -- Money as power in mission / Jonathan Bonk -- Part IV. Mission and power: potentials and pitfalls -- Mission and power: a response from the Centre / Charles 'Chip' Hardwick.

"This volume explores the notion of power in relation to Christian mission and critically engages questions such as: What notions of power have informed mission? How have power structures been negotiated between Christian mission and local culture/religions? Which of these manifestations of power are disturbing and counter to the values of the Gospel?"--Back cover.