Mission And Conversion
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Mission And Conversion
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Author : Martin Goodman
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1994
Mission And Conversion written by Martin Goodman and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with History categories.
This book tackles a central problem of comparative religious history: proselytizing by Jews and pagans in the ancient world, and the origins of missions in the early Church. Why did some individuals in the first four centuries of the Christian era believe it desirable to persuade outsiders to join their religious group, while others did not? In this book, the author offers a new hypothesis about the origins of Christian proselytizing, arguing that mission is not an inherent religious instinct, that in antiquity it was found only sporadically among Jews and pagans, and that even Christians rarely stressed its importance in the early centuries. Much of the book focusses on the history of Judaism in late antiquity. Dr Goodman makes a detailed and radical re-evaluation of the evidence for Jewish missionary attitudes in the late Second Temple and Talmudic periods, questioning many commonly held assumptions, in particular the view that Jews proselytized energetically in the first century CE. This leads him on to take issue with the common notion that the early Christian mission to the gentiles imitated or competed with contemporary Jews. Finally, the author puts forward some novel suggestions as to how the Jewish background to Christianity may nonetheless have contributed to the enthusiastic adoption of universal proselytizing by some followers of Jesus in the apostolic age.
The Conversion Of Missionaries
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Author : Lian, Xi
language : en
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Release Date : 1997
The Conversion Of Missionaries written by Lian, Xi and has been published by Penn State University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with History categories.
Like many of her fellow missionaries to China, Pearl Buck found that she was not immune to the influence of her adopted home. Some missionaries even found themselves "convert(ed) ... by the Far East". In this book Lian Xi tells the story of Buck and two other American missionaries to China in the early twentieth century who gradually came to question, and eventually reject, the evangelical basis of Protestant missions as they developed an appreciation for Chinese religions and culture. Lian Xi uses these stories as windows to understanding the development of a broad theological and cultural liberalism within American Protestant missions, which he examines in the second half of the book.
Mission And Conversion
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Author : Jōsaph Mat̲t̲aṃ
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Mission And Conversion written by Jōsaph Mat̲t̲aṃ and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Baptism categories.
Papers presented at the Fourth Annual Meeting of Fellowship of Indian Missiologists, held at Pune during 24-27 August 1995.
Christian Mission In The Modern World
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Author : John Stott
language : en
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Release Date : 2015-11-05
Christian Mission In The Modern World written by John Stott and has been published by InterVarsity Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-05 with Religion categories.
Newly updated and expanded by Christopher J. H. Wright, John Stott's classic book presents an enduring and holistic view of Christian mission that must encompass both evangelism and social action. Through a thorough biblical exploration, Stott provides a biblically based approach to mission that addresses both spiritual and physical needs.
The Continuing Conversion Of The Church
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Author : Darrell L. Guder
language : en
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Release Date : 2000-03-20
The Continuing Conversion Of The Church written by Darrell L. Guder and has been published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-03-20 with Religion categories.
Western society is now a very different, very difficult mission field. In such a situation, the mission of evangelism cannot succeed with an attitude of "business as usual." This volume builds a theology of evangelism that has its focus on the church itself. Darrell Guder shows that the church's missionary calling requires that the theology and practice of evangelism be fundamentally rethought and redirected, focused on the continuing evangelization of the church so that it can carry out its witness faithfully in today's world. In Part 1 Guder explores how, under the influence of reductionism and individualism, the church has historically moved away from a biblical theology of evangelism. Part 2 presents contemporary challenges to the church's evangelical ministry, especially those challenges that illustrate the church's need for continuing conversion. Part 3 discusses what a truly missional theology would mean for the church, including sweeping changes in its institutional structures and practices. Written for teachers, church leaders, and students of evangelism, this volume is vital reading for everyone engaged in mission work.
A Matter Of Belief
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Author : Vibha Joshi
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2012-09-15
A Matter Of Belief written by Vibha Joshi and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-15 with Religion categories.
'Nagaland for Christ' and 'Jesus Saves' are familiar slogans prominently displayed on public transport and celebratory banners in Nagaland, north-east India. They express an idealization of Christian homogeneity that belies the underlying tensions and negotiations between Christian and non-Christian Naga. This religious division is intertwined with that of healing beliefs and practices, both animistic and biomedical. This study focuses on the particular experiences of the Angami Naga, one of the many Naga peoples. Like other Naga, they are citizens of the state of India but extend ethnolinguistically into Tibeto-Burman south-east Asia. This ambiguity and how it affects their Christianity, global involvement, indigenous cultural assertiveness and nationalist struggle is explored. Not simply describing continuity through change, this study reveals the alternating Christian and non-Christian streams of discourse, one masking the other but at different times and in different guises.
Turning Points In The Expansion Of Christianity
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Author : Alice T. Ott
language : en
Publisher: Baker Academic
Release Date : 2021-11-16
Turning Points In The Expansion Of Christianity written by Alice T. Ott and has been published by Baker Academic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-16 with Religion categories.
This readable survey on the history of missions tells the story of pivotal turning points in the expansion of Christianity, enabling readers to grasp the big picture of missional trends and critical developments. Alice Ott examines twelve key points in the growth of Christianity across the globe from the Jerusalem Council to Lausanne '74, an approach that draws on her many years of classroom teaching. Each chapter begins with a close-up view of a particularly compelling and paradigmatic episode in Christian history before panning out for a broader historical outlook. The book draws deeply on primary sources and covers some topics not addressed in similar volumes, such as the role of British abolitionism on mission to Africa and the relationship between imperialism and mission. It demonstrates that the expansion of Christianity was not just a Western-driven phenomenon; rather, the gospel spread worldwide through the efforts of both Western and non-Western missionaries and through the crucial ministry of indigenous lay Christians, evangelists, and preachers. This fascinating account of worldwide Christianity is suitable not only for the classroom but also for churches, workshops, and other seminars.
Understanding Christian Mission
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Author : Scott W. Sunquist
language : en
Publisher: Baker Academic
Release Date : 2013-09-15
Understanding Christian Mission written by Scott W. Sunquist and has been published by Baker Academic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-15 with Religion categories.
This comprehensive introduction helps students, pastors, and mission committees understand contemporary Christian mission historically, biblically, and theologically. Scott Sunquist, a respected scholar and teacher of world Christianity, recovers missiological thinking from the early church for the twenty-first century. He traces the mission of the church throughout history in order to address the global church and offers a constructive theology and practice for missionary work today. Sunquist views spirituality as the foundation for all mission involvement, for mission practice springs from spiritual formation. He highlights the Holy Spirit in the work of mission and emphasizes its trinitarian nature. Sunquist explores mission from a primarily theological--rather than sociological--perspective, showing that the whole of Christian theology depends on and feeds into mission. Throughout the book, he presents Christian mission as our participation in the suffering and glory of Jesus Christ for the redemption of the nations.
Mission From Conversion To Conversation
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Author : Ambrose John Bwangatto
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Mission From Conversion To Conversation written by Ambrose John Bwangatto and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Missions categories.
The main argument in this work is that there must be a new mission model for the Church in Uganda in the 21st century. This mission model identified as Conversation helps to discover, disclose and unveil God's initiative and help turn human existence into human coexistence. The conversation suggested here as a usable tool in Christian mission is based on the philosophical concept that was developed by Richard Rorty in his book "Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature". In a world in which people go their own way, mission as conversation meets them at crossroads where they discover the grace of becoming co-travelers on the way to the truth. Thus truth in its fullness is an eschatological pursuit (cf. 1Cor. 13:12).
Christian Imperialism
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Author : Emily Conroy-Krutz
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2015-11-18
Christian Imperialism written by Emily Conroy-Krutz and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-18 with History categories.
In 1812, eight American missionaries, under the direction of the recently formed American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, sailed from the United States to South Asia. The plans that motivated their voyage were ano less grand than taking part in the Protestant conversion of the entire world. Over the next several decades, these men and women were joined by hundreds more American missionaries at stations all over the globe. Emily Conroy-Krutz shows the surprising extent of the early missionary impulse and demonstrates that American evangelical Protestants of the early nineteenth century were motivated by Christian imperialism—an understanding of international relations that asserted the duty of supposedly Christian nations, such as the United States and Britain, to use their colonial and commercial power to spread Christianity. In describing how American missionaries interacted with a range of foreign locations (including India, Liberia, the Middle East, the Pacific Islands, North America, and Singapore) and imperial contexts, Christian Imperialism provides a new perspective on how Americans thought of their country’s role in the world. While in the early republican period many were engaged in territorial expansion in the west, missionary supporters looked east and across the seas toward Africa, Asia, and the Pacific. Conroy-Krutz’s history of the mission movement reveals that strong Anglo-American and global connections persisted through the early republic. Considering Britain and its empire to be models for their work, the missionaries of the American Board attempted to convert the globe into the image of Anglo-American civilization.