Fullness of Life for All
Challenges for Mission in Early 21st Century
Published on 1. January 2005
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Paperback/Softback
364 pages
978-90-420-1971-3 (ISBN)
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This important book is needed today. The challenges that Christian churches face have changed immensely in the last quarter-century. One of the central issues facing the churches everywhere in the world is their missionary presence in their nations and societies. The authors of this volume are among the world's leading missiological thinkers and represent major Christian traditions in Europe, Africa, and North America.
In this new century, the Christian church faces new situations that include, for example, the fall of communism; the globalization of culture; cultural and religious minorities and multiple religious majorities in nearly every country; ethnic and interreligious tensions; relativism and individualism in Western culture; the rise of a global impact of a postmodern world view; poverty in poor countries and in urban areas in wealthy countries; and the decline of Western cultural authority and, with notable exceptions, of religious authority generally. This book speaks of ways in which Christian churches are seeking to respond to these challenges. The purpose of this book is to describe some of the main challenges facing the churches in mission today, particularly with reference to inter-religious conversations all over the world. The title of this volume has been derived from the theme of the 24th General Assembly of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) at Accra in August, 2004 whose theme is, "That All May Have Life in Fullness."
In this new century, the Christian church faces new situations that include, for example, the fall of communism; the globalization of culture; cultural and religious minorities and multiple religious majorities in nearly every country; ethnic and interreligious tensions; relativism and individualism in Western culture; the rise of a global impact of a postmodern world view; poverty in poor countries and in urban areas in wealthy countries; and the decline of Western cultural authority and, with notable exceptions, of religious authority generally. This book speaks of ways in which Christian churches are seeking to respond to these challenges. The purpose of this book is to describe some of the main challenges facing the churches in mission today, particularly with reference to inter-religious conversations all over the world. The title of this volume has been derived from the theme of the 24th General Assembly of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) at Accra in August, 2004 whose theme is, "That All May Have Life in Fullness."
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Language
English
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Leiden
Netherlands
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Brill
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Professional and scholarly
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Height: 230 mm
Width: 155 mm
Weight
581 gr
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978-90-420-1971-3 (9789042019713)
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Fullness of Life for All
Challenges for Mission in Early 21st Century
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Content
1 Editors: Introduction
Part I The Challenge of a Secular and Plural Culture
2 Gerald H. ANDERSON: "You are the Messiah!"
3 Roger S. GREENWAY: Evangelists: Rediscovering a Lost Gift
4 Henry JANSEN: A Contemporary Window to Eternity: Christian Faith and the Search for Meaning in Contemporary Secularized Culture
5 Andre F. DROOGERS: Changing Culture and the Missiological Mission
6 Hendrik M. VROOM: Bricolage and Fullness: On Multiple Participation
Part II The Challenges of Contextualization and Liberation
7 John MBITI: Dialogue Between Eatwot and Western Theologians: A Comment on the 6th Eatwot Conference in Geneva 1983
8 Marc SPINDLER: The Sweetness of Life in Madagascar: A Theological Debate
9 Frans J. VERSTRAELEN: Intra-Religious Religiosity Of Christian Africans And Its Significance For Christianity In Europe
10 Anne-Marie KOOL: The Effect of Liberation on the Missionary Calling of the Churches in Hungary and Central and Eastern Europe
Part III THE CHALLENGE OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
11 Jan van BUTSELAAR: Religious Freedom and Christian Mission
12 Jan A.B. JONGENEEL: Apostasy
Part IV THE CHALLENGE OF RECONCILIATION
13 Robert J. SCHREITER: Reconciliation and Forgiveness in Twenty-First Century Mission
14 Piet MEIRING: Reconciliation in South Africa: Women's Voices at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Part V THE CHALLENGE OF INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE
15 Arnulf CAMPS O.F.M.: Do the Three Jesuits, Jerome Xavier, Matteo Ricci, and oberto de Nobili, still have a say in our Missiology?
16 Willi HENKEL O.M.I.: Directions in Vatican Documents on Interreligious Dialogue
17 Kenneth CRACKNELL: Dialogue is Evangelism, Evangelism is Dialogue
18 Karel STEENBRINK: Indonesian Muslims And The North-American West
19 Rein FERNHOUT: Khitthassa punnena mutti : An Attempt to Translate Protestant Christianity into the Language of Theravada Buddhism
Part VI THE CHALLENGE OF ECUMENICAL RELATIONS
20 Inus L. DANEEL: Liberative Ecumenism at the African Grassroot
21 Wilbert R. SHENK: "Go Slow Trough Uyo": A Case Study of Dialogue as Missionary Method
List of Selected Publications By Jerald D. Gort
Personalia
Index Of Names
Index Of Subjects
Part I The Challenge of a Secular and Plural Culture
2 Gerald H. ANDERSON: "You are the Messiah!"
3 Roger S. GREENWAY: Evangelists: Rediscovering a Lost Gift
4 Henry JANSEN: A Contemporary Window to Eternity: Christian Faith and the Search for Meaning in Contemporary Secularized Culture
5 Andre F. DROOGERS: Changing Culture and the Missiological Mission
6 Hendrik M. VROOM: Bricolage and Fullness: On Multiple Participation
Part II The Challenges of Contextualization and Liberation
7 John MBITI: Dialogue Between Eatwot and Western Theologians: A Comment on the 6th Eatwot Conference in Geneva 1983
8 Marc SPINDLER: The Sweetness of Life in Madagascar: A Theological Debate
9 Frans J. VERSTRAELEN: Intra-Religious Religiosity Of Christian Africans And Its Significance For Christianity In Europe
10 Anne-Marie KOOL: The Effect of Liberation on the Missionary Calling of the Churches in Hungary and Central and Eastern Europe
Part III THE CHALLENGE OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
11 Jan van BUTSELAAR: Religious Freedom and Christian Mission
12 Jan A.B. JONGENEEL: Apostasy
Part IV THE CHALLENGE OF RECONCILIATION
13 Robert J. SCHREITER: Reconciliation and Forgiveness in Twenty-First Century Mission
14 Piet MEIRING: Reconciliation in South Africa: Women's Voices at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Part V THE CHALLENGE OF INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE
15 Arnulf CAMPS O.F.M.: Do the Three Jesuits, Jerome Xavier, Matteo Ricci, and oberto de Nobili, still have a say in our Missiology?
16 Willi HENKEL O.M.I.: Directions in Vatican Documents on Interreligious Dialogue
17 Kenneth CRACKNELL: Dialogue is Evangelism, Evangelism is Dialogue
18 Karel STEENBRINK: Indonesian Muslims And The North-American West
19 Rein FERNHOUT: Khitthassa punnena mutti : An Attempt to Translate Protestant Christianity into the Language of Theravada Buddhism
Part VI THE CHALLENGE OF ECUMENICAL RELATIONS
20 Inus L. DANEEL: Liberative Ecumenism at the African Grassroot
21 Wilbert R. SHENK: "Go Slow Trough Uyo": A Case Study of Dialogue as Missionary Method
List of Selected Publications By Jerald D. Gort
Personalia
Index Of Names
Index Of Subjects