
From Crisis to Creation
Lesslie Newbigin and the Reinvention of Christian Mission
Mark T. B. Laing(Author)
Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published on 5. September 2012
314 pages
978-1-62189-978-5 (ISBN)
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Lesslie Newbigin (1909-1998) was one of the seminal theologians of mission in the twentieth century, and perhaps the most important in the English-speaking world. His thinking was anchored in the practice of mission: he was a missionary in India, a bishop of the Indian church, and a leader in emerging international mission structures. In his late years, he pioneered research on how the gospel could engage with Western culture. For many he is the founding father of the missional church movement. This book is the first to address the crucial role Newbigin played in shaping ecumenical thinking on mission during the twentieth century, filling an important gap in our knowledge of the development of twentieth-century missional theology. It does so by seeking to answer a central question in Newbigin's thinking: How does "mission" relate to "church"?
Taking the integration of the International Missionary Council with the World Council of Churches as its central focus, this book provides a unique history of crucial events in the ecumenical movement. But more importantly, through a study of Newbigin's role in the theological debate, this book demonstrates how missional theology evolved during the postwar period when there was a "sea change" in understandings both of mission and church.
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Eugene
United States
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978-1-62189-978-5 (9781621899785)
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Mark T. B. Laing taught missiology at Union Biblical Seminary, Pune, India, for several years, where he also coordinated the Centre for Mission Studies. This book is a revised form of his PhD thesis, which he recently completed at the University of Edinburgh.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1: The Making of an IMC General Secretary
- Chapter 2: The Path Towards Integration
- Chapter 3: Rolle and Willingen
- Chapter 4: The IMC at Ghana
- Chapter 5: Newbigin's Tenure as General Secretary of the International Missionary Council
- Chapter 6: Mission and Service
- Chapter 7: Newbigin's Theology of Integration
- Chapter 8: Integration and Secularization
- Chapter 9: Secularization and the Missionary Structure of the Church
- Chapter 10: Conclusion
- Appendix 1: A Chronology of Newbigin's Life with Other Key Events
- Appendix 2: Methodology
- Appendix 3: Interviews
- Bibliography
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