Lesslie Newbigin Missionary Theologian: A Reader

Name: Lesslie Newbigin Missionary Theologian: A Reader
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ISBN: 9780802829825

ISBN-10: 0802829821

ISBN-13: 9780802829825

Edition: 2006

Authors: Lesslie Newbigin, Paul Weston, Paul Weston

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Lesslie Newbigin (1909-1998) was an internationally esteemed British missionary, pastor, apologist, theologian, and ecumenical statesman. His long career included serving as a village evangelist in India, pastor in the United Reformed Church (UK), bishop of the Church of South India, general secretary of the International Missionary Council, and associate general secretary of the World Council of Churches. His highly regarded books have included Foolishness to the Greeks: The Gospel and Western Culture, The Gospel in a Pluralist Society, The Open Secret, and Proper Confidence (all Eerdmans). This reader concentrates for the most part on his later writings, demonstrating his missionary…

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List price: $16.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 277
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Preface	p. vii
Abbreviations	p. x
Introduction: A biographical sketch	p. 1
Theological Foundations for Mission
The knowledge of God	p. 17
The death of Christ	p. 29
Election and the people of God	p. 48
Christ as the clue to history	p. 54
The ecumenical vision	p. 66
Trinitarian mission	p. 81
Missionary Theology in Practice
Christ and the cultures	p. 95
The nature and calling of the Church	p. 114
The nature of the Church	p. 114
The calling of the Church	p. 142
The gospel and world religions	p. 158
The missionary crisis in the West	p. 185
Background to the crisis	p. 185
Profile of a culture	p. 197
Responding to the challenge	p. 207
The gospel and public life	p. 218
Proclamation and persuasion	p. 218
The gospel as public truth	p. 244
Bibliography	p. 265
Biblical index	p. 271
General index	p. 272
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