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| Maps | |
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| Historical-Theological Theme Summary Tables | |
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| Foreword | |
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| Preface to the ASM Series | |
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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Abbreviations | |
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| Introduction | |
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| What This Book Is About | |
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| How This Book Is Structured | |
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| What the Reader Should Know | |
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| Constants in Context: Biblical and Theological Foundations | |
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| Introduction to Part I | |
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| "Missionary by Its Very Nature": Context and the Church's Mission | |
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| The Acts of the Apostles: The Church Emerging in Mission | |
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| Before Pentecost | |
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| Pentecost | |
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| Stephen | |
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| Samaria and the Ethiopian Eunuch | |
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| Cornelius and His Household | |
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| Antioch | |
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| The Mission to the Gentiles | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| "You Are Witnesses of These Things": Constants in the Church's Mission | |
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| Six Constants of Mission, Three Types of Theology | |
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| Type A Theology: Mission as Saving Souls and Extending the Church | |
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| Type B Theology: Mission as Discovery of the Truth | |
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| Type C Theology: Mission as Commitment to Liberation and Transformation | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Constants in Context: Historical Models of Mission | |
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| Introduction to Part II | |
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| Mission in the Early Church (100-301): Individual Christians in a Variety of Situations | |
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| The Eastward Expansion of Christianity | |
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| Mission in the East | |
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| Mission within the Roman Empire | |
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| The Social-Political Context | |
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| The Religious Context | |
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| The Institutional Context | |
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| Models of Mission | |
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| Secondary Models: Evangelists, Bishops, Apologists, Teachers and Martyrs | |
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| The Primary Model: Baptism as a Call to Mission | |
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| Women and Mission | |
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| Constants in the Context of the Early Church | |
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| Implications for the Theology of Mission Today | |
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| Mission and the Monastic Movement (313-907): From Constantine to the Decline of the T'ang Dynasty | |
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| The Mission of the East Syrian Church | |
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| The Social-Political Context | |
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| The Religious Context | |
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| The Institutional Context | |
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| Models of Mission | |
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| Christianity in India | |
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| The First Christian Mission to China | |
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| Early Islam and Christianity in Asia | |
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| The Mission of the African Church | |
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| The Mission of the Churches of the Latin West and Greek East | |
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| The Social-Political Context | |
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| The Religious Context | |
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| The Institutional Context | |
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| Models of Mission | |
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| Beginnings of Monasticism in the Roman Empire | |
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| Irish Monasticism | |
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| Benedictine Monasticism | |
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| Anglo-Saxon Monasticism | |
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| Mass Conversions | |
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| The Byzantine Mission | |
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| Constants in the Context of the Early Medieval Period | |
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| Implications for the Theology of Mission Today | |
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| Mission and the Mendicant Movement (1000-1453): Crusades, Preachers, Nuns and Mongolian Christianity | |
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| The Mission of the Churches of the Latin West and Greek East | |
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| The Social-Political Context | |
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| The Religious Context | |
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| The Institutional Context | |
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| Models of Mission | |
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| Francis of Assisi | |
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| Francis and Islam | |
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| Clare of Assisi | |
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| The Beguine Movement | |
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| The Third Order of Franciscan Women | |
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| The First Order of Francis | |
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| Franciscans and Mission | |
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| Dominic of Caleruega | |
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| Dominican Women and Laity | |
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| Catherine of Siena | |
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| Dominicans and Mission | |
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| The Mendicant Model of Mission | |
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| The Byzantine Mission | |
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| The Mission of the East Syrian Church | |
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| Constants in the Context of the Later Medieval Period | |
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| Implications for the Theology of Mission Today | |
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| Mission in the Age of Discovery (1492-1773): Conquistadors, Prophets and Gurus | |
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| The Mission of the Churches of the West | |
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| The Social-Political Context | |
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| The Religious Context | |
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| The Institutional Context | |
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| Models of Mission of the Catholic Church in the Americas | |
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| The Prophetic Model of Bartolome de Las Casas | |
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| The Convento Model | |
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| The Jesuit Reductions Model | |
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| French Mission Approaches | |
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| Models of Mission of the Catholic Church in Asia | |
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| Francis Xavier | |
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| Alessandro Valignano | |
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| Matteo Ricci | |
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| Robert de Nobili | |
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| Alexandre de Rhodes | |
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| The Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith | |
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| The Rites Controversy and the Decline in Missionary Activity | |
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| Models of Mission within Protestantism | |
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| Constants in the Context of the Age of Discovery | |
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| Implications for the Theology of Mission Today | |
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| Mission in the Age of Progress (1792-1914): Civilizers, Evangelizers and Volunteer Societies | |
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| The Mission of the Churches of the West | |
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| The Social-Political Context | |
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| The Religious Context | |
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| The Institutional Context | |
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| Models of Mission within Protestantism | |
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| The Society Model and William Carey | |
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| Henry Venn, Samuel Ajayi Crowther and David Livingstone | |
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| Imperialism, Faith Missions, Student Movements and the Social Gospel | |
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| Women in Mission | |
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| The World Missionary Conference of Edinburgh | |
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| Models of Mission of the Catholic Church | |
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| Anne-Marie Javouhey, Francois Libermann and Rose Duchesne | |
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| Charles Lavigerie, Daniel Comboni and Katherine Drexel | |
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| Models of Mission of the Orthodox Church | |
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| Constants in the Context of the Age of Progress | |
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| Implications for the Theology of Mission Today | |
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| Mission in the Twentieth Century (1919-1991): The Emergence of World Christianity | |
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| The Twentieth-Century World | |
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| The Social-Political Context | |
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| The Religious Context | |
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| The Institutional Context | |
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| Models of Mission in the Catholic Church: Certainty, Ferment, Crisis and Rebirth | |
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| Certainty: From Maximum Illud to the Second Vatican Council | |
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| Ferment: Second Vatican Council | |
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| Crisis: The Decade after the Council | |
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| Rebirth: Evangelii Nuntiandi to Dialogue and Proclamation | |
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| The International Missionary Council in Protestantism | |
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| German and Anglo-Saxon Missionary Activity | |
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| Mission, Other Religions and Church Unity | |
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| Mission as Presence and Dialogue | |
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| Evangelical and Conciliar Protestants in Mission | |
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| Evangelical Mission as Proclamation and Church Growth | |
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| Conciliar Mission as Wholeness, Pluralism and Enlightenment | |
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| Models of Mission of the Orthodox Church: Presence, Proclamation and Ecumenism | |
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| New Models of Church and Mission | |
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| African Initiated Churches and Mission | |
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| Other Indigenous Church Movements | |
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| Pentecostalism and Mission | |
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| Constants in the Context of the Twentieth Century | |
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| Implications for the Theology of Mission Today | |
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| Constants in Context: A Theology of Mission for Today | |
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| Introduction to Part III | |
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| From the Twentieth Century to the Twenty-First Century in Mission | |
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| Three Models of Mission in the Late Twentieth Century | |
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| A Theology of Mission for Today: Mission as Prophetic Dialogue | |
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| Mission as Participation in the Mission of the Triune God (Missio Dei) | |
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| Ad Gentes and Documents of the Orthodox Churches | |
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| Ad Gentes | |
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| Documents of the Orthodox Churches | |
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| Theologians and Missiologists | |
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| Missio Dei and the Six Constants of Mission | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Mission as Liberating Service of the Reign of God | |
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| Evangelii Nuntiandi and the Documents of the World Council of Churches | |
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| Evangelii Nuntiandi | |
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| Documents of the World Council of Churches | |
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| Theologians and Missiologists | |
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| The Reign of God and the Six Constants of Mission | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Mission as Proclamation of Jesus Christ as Universal Savior | |
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| Redemptoris Missio and the Documents of the Evangelical and Pentecostal Churches | |
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| Redemptoris Missio | |
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| Evangelical Documents | |
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| Pentecostal Documents | |
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| Theologians and Missiologists | |
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| Christocentrism and the Six Constants of Mission | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Mission as Prophetic Dialogue | |
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| Witness and Proclamation as Prophetic Dialogue | |
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| Witness | |
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| Proclamation | |
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| Liturgy, Prayer and Contemplation as Prophetic Dialogue | |
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| Liturgy | |
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| Prayer and Contemplation | |
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| Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation as Prophetic Dialogue | |
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| Justice | |
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| Peace | |
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| Integrity of Creation | |
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| Interreligious Dialogue as Prophetic Dialogue | |
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| Inculturation as Prophetic Dialogue | |
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| Reconciliation as Prophetic Dialogue | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Concluding Reflections: On Being Constant in Today's Context | |
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| Notes | |
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| Index | |