Prophetic Dialogue Reflections on Christian Mission Today

Name: Prophetic Dialogue Reflections on Christian Mission Today
Price: 7.7 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9781570759116

ISBN-10: 1570759111

ISBN-13: 9781570759116

Edition: 2011

Authors: Stephen B. Bevans, Roger P. Schroeder

List price: $37.00

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Sell

Get cash fast!

Buy new: $28.20

Marketplace

5 new & used from $7.70

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

A collection of essays that demonstrates that to be effective in the twenty-first century, mission must be prophetic as it encounters other cultures and religious traditions. "When we speak as mission as dialogue, then, we are about as far away from imagining mission as 'conquering the world for Christ' and missionaries as 'marines of the Catholic Church' as we probably can get. There has indeed been a radical shift, both in the world in which the church does mission and within the church's own consciousness of the goodness and even holiness of that world." These words from one of the essays in this superb collection clearly demonstrate the changing of mission today. In this volume, Fathers…

Book details

List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Orbis Books
Publication date: 6/1/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.814

Roger G. Schroeder holds the Donaldson Chair in Operations Management at the Curtis L. Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota. He is also the Co-Director of the Juran Center for Leadership in Quality and has earned an appointment as a Distinguished Teaching Professor. He received the B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering with high distinction from the University of Minnesota, MSIE University of Minnesota and Ph.D. from Northwestern University. Prior to joining the University of Minnesota, he taught at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, and was an analyst for the office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense. Professor Schroeder has received research…



Frequently Cited Sources


Introduction



The Mission Has a Church


An Invitation to the Dance


God Is a Verb


God Is Mission


The Mission Has a Church


The Mission Has Us


Do You Want to Dance?



ï¿½We Were Gentle among Youï¿½


Christian Mission as Dialogue


Dialogue as Spirituality


Trinitarian Foundations


The Scope of Dialogue


Characteristics of Dialogue


Images of Mission as Dialogue


Inspirations for Mission as Dialogue


Mission as Prophetic Dialogue


Conclusion



ï¿½I Am Not Ashamed of the Gospelï¿½


Mission as Prophecy


The Nature of Prophecy


Mission as Prophecy


Images of Mission as Prophecy


Inspirations for Mission as Prophecy


Conclusion: Mission as Prophetic Dialogue



Mission in the Twenty-first Century


Prophetic Dialogue and Contextual Theology


Mission as Prophetic Dialogue


Prophetic Dialogue and Contextual Theology


Conclusion



Unraveling a ï¿½Complex Realityï¿½


Six Elements of Mission


Witness and Proclamation


Liturgy, Prayer, and Contemplation


Justice, Peace, and the Integrity of Creation


Interreligious / Secular Dialogue


Inculturation


Reconciliation


Conclusion



Entering Someone Else's Garden


Intercultural Mission/Ministry


Introducing the Image of the Garden


Why Are You Entering Someone's Garden?


How Do You Enter Someone's Garden for the First Time?


What Do You ï¿½Doï¿½ in Someone's Garden?


What Happens in Your Own Garden?


Conclusion



Letting Go and Speaking Out


Prophetic Dialogue and the Spirituality of Inculturation


Letting Go: The Spirituality of the Outsider


Speaking Out: The Spirituality of the Insider


Conclusion: Letting Go and Speaking Out



Table Fellowship


Mission in the Areopagus of Today


God's Mission, the Church, and the Second Vatican Council


Jesus Christ, the Reign of God, and Table Fellowship


Acts of the Apostles, Table Fellowship, and the Areopagus


Mission, Table Fellowship, and the Areopagus of Today


Table Fellowship and the Spirituality of Prophetic Dialogue


Conclusion



A Short History of the Church's Mission


Prophetic Dialogue through the Ages


The Mission of Jesus Creates the Church


Paul and the New Testament Church


Gossiping the Gospel


Mission and Monasticism


Mission and the Mendicant Movement


Mission in the Sixteenth Century and the Rise of the Jesuits


The ï¿½Great Centuryï¿½ of Christian Mission and the Society Model of Mission


Twentieth Century into the Twenty-First


Conclusion



Church Teaching, Mission, and Prophetic Dialogue


Ad Gentes, Evangelii Nuntiandi, Redemptoris Missio, and Dialogue and Proclamation


Ad Gentes (1965)


Evangelii Nuntiandi (1975)


Redemptoris Missio (1990)


Dialogue and Proclamation (1991)


Conclusion: From Dialogue and Proclamation to the Present


Conclusion


Notes


Select Bibliography


Index