Constants in context :
Bevans, Stephen B., 1944-
Constants in context : a theology of mission for today / Stephen B. Bevans, Roger P. Schroeder. - Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, c2004. - xxii, 488 p. : maps ; 24 cm. - American Society of Missiology series ; no. 30 . - American Society of Missiology series ; no. 30. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 399-466) and index.
Foreword / "Missionary by its very nature" : context and the church's mission -- "You are witnesses of these things" : constants in the church's mission -- Mission in the early church (100-301) : individual Christians in a variety of situations -- Mission and the monastic movement (313-907) : from Constantine to the decline of the T'ang dynasty -- Mission and the mendicant movement (1000-1453) : crusades, preachers, nuns and Mongolian Christianity -- Mission in the age of discovery (1492-1773) : conquistadors, prophets and gurus -- Mission in the age of progress (1792-1914) : civilizers, evangelizers and volunteer societies -- Mission in the twentieth century (1919-1991) : the emergence of world Christianity -- Mission as participation in the mission of the Triune God : (Missio dei) -- Mission as liberating service of the reign of God -- Mission as proclamation of Jesus Christ as universal savior -- Mission as prophetic dialogue -- Concluding reflections : on being constant in today's context. Justo L. Gonzalez -- 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
1570755175 (pbk.)
R0-440508
2003022781
Missions.
BV2061.3 / .B48 2004
Constants in context : a theology of mission for today / Stephen B. Bevans, Roger P. Schroeder. - Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, c2004. - xxii, 488 p. : maps ; 24 cm. - American Society of Missiology series ; no. 30 . - American Society of Missiology series ; no. 30. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 399-466) and index.
Foreword / "Missionary by its very nature" : context and the church's mission -- "You are witnesses of these things" : constants in the church's mission -- Mission in the early church (100-301) : individual Christians in a variety of situations -- Mission and the monastic movement (313-907) : from Constantine to the decline of the T'ang dynasty -- Mission and the mendicant movement (1000-1453) : crusades, preachers, nuns and Mongolian Christianity -- Mission in the age of discovery (1492-1773) : conquistadors, prophets and gurus -- Mission in the age of progress (1792-1914) : civilizers, evangelizers and volunteer societies -- Mission in the twentieth century (1919-1991) : the emergence of world Christianity -- Mission as participation in the mission of the Triune God : (Missio dei) -- Mission as liberating service of the reign of God -- Mission as proclamation of Jesus Christ as universal savior -- Mission as prophetic dialogue -- Concluding reflections : on being constant in today's context. Justo L. Gonzalez -- 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
1570755175 (pbk.)
R0-440508
2003022781
Missions.
BV2061.3 / .B48 2004