Lesslie Newbigin: Missionary Theologian : a ReaderWm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2006 - 277 pages Monumental figure in the twentieth-century worldwide church. Internationally esteemed British pastor and missionary theologian. Ecumenical statesman and prolific writer. Lesslie Newbigin (1909-1998) was all of these and more. This reader fills a long-standing need for a comprehensive introduction to Newbigin and his legacy. Opening with a short biography of Newbigin and a discussion of his major theological and missiological themes, the volume sets selected readings in context with brief introductions and offers suggestions for further reading from Newbigin's corpus. Praise for Lesslie Newbigin and his writings: "Newbigin has made a bold and major step forward in the debate on Christianity, pluralism, and Western self-understanding." |
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... movement History . 4. Church of South India . I. Title : Missionary theologian . II . Weston , Paul , 1957- . III . Title . BV2063.N4175 266 - dc22 2006 2006006708 Scripture quotations are from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible ...
... Movement ( founded 1889 ) South India United Church ( formed in 1908 ) Society for the Propagation of the Gospel ( founded 1701 ; now USPG ) United Reformed Church ( formed in 1972 by the union of the Congregational Church in England ...
... Movement ( SCM ) . A small group met in college , and Newbigin began to find the company of its members ' very attractive ' . He liked their readiness to ask difficult questions about Christian faith , and began to find himself being ...
... movement , but he also remained passionate about social issues , and his later work - both in church leadership and in the writing that came out of it - is consistently marked by a desire to apply his Christian faith to the social and ...
... movement towards formal negotiations was given impetus by local Indian leadership . However , as a result of various setbacks and tensions among the dif- ferent elements within the Council , the movement for unity had reached something ...
Contents
The knowledge of God | 17 |
The death of Christ | 29 |
Election and the people of God | 48 |
Christ as the due to history | 54 |
The ecumenical vision | 66 |
Trinitarian mission | 81 |
MISSIONARY THEOLOGY IN PRACTICE | 93 |
Christ and the cultures | 95 |
The gospel and world religions | 158 |
The missionary crisis in the West | 185 |
102 Profile of a culture | 197 |
103 Responding to the challenge | 207 |
The gospel and public life | 218 |
112 The gospel as public truth | 244 |
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Lesslie Newbigin, Missionary Theologian: A Reader James Edward Lesslie Newbigin (évêque.),Lesslie Newbigin No preview available - 2006 |