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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... whole world ' . I was sure that night in a way that I had never been before , that this was the clue that I must follow if I were to make any kind of sense of the world . From that moment I would always know how to begin again when I ...
... whole committee decided to take me on , I would try and ensure that she did.'10 They became colleagues for three years in the work in Glasgow , and were married in 1936 . It was together that they decided that God was calling them to ...
... whole - the same year that a dynamic new Bishop of Madras , A. D. Hollis , was consecrated . A high Anglican , he was determined to see that negotiations began again in earnest between represen- tatives of the three denominations ...
... whole of the vast and growing city'.29 Following his consecration , therefore , Newbigin quickly became involved not only in initiatives to promote evangelism and outreach , but also in de- veloping programmes for social welfare among ...
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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 |