Lesslie Newbigin: A Theological LifeOxford University Press, 19. okt 2000 - 480 pages This book offers an intellectual and spiritual biography of Lesslie Newbigin, a figure of patristic proportions in the twentieth-century history of the Church. Drawing on thirty-five years of personal and literary acquaintance with his subject and on a thorough examination of the Newbigin archives, Geoffrey Wainwright crafts a rich and varied portrait of this outstanding witness to the Gospel. |
Contents
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2 The Direct Evangelist | 56 |
3 The Ecumenical Advocate | 81 |
4 The Pastoral Bishop | 135 |
5 The Missionary Strategist | 162 |
6 The Religious Interlocutor | 204 |
7 The Social Visionary | 237 |
8 The Liturgical Preacher | 270 |
9 The Scriptural Teacher | 298 |
10 The Christian Apologist | 335 |
The Man in History | 390 |
Notes | 411 |
Index | 453 |
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