Mission and Missionary Studies
Books on mission and missiology, including general missionary studies, missionary history and theology of mission.
Communion in the Messiah:
Studies in the Relationship between Judaism and Christianity
By Lev Gillet
This challenging book with two main themes: the substitution of dialogue for the 'mission to the Jews', and the communion of Jews and Christians in the Messiah.
ISBN: 9780227172261
ISBN: 9780227172254
Contextual Theology for the Twenty-First Century
By Stephen B. Bevans and Katalina Tahaafe-Williams (editors)
Essays exploring a new and inclusive approach to theology that is sensitive to the diversity of cultural contexts within the modern, global Church.
ISBN: 9780227679982
ISBN: 9780227900956
Grasping Truth and Reality:
Lesslie Newbigin's Theology of Mission to the Western World
By Donald Le Roy Stults
A significant contribution to the literature on the theologian Leslie Newbigin, focussing on his analysis of the spiritual problems of Western culture.
ISBN: 9780227172803
ISBN: 9780227903162
Guns and Gospel:
Imperialism and Evangelism in China
By Ambrose Mong
An exploration of the history of Christian missionary work in China, and its often ambiguous and uneasy relationship with European imperialism.
ISBN: 9780227176252
ISBN: 9780227905975
ISBN: 9780227905982
ISBN: 9780227905968
Light to the Isles:
Mission and Theology in Celtic and Anglo-Saxon Britain
By Douglas Dales
A major study of the development of early English Church from a theological perspective, shedding new light on the early Anglo-Saxon missionaries.
ISBN: 9780227173411
The Missiological Spirit:
Christian Mission Theology in the Third Millennium Global Context
By Amos Yong
A rigorous and imaginative work that seeks to develop a theology of mission from a Pentecostal perspective for today's pluralistic, post-colonial world.
ISBN: 9780227175323
ISBN: 9780227904749
ISBN: 9780227904725
A Missiology of the Road:
Early Perspectives in David Bosch's Theology of Mission and Evangelism
By J. Kevin Livingston
An in-depth study of the early work of the South African theologian David Bosch, showing the shaping of his distinctive and influential theology of mission.
ISBN: 9780227174593
ISBN: 9780227902691
Mission in the Early Church:
Themes and Reflections
By Edward L. Smither
An examination of the missionary activities of Christians during the Patristic period, their themes and their methods, drawing lessons for mission today.
ISBN: 9780227174852
ISBN: 9780227902950
Pitfalls of Trained Incapacity:
The Unintended Effects of Integral Missionary Training in the Basel Mission on its Early Work in Ghana (1828–1840)
By Birgit Herppich
A historical case-study of the pioneering German missionary group the Basel Mission, and how its training methods affected early missionary work in Africa.
ISBN: 9780227176214
ISBN: 9780227905883
