Christianity Encountering World Religions

by Muck, Terry

• ISBN13: 9780801026607
• ISBN10: 0801026601
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-04-01
• Publisher: Baker Academic

Summary

A Relational Model For Interacting With People Of Other Faiths

Author Biography

Terry Muck (PhD, Northwestern University) is professor of missions and world religions at Asbury Theological Seminary. He is the author of nine books, including Ministry and Theology in Global Perspective: Contemporary Challenges for the Church. Frances Adeney (PhD, Graduate Theological Union) is William A. Benfield Jr. Professor of Evangelism and Global Mission at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. She has authored and/or contributed to many books, including Teaching Mission in a Global Context and Gospel Bearers, Gender Barriers: Missionary Women in the Twentieth Century.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 7
Context, Text, and Pre-texts
Context: The World of Religion Today	p. 15
Text: What the Bible Says	p. 32
Pre-texts: Theology and Personality	p. 51
Practices: Beyond Competition and Cooperation
Universality: Reaching Out to All, Including Christians	p. 79
Fellowship: Belonging Precedes Believing	p. 92
Localization: Focusing on Questions and Concerns of the Local Community	p. 104
Commitment: Holding Ideas with Conviction; Acting Decisively on Those Ideas; Not Letting Those Ideas Be Divisive	p. 115
Freedom: Honoring the Principle of Religious Choice	p. 127
Effectiveness: Allowing the Context to Determine the Form of Witness	p. 138
Consistency: Striving for Consistency between Methods and Goals	p. 150
Variety: Communicating the Gospel in Many Forms	p. 162
Respect: Not Disparaging Others in Order to Champion Your Own; Not Disparaging Your Own in Order to Respect Others	p. 174
Charity: Loving Those to Whom We Witness	p. 185
Missional Ecumenicity: Practicing Mission as the Joint Project of the Church	p. 198
Jesus, Mission Innovator: Jesus's Model of Giftive Mission	p. 210
Method: How Do We Do It?
The Spiral of Knowledge Acquisition: Learning about New Cultures and New Religions	p. 221
Experiencing: The Influence of Our Personal Histories	p. 230
Bracketing: Putting Convictions on Hold	p. 249
Encountering: Learning from a New Culture and Religion	p. 263
Evaluating: Appraising the New Culture and Religion from a Christian Viewpoint	p. 277
Integrating: Reshaping Our Own Views and Mission Practices	p. 290
Giftive Mission
Metaphors for Mission	p. 303
The Four Gifts	p. 329
Giftive Mission	p. 353
Appendix: Biblical Interreligious Encounters	p. 379
Bibliography	p. 386
Index	p. 397
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