Preface to the American Society of Missiology Series | p. ix |
Acknowledgments | p. x |
Abbreviations | p. xi |
Who Studies Christian Mission, and Why? | p. 1 |
Missiology and Training Courses | p. 2 |
To Missiology via Theology of Mission | p. 4 |
A Dynamic and Expansive Field of Study | p. 9 |
Missiology Redefined | p. 11 |
Objectives and Approach of This Book | p. 15 |
Style Points | p. 18 |
Bible and Mission | p. 21 |
Mission in the Bible | p. 21 |
Biblical Resources for Theology of Mission | p. 27 |
The Mission of God | p. 31 |
Reconciliation | p. 33 |
Universalism | p. 34 |
The Bible in Mission | p. 36 |
Translations | p. 36 |
The Principle of Translatability | p. 37 |
Vernacularization and Empowerment | p. 40 |
History of Mission | p. 71 |
Luke the Historian | p. 72 |
Ecclesiastical History | p. 74 |
Hagiography | p. 77 |
Early Modern Ethnography | p. 79 |
Historical Missionswissenschaft | p. 83 |
Critical Ethnography | p. 87 |
Current Trends in Research | p. 90 |
Missions and Imperialism | p. 90 |
The Spread of Western Science | p. 91 |
Gender Studies and Mission Research | p. 92 |
Forward in Mission History | p. 94 |
Theology, Mission, Culture | p. 43 |
Theology and the Study of Mission | p. 44 |
Salvation | p. 44 |
Ecclesiology | p. 46 |
Some Attempts to Relocate Mission Theologically | p. 48 |
Social Science and the Study of Mission | p. 50 |
Linguistics | p. 52 |
Cultural Analysis | p. 54 |
Religions and Cultural Change | p. 56 |
Gospel and Culture | p. 59 |
Christology and Mission Theology | p. 59 |
From Incarnation to Contextualization | p. 60 |
The Study of Contextualization | p. 61 |
Intercultural Theology | p. 67 |
Theology, Mission, Culture | p. 68 |
Christian Mission in a World of Religions | p. 97 |
Other Faith and the Apostolic Church | p. 98 |
Mission and the Religions | p. 104 |
Premodern Attitudes and Practices | p. 104 |
Nineteenth-century Trends | p. 108 |
Developments since Edinburgh 1910 | p. 115 |
Three Special Topics: Judaism, Islam, and the Religions of Africa | p. 123 |
Comparative Missiology | p. 131 |
The Means of Mission | p. 135 |
Tactics and Strategies | p. 136 |
Methods and Modes of Mission | p. 142 |
Social Transformation | p. 142 |
Healing | p. 145 |
Communicating the Word | p. 147 |
Dialogue | p. 150 |
Organizational Structures for Mission | p. 153 |
Financing Mission Endeavors | p. 160 |
Missiology and the Practice of Mission | p. 166 |
Missionary Vocation | p. 167 |
The Profession of Mission | p. 168 |
Research on Candidate Screening | p. 168 |
Training, Pastoral Care, and Crisis Intervention | p. 171 |
Recruitment | p. 173 |
Spirituality | p. 177 |
Celtic, Franciscan, and Ignatian Spiritualities | p. 178 |
Pilgrimage | p. 181 |
Spiritual Warfare | p. 182 |
Hospitality | p. 184 |
Vulnerability | p. 185 |
Depicting the Missionary | p. 186 |
In History Writing | p. 186 |
Biography | p. 187 |
Fiction | p. 190 |
Film | p. 192 |
Missiology Reconfigured | p. 195 |
Works Cited | p. 199 |
Index | p. 225 |
The American Society of Missiology Series | p. 241 |
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