Ministry & Theology in Global Perspective

by Pittman, Don Alvin; Habito, Ruben L. F.; Muck, Terry C.

• ISBN13: 9780802808448
• ISBN10: 0802808441
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-04-01
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Summary

Compiled by a respected team of theological educators, this reader provides important resources for reflection on the opportunities and challenges facing Christian mission and theology in the contemporary global context.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Christian Ministry and the Globalization of Community	p. 3
Christian Theology and People of Other Faiths	p. 33
Pre-Twentieth-Century Christian Views
Justin Martyr	p. 67
Tertullian	p. 70
Augustine	p. 73
Nicholas of Cusa	p. 77
Friedrich Schleiermacher	p. 81
Contemporary Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Views
Karl Rahner	p. 87
Georges Khodr	p. 94
Raimundo Panikkar	p. 100
Hans Kung	p. 107
Paul F. Knitter	p. 115
Gavin D'Costa	p. 123
Contemporary Protestant Views
Ernst Troeltsch	p. 133
Karl Barth	p. 141
Hendrik Kraemer	p. 149
Paul Tillich	p. 155
John Hick	p. 162
John B. Cobb, Jr.	p. 170
Choan-Seng Song	p. 177
Marjorie Hewitt Suchocki	p. 182
Diana L. Eck	p. 189
Lesslie Newbigin	p. 196
James A. Borland	p. 204
Don A. Pittman	p. 210
Global Mission Today: Seven Key Questions	p. 219
Four Views of Mission
Redemptoris Missio	p. 237
Contemporary Evangelical Theology of Mission	p. 247
Mission and Evangelism - An Ecumenical Affirmation	p. 254
Theology and Strategy of Pentecostal Missions	p. 265
Mission in Non-Christian Religions
Mission-Minded Hindus Going Global	p. 273
A Comparative Religious Study of Missionary Transplantation in Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam	p. 277
On the Nature of Islamic Da'wah	p. 283
Issues in Mission
The Absolute Claim of Christianity: The Justification of Evangelization or an Obstacle to It?	p. 291
Dialogue and Mission: Conflict or Convergence?	p. 297
We Are the World	p. 304
Mission and Mammon: Six Theses	p. 309
Contextualization from a World Perspective	p. 315
Fundamentalisms Observed	p. 328
The Mission Fields
The Enduring Validity of Cross-Cultural Mission	p. 335
Christian Mission in the Pluralist Milieu: An African Experience	p. 339
Christian Mission and the Peoples of Asia	p. 348
Contextual Evangelization in Latin America: Between Accommodation and Confrontation	p. 355
A Great New Fact of Our Day: America as Mission Field	p. 361
The Mission Challenge
Vision for Mission	p. 371
Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation	p. 380
Interreligious Dialogue as a Christian Task	p. 385
The Why and How of Dialogue
Cosmic Dialogue	p. 399
Dialogue, Encounter, Even Confrontation	p. 408
Speaking the Truth in Love	p. 415
Dialogue and the Prophetic-Mystical Option	p. 418
Evangelicals and Interreligious Dialogue	p. 425
Fruits of Dialogue: Toward Inner Transformation
Meeting Other Religious Traditions and Rethinking My Own	p. 431
A Journey with the Unknown	p. 435
Christians and the Practice of Zen	p. 441
Taking Heart: Spiritual Exercises for Social Activists	p. 445
Toward the Meeting of Mystical Paths	p. 455
Tasks for Interreligious Cooperation
Shalom: Complementarity	p. 465
Social Activism and Spiritual Alternatives - An Islamic Perspective	p. 472
Hinduism and Social Action from Women's Perspective	p. 480
Buddhism and Social Values	p. 485
A Tradition of Thanksgiving	p. 493
Ten Global Issues for Christian Reflection	p. 499
Pastoral Recommendations on Dialogue: A Joint Statement by Protestant and Catholic Churches in Asia	p. 503
Acknowledgments	p. 507
Index of Subjects and Names	p. 513
Index of Scriptural References	p. 523
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