A Theology in Missionary Perspective

by Laing, Mark T. B.; Weston, Paul

• ISBN13: 9781610975742
• ISBN10: 161097574X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-10-24
• Publisher: Pickwick Pubns

Summary

Lesslie Newbigin was one of the most significant missionary strategists and theologians of the twentieth century. With the breakdown of confidence in some of the central philosophical and theological paradigms that have been shaped and sustained by the culture of modernity, Newbigin's approach to a genuinely missionary theology offers fresh insights and approaches, providing something of a prophetic model for the global Christian community in new and challenging times.In this collection of essays, scholars and practitioners from around the world engage with aspects of Newbigin's continuing legacy. They explore Newbigin's approach to theological method, his theological and philosophical account of Western culture in the light of the gospel, and some of the implications of his thought for global mission in the third millennium.This collection is essential reading not just for Newbigin enthusiasts but also for all who are concerned to develop a genuinely missionary encounter with contemporary culture.Contributors: Ian Barns, John G. Flett, Michael W. Goheen, Kenneth D. Gordon, Eleanor Jackson, Veli-Matti KŠrkkŠinen, David J. Kettle, J. Andrew Kirk, Mark Laing, Murray Rae, Jÿrgen Schuster, Wilbert Shenk, Jenny Taylor, Geoffrey Wainwright, Ng Kam Weng, and Paul Weston.

Author Biography

Mark T. B. Laing taught missiology at Union Biblical Seminary in Pune, India, for several years. His doctoral studies focused upon Newbigin's theology of the church arising out of his work in India, and he is the author of From Crisis to Creation: Lesslie Newbigin and the Reinvention of Christian Mission (Wipf Stock, 2012). Paul Weston teaches mission studies at Ridley Hall, Cambridge, UK and is an affiliated lecturer in the Cambridge University Divinity Faculty. He has a PhD on Newbigin's approach to cultural engagement, has written widely on his thought, and is the editor of Lesslie Newbigin, Missionary Theologian: A Reader (SPCK/Eerdmans, 2006).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Abbreviations	p. xi
List of Contributors	p. xiii
Introduction to the Essays	p. 1
Lesslie Newbigin: His Writings in Context	p. 10
A Way of Doing Theology
Unfinished Dialogue?: The Reception of Lesslie Newbigin's Theology	p. 19
The Clue to History	p. 33
The Indian Church and the Formation of Lesslie Newbigin's Ecclesiology	p. 49
Ecclesiology in Eschatological Perspective: Newbigin's Understanding of the Missionary Church	p. 70
Newbigin as Preacher and Exegete	p. 88
'And the Truth Shall Set You Free": Lesslie Newbigin's Understanding of "Truth" as Illustrated by His Life and Work	p. 102
Theology in Western Context
The Church in the Post-Christian Society between Modernity and Late Modernity: Lesslie Newbigin's Post-Critical Missional Ecclesiology	p. 125
Re-imagining the Gospel as Public Truth	p. 155
Newbigin at the Areopagus: Arguing for Truth in the Market Place	p. 172
The Congregation as Hermeneutic of the Gospel	p. 189
Confessions of a Journalist: A Case Study in Public Religion	p. 203
Theology in Global Context
Theological Education in Historical and Global Perspective	p. 221
The Finality of Christ and a Missionary Encounter with Religious Pluralism: Newbigin's Missiological Approach	p. 244
"Who Is Jesus Christ?": The Necessary Missionary Form of the Confession of the Trinity	p. 260
Contemporary Ecumenical Challenges from the Legacy of Lesslie Newbigin	p. 277
Going Public with Lesslie Newbigin: Public Theology and Social Engagement in an Islamic Context	p. 290
Appendix: Newbigin Centenary Reflections	p. 305
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