Practicing Truth

by Shenk, David W.; Stutzman, Linford

• ISBN13: 9780836191073
• ISBN10: 0836191072
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-11-01
• Publisher: Herald Pr

Summary

Confident Witness in Our Pluralistic World. Fourteen noted authors address issues of pluralism and truth. The biblical story, history, theology, and philososphy come together to make a case for confident proclamation and practice of Christian faith within the context of pluralism. 264 pages.

Table of Contents

Foreword	11	(4)
Paul G. Hiebert
Editor's Preface	15	(4)
Linford Stutzman
Introduction	19	(12)
David W. Shenk
Christian Mission in Our Pluralistic World	31	(15)
Gerald H. Anderson
God, Justice, and Religious Pluralism in the Old Testament	46	(18)
Elmer Martens
Every Tongue Shall Confess: Truth and Pluralism in the New Testament	64	(18)
J. Nelson Kraybill
Anabaptist Missions and the Critique of Christendom	82	(20)
John D. Roth
Contemporary Global Pluralism: The Approach of Hinduism	102	(14)
Lawrence M. Yoder
The Muslim Ummah and Global Pluralism	116	(14)
David W. Shenk
The Aporetic Witness	130	(18)
Susan Biesecker-Mast
The Church in the Pluralistic African Experience	148	(8)
Tite Tienou
The Church in Pluralistic North America: Decentering Conviction	156	(15)
Wilbert R. Shenk
The Gospel and Religions	171	(16)
Calvin E. Shenk
Confident Witness for Cultural Transformation	187	(16)
Linford Stutzman
Confessing Truth in a Pluralistic World	203	(16)
Thomas Finger
Practicing Truth as a Global Christian Community	219	(17)
Sara Wenger Shenk
What Difference Does Jesus Make?	236	(18)
Chris Wright
You Know that We Love You: Concluding Reflections	254	(3)
Don Jacobs
Select Bibliography	257	(4)
The Contributors	261