Signs amid the Rubble : The Purposes of God in Human History

by Newbigin, Lesslie

• ISBN13: 9780802809896
• ISBN10: 0802809898
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-03-01
• Publisher: Lightning Source Inc

Summary

Invaluable insights from an intellectual giant in the modern church The late Lesslie Newbigin was widely regarded as one of this generation's most significant voices on Christianity in relation to modern society. Now that he is gone, there is a call for his unpublished writings to be made available. To that end Signs amid the Rubble gathers some of Newbigin's finest statements on issues of continuing relevance. The first set of chapters consists of the 1941 Bangalore Lectures, in which Newbigin speaks powerfully of the kingdom of God in relation to the modern -- severely deficient -- idea of "progress." The second group of writings, the Henry Martyn Lectures of 1986, deals mainly with the importance of Christian mission. In the last piece, his address to the World Council of Churches conference on mission and evangelism in Brazil in 1996 -- which editor Geoffrey Wainwright calls his "swan song on the ecumenical stage" -- Newbigin wonders aloud how future generations will judge today's practice of abortion.

Author Biography

Lesslie Newbigin (1909-1998) was an internationally esteemed British theologian, missionary, pastor, apologist, and ecumenical statesman. His long career included serving as a village evangelist in India, as bishop of the Church of South India, as associate general secretary of the World Council of Churches, and as a professor and a pastor in England

Table of Contents

Editor's Introduction	vii
The Kingdom of God and the Idea of Progress
Bangalore Lecture I	3	(16)
Bangalore Lecture II	19	(12)
Bangalore Lecture III	31	(15)
Bangalore Lecture IV	46	(13)
The Henry Martyn Lectures
Authority, Dogma, and Dialogue	59	(19)
Conversion, Colonies, and Culture	78	(17)
Church, World, Kingdom	95	(18)
Gospel and Culture
The Gospel...	113	(3)
...and Culture	116