Understanding World Christianity: The Vision and Work of Andrew F. Walls

by Burrows, William R.; Gornik, Mark R.; McLean, Janice A.

• ISBN13: 9781570759499
• ISBN10: 1570759499
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-10-01
• Publisher: Orbis Books

Author Biography

William R. Burrows is managing editor emeritus of Orbis Books and research professor of missiology in the Center for World Christianity at New York Theological Seminary. Mark R. Gornik has studied the African Christian diaspora in New York City and is president of City Seminary of New York. Janice A. McLean is on the faculty of City Seminary of New York.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
A Man with a Large Map
Andrew F. Walls as Mentor	p. 7
Andrew F. Walls, Methodist Local Preacher and Hymn Writer	p. 11
Andrew F. Walls as Teacher in Africa	p. 17
Breaking Boundaries Building New Ways of Scholarship
Challenging the Academy, Breaking Barriers	p. 35
Founding the Centre for the Study of Christianity in the Non-Western World	p. 51
Changing the Course of Mission and World Christian Studies	p. 61
Theological Education as Embodiment of Jesus	p. 79
Themes in the Transmission of Christian Faith
Post-Western Wine, Post-Christian Wineskins? The Bible and the Third Wave Awakening	p. 91
Conversion: Individual and Cultural	p. 109
Ecclesiology, Andrew F. Walls, and the Fortunate Subversion of the Church	p. 127
Transformations in Understanding Christian History
Historiographic Foundations from Latourette and Van Dusen to Andrew F. Walls	p. 141
Andrew F. Walls for Americans?	p. 155
Andrew F. Walls and Documenting World Christianity in the Twenty-First Century	p. 169
Africa's Place in Christian History
"Turning That Which Is Already There toward Christ": The Contribution of Andrew F. Walls to Understanding African Christianity	p. 195
Gospel and Culture: Andrew F. Walls in Africa, Africa in Andrew F. Walls	p. 211
Migration and the Globalization of Christianity	p. 227
Conclusion: The Emergence of World Christianity and the Remaking of Theology	p. 243
Bibliography of the Writings of Andrew F. Walls	p. 257
Contributors	p. 279
Index	p. 281
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