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Author |
: Jehu Hanciles |
Publisher |
: Orbis Books |
Total Pages |
: 824 |
Release |
: 2008 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781608331031 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1608331032 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (31 Downloads) |
Synopsis Beyond Christendom by : Jehu Hanciles
Hanciles does yeoman work in part one synthesizing studies on the impact of globalization, revealing that its outcomes will likely not be determined by the Euro-American heartlands that sparked this movement. Instead, in parts two he shows that migration in general is having an enormous effect on shaping a new world order, and in part three, "Mobile Faith," he advances the case for the migration of Christians as carrying within it the seeds of renewal for the whole church and also the potential to reshape church-state and religion and culture relations globally.
Author |
: Orlando E. Costas |
Publisher |
: Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages |
: 255 |
Release |
: 2005-08-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781597523417 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1597523410 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis Christ Outside the Gate by : Orlando E. Costas
Solidly theological, amply historical, thoroughly ecumenical, and remarkably current, Orlando Costas' 'Christ Outside the Gate' is the most succinct, yet comprehensive analysis of the missiological issues facing the church and the churches that has appeared in many years."" --Alan Neely, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest Learning and passion come together in Christ Outside the Gate to make it an outstanding contribution to missiology."" --Gabriel Fackre, Abbot Professor of Christian Theology, Andover Newton Theological School You have in your hands a new way of seeing missions--North America as a receiving country, the marginalized as the subject as well as object of missions, world evangelization with one foot in Melbourne and one foot in Pattaya. Few authors blend together so effectively so many worlds--evangelism and scholarship, northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere, sociology, and theology."" --Harvie M. Conn, Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia Costas may well be or is on his way to becoming the ablest missiologist alive."" --Jorge Lara-Braud, Director, Council on Theology and Culture, Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Costas writes from the background of an Hispanic Evangelical, but goes far beyond the normal concerns of that tradition. In a series of far-ranging essays, he deals with virtually every aspect of the contemporary missiological debate in a manner that is usually balanced and always provocative. While some readers will violently question his views at certain points, all will be stimulated and challenged to think more deeply and participate more effectively in the total world mission to which God has called His Church."" --Paul E. Pierson, Fuller Theological Seminary 'Christ Outside the Gate' offers us a perspective of missions that focuses on the transition from paternalism to the contextualization of the Gospel."" --Oscar I. Romo, Director, Language Missions Division, Southern Baptist Convention Costas writes from the viewpoint of those who live on the periphery of society. He challenges Christians of all denominations to a renewed understanding of the Christ who 'suffered outside the gates.'"" --John T. Boberg, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago Orlando E. Costas is also the author of 'Liberating News', 'The Integrity of Mission', and 'The Church and Its Mission'.
Author |
: Jeffrey Jaynes |
Publisher |
: Harrassowitz |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2018 |
ISBN-10 |
: 3447107154 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9783447107150 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Synopsis Christianity Beyond Christendom by : Jeffrey Jaynes
In 1507 Martin Waldseemuller created a remarkable Early Modern world map loaded with religious symbols. The cartographer depicted the papal keys, which according to the map's companion text, the Cosmographiae Introductio, enclosed almost the whole of Europe for the Western Church. However, beyond the boundaries of Europe's Christendom, the map pictured Nestorian churches in China and the legendary Christian ruler Prester John in India. His subsequent Carta marina (1516) amplified the descriptions of these religious traditions. Waldseemuller's maps, like almost every other world map of the era, featured legends of Christian communities positioned outside of Christendom. Christianity Beyond Christendom explores this religious tension -- the diversities of globally scattered Christian traditions and the more rigid notion of a homogenous Christendom -- as a component of cartographical developments from the eighth to the sixteenth century. It argues that throughout this era Western Christian thinkers and mapmakers used the mappaemundi and subsequent printed maps of the world to sustain notions of a broadly based Christian oikoumene, even as the reality of that assertion diminished. Moreover, cartographers incorporated various apostolic and ancient legends, furthering these with new myths, to provide increasingly sophisticated methods for understanding more distant and isolated Christian communities in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. The book considers a vast array of medieval world maps and later atlases, ranging from manuscripts of Beatus of Liebana's commentary on the Apocalypse to the maps in Sebastian Munster's Cosmographia and Abraham Ortelius's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, to trace the legacy of these scattered traditions.
Author |
: Jehu J. Hanciles |
Publisher |
: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 587 |
Release |
: 2021-03-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781467461450 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1467461458 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Synopsis Migration and the Making of Global Christianity by : Jehu J. Hanciles
A magisterial sweep through 1500 years of Christian history with a groundbreaking focus on the missionary role of migrants in its spread. Human migration has long been identified as a driving force of historical change. Building on this understanding, Jehu Hanciles surveys the history of Christianity’s global expansion from its origins through 1500 CE to show how migration—more than official missionary activity or imperial designs—played a vital role in making Christianity the world’s largest religion. Church history has tended to place a premium on political power and institutional forms, thus portraying Christianity as a religion disseminated through official representatives of church and state. But, as Hanciles illustrates, this “top-down perspective overlooks the multifarious array of social movements, cultural processes, ordinary experiences, and non-elite activities and decisions that contribute immensely to religious encounter and exchange.” Hanciles’s socio-historical approach to understanding the growth of Christianity as a world religion disrupts the narrative of Western preeminence, while honoring and making sense of the diversity of religious expression that has characterized the world Christian movement for two millennia. In turning the focus of the story away from powerful empires and heroic missionaries, Migration and the Making of Global Christianity instead tells the more truthful story of how every Christian migrant is a vessel for the spread of the Christian faith in our deeply interconnected world.
Author |
: Adriaan Bredero |
Publisher |
: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 424 |
Release |
: 1994 |
ISBN-10 |
: 080284992X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780802849922 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (2X Downloads) |
Synopsis Christendom and Christianity in the Middle Ages by : Adriaan Bredero
This is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable. Though buffeted on all sides by rapid and at times cataclysmic social, political, and economic change, the medieval church was able to make adjustments that kept it from becoming simply a fossil from the past rather than an enduring institution of salvation. The dynamic interaction between the medieval church and society gives form to this compelling and well-informed study by Adriaan Bredero. By considering medieval Christianity in full relation to its historical context, Bredero elucidates complex medieval realities -- many of which run counter to common modern notions about the Middle Ages. Bredero moves beyond the usual treatment of history by framing his overall discussion in terms of a fascinating and relevant question: To what extent is Christianity today still molded by medieval society? The book begins with an overview of religion and the church in medieval society, from the early Christianization of Western Europe through the fifteenth century. Bredero counters earlier romanticized assessments of the Middle Ages as a thoroughly Christian period by arriving at a definition of Christendom, not in its original sense as the empire of Charlemagne, but rather as "the countries, people, and matters which stood under the influence of Christ."
Author |
: Lamin Sanneh |
Publisher |
: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 154 |
Release |
: 2003-10-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781467422260 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1467422266 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (60 Downloads) |
Synopsis Whose Religion Is Christianity? by : Lamin Sanneh
Many historians of religion now recognize that Christianity is a global faith whose most vibrant expression and growth are found today in the non-Western world. But no one explores this reality and its implications for modern life with the depth of learning and personal insight of Lamin Sanneh. This book is unique in the literature of world Christianity, not least for its novel structure. Sanneh's engaging narrative takes the form of a self-interview in which he asks questions about the cross-cultural expansion of Christianity and provides insightful answers and meaningful predictions about the future. This technique also allows Sanneh to track developments in world Christianity even while giving attention to the responses and involvement of indigenous peoples around the world. Sanneh's own background and lifelong involvement with non-Western cultures bring a richness of perspective not found in any other book on world Christianity. For example, Sanneh highlights what is distinctive about Christianity as a world religion, and he offers a timely comparison of Christianity with Islam's own missionary tradition. The book also gives pride of place to the recipients of the Christian message rather than to the missionaries themselves. Indeed, Sanneh argues here that the gospel is not owned by the West and that the future of the tradition lies in its "world" character. Literate, relevant, and highly original, Whose Religion Is Christianity? presents a stimulating new outlook on faith and culture that will interest a wide range of readers.
Author |
: Todd D. Hunter |
Publisher |
: InterVarsity Press |
Total Pages |
: 200 |
Release |
: 2010-05-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780830832569 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0830832564 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (69 Downloads) |
Synopsis Christianity Beyond Belief by : Todd D. Hunter
Todd Hunter presents a new paradigm for Christian discipleship that shows how salvation is not just a question of whether we are saved but also a call to progressively grow more like Christ. Hunter's biblical perspective might just change the way you look at life forever.
Author |
: Gregory A. Barker |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 321 |
Release |
: 2010-01-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780199553457 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0199553459 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (57 Downloads) |
Synopsis Jesus Beyond Christianity by : Gregory A. Barker
This anthology brings together historic readings on Jesus from Judaism, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism in one volume. The volume provides fresh translations of important texts, 'Key-Issues' introductions, notes, questions for discussion and guides for further reading. Each set of readings ends with a reflection from a leading scholar in the field.
Author |
: John B. Cobb |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 204 |
Release |
: 1999 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015047566362 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Synopsis Transforming Christianity and the World by : John B. Cobb
Transforming Christianity and the World goes beyond "teacup" interreligious dialogue to show how religious traditions interact and how together they can transform the world.
Author |
: Joshua T. Searle |
Publisher |
: Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages |
: 235 |
Release |
: 2018-02-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781532617300 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1532617305 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (00 Downloads) |
Synopsis Theology After Christendom by : Joshua T. Searle
Christianity must be understood not as a religion of private salvation, but as a gospel movement of universal compassion, which transforms the world in the power of God’s truth. Amid several major global crises, including the rise of terrorism and religious fundamentalism and a sudden resurgence of political extremism, Christians must now face up fearlessly to the challenges of living in a “post-truth” age in which deceitful politicians present their media-spun fabrications as “alternative facts.” This book is an attempt to enact a transformative theology for these changing times that will equip the global Christian community to take a stand for the gospel in an age of cultural despair and moral fragmentation. The emerging post-Christendom era calls for a new vision of Christianity that has come of age and connects with the spiritual crisis of our times. In helping to make this vision a reality, Searle insists that theology is not merely an academic discipline, but a transformative enterprise that changes the world. Theology is to be experienced not just behind a desk, in an armchair, or in a church, but also in hospitals, in foodbanks, in workplaces, and on the streets. Theology is to be lived as well as read.