Brings together the finest thinking on mission in the last century---from Karl Barth on the Great Commission to David Bosch on biblical models of mission, from Lesslie Newbigin on the gospel and other religions to Wilbert Shenk on evangelistic impulses from the non-Western world. Stimulates one to action. 288 pages, softcover. Orbis.

Product Information

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Title: Landmark Essays in Mission and World Christianity
By: Edited by Robert L. Gallagher & Paul Hertig
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 288
Vendor: Orbis Books

Publication Date: 2009
Weight: 13 ounces
ISBN: 1570758298
ISBN-13: 9781570758294
Stock No: WW758294

Publisher's Description

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Gallagher and Hertig have collected a range of seminal articles and papers that offer students insight into thinking by the makers of modern mission and world Christian studies. This is a priceless book for the classroom, bringing between two covers the most important reflections on these issues in our age.

This marvelous book answers the prayers of teachers who have struggled for a generation with the problem of providing their students a resource that will offer an entre into the best thinking on the nature of mission and the emergence of world Christianity.