From Crisis to Creation - Couverture souple

Laing, Mark T. B.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1610974247 ISBN 13 : 9781610974240

Editeur : Pickwick Publications, 2012

Synopsis

Lesslie Newbigin (1909-1998) was one of the seminal theologians of mission in the twentieth century, and perhaps the most important in the English-speaking world. His thinking was anchored in the practice of mission: he was a missionary in India, a bishop of the Indian church, and a leader in emerging international mission structures. In his late years, he pioneered research on how the gospel could engage with Western culture. For many he is the founding father of the missional church movement. This book is the first to address the crucial role Newbigin played in shaping ecumenical thinking on mission during the twentieth century, filling an important gap in our knowledge of the development of twentieth-century missional theology. It does so by seeking to answer a central question in Newbigin's thinking: How does "mission" relate to "church"? Taking the integration of the International Missionary Council with the World Council of Churches as its central focus, this book provides a unique history of crucial events in the ecumenical movement. But more importantly, through a study of Newbigin's role in the theological debate, this book demonstrates how missional theology evolved during the postwar period when there was a "sea change" in understandings both of mission and church.

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À propos de l'auteur

Mark Laing taught missiology at Union Biblical Seminary in Pune, India, for several years. His doctoral studies focused upon Newbigin's theology of the church arising out of his work in India, and he is the author of From Crisis to Creation: Lesslie Newbigin and the Reinvention of Christian Mission (Wipf & Stock, 2012).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pickwick Publications
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1610974247
• ISBN 13: 9781610974240
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 289
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• Personne responsable: non disponible