Title: Understanding world Christianity : the vision and work of Andrew F. Walls /
Authors: Burrows, William R.; Gornik, Mark R.; McLean, Janice A.
Publisher: Orbis Books,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Walls, Andrew F.; Christian biography
Contents: Introduction / William R. Burrows, Mark R. Gornik, and Janice A. McLean -- PART 1. A MAN WITH A LARGE MAP -- 1. Andrew F. Walls as mentor / Kwame Bediako -- 2. Andrew F. Walls, Methodist local preacher and hymn writer / I. Howard Marshall -- 3. Andrew F. Walls as teacher in Africa / Allison Howell and Maureen Iheanacho -- PART II. BREAKING BOUNDARIES, BUILDING NEW WAYS OF SCHOLARSHIP -- 4. Challenging the academy, breaking barriers / Wilbert R. Shenk -- 5. Founding the Centre for the Study of Christianity in the Non-Western World / Brian Stanley -- 6. Changing the course of mission and world Christian studies / Jonathan J. Bonk -- 7. Theological education as embodiment of Jesus / Moonjang Lee -- PART III. THEMES IN THE TRANSMISSION OF CHRISTIAN FAITH -- 8. Post-Western wine, post-Christian wineskins?: the Bible and the third wave awakening / Lamin Sanneh -- 9. Conversion: individual and cultural / William R. Burrows -- 10. Ecclesiology, Andrew F. Walls, and the fortunate subversion of the church / Stephen B. Bevans -- PART IV. TRANSFORMATIONS IN UNDERSTANDING CHRISTIAN HISTORY -- Historiographic foundations from Latourette and Van Dusen to Andrew F. Walls / Dana L. Robert -- 12. Andrew F. Walls for Americans / Mark Noll -- 13. Andrew F. Walls and documenting world Christianity in the twenty-first century / Michael Poon -- PART V. AFRICA'S PLACE IN CHRISTIAN HISTORY -- 14. Turning that which is already there toward Christ: the contribution of Andrew F. Walls to understanding Africa Christianity / J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu -- 15. Gospel and culture: Andrew F. Walls in Africa, Africa in Andrew F. Walls / Gillian Bediako -- 16. Migration and the globalization of Christianity / Jehu J. Hanciles -- Conclusion: the emergence of world Christianity and the remaking of theology / Kwame Bediako -- Bibliography of the writings of Andrew F. Walls / Mark R. Gornik -- Contributors -- Index.