Prophetic dialogue
Subtitle: reflections on Christian mission today
By: Stephen B. Bevans and Roger P. Schroeder
Contributors: Schroeder, Roger, 1951-
Publisher: Orbis Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Maryknoll, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9781570759116
Description: "In this volume, Fathers Bevans and Schroeder address a primary challenge faced by Christians missioners today: How can they bring the Christian tradition to interact respectfully and effectively with members of other cultures and traditions from around the globe and still be prophetic?"--Publisher website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: The mission has a church: an invitation to the dance; title: "We were gentle among you": mission as dialogue; title: "I am not ashamed of the Gospel": mission as prophecy; title: Mission for the church of the 21st century: prophetic dialogue and contextual theology; title: Unraveling a complex reality: six elements of mission; title: Entering someone else's garden: intercultural mission/ministry; title: Letting go and speaking out: prophetic dialogue and the spirituality of inculturation; title: Table fellowship: mission in the Areopagus of today; title: A short history of the church's mission: prophetic dialogue through the ages; title: Church teaching, mission, and prophetic dialogue: Ad gentes, Evangelii nuntiandi, Redemptoris missio, and dialogue and proclamation.