Witnessing to Christ in a multi-religious context
By: edited by Beate Fagerli, Knud Jørgensen and Frank-Ole Thoresen
Contributors: Thorsen, Frank-Ole, editor
Series: Regnum studies in mission; Regnum studies in mission
Publisher: Regnum Books International
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781912343645; 9781506475950; 9781911372011
Subjects: Evangelistic work; Congresses; Religious pluralism; Christianity; Évangélisation; Congrès; RELIGION; Christian Life; Spiritual Growth
Description: "This book grows out of a desire to come to grips with our new context. Until a few decades ago we believed that Norway was for Norwegians. And Norwegians were Christian - most of them even Lutheran. Slowly at first, but then with increasing momentum, our neighbourhoods and villages changed from being mono-cultural and mono-religious into something less Norwegian, but more like a rainbow society. This book brings together the presentations of a symposium on these issues. It featured two international keynote speakers, Robert Schreiter and Kirsteen Kim, as well as a group of presenters and respondents, to discuss and reflect on the challenges to witnessing to Christ in societies with multiple faith traditions."--Publisher
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword:; title: Mission is not what it was  -- Roar G. Fotland -- Editorial introduction / the Editors; title: Witnessing to Christ in a multicultural and multi-religious context  -- Knud Jørgensen -- Section one. Christ as reconciler; title: Christ as reconciler and the ministry of reconciliation  -- Robert Schreiter; title: How to reconcile Norway with Sápmi? Christ as "reconciler" in a (post-)colonial Norway  -- Tore Johnsen; title: Reflections on Christ as a unique reconciler for the melting-pot of Brazil  -- Maicon Steuernagel -- Section two. Christ as Lord; title: I believe in Jesus Christ, our Lord  -- Kirsteen Kim; title: "Lord" in Christianity and in other religions  -- Notto R. Thelle; title: Witnessing to Christ in a multicultural context: the concept of "Lord" in a Norwegian context  -- Anne Hege Grung; title: Witnessing to Christ as unique in a pluralistic society of Europe: a voice from a migrant Christian  -- Dawit Olika Terfassa -- Section three. Christ as redeemer and saviour; title: Understanding Christ as saviour and understanding salvation in changing landscapes  -- Beate Fagerli; title: The Christian witness to redemption in a multicultural context: redeemed from what and for what?  -- Tore Laugerud; title: Reviewing classical perspectives on Christ as saviour  -- Rolf Kjøde; title: Reflections on "redeemer" in Norway today  -- Espen Ottosen -- Concluding chapters; title: The uniqueness of Christ: some concluding remarks -- Frank-Ole Thoresen.