SCM studyguide to Christian mission
Subtitle: historic types and contemporary expressions
By: Stephen Spencer
Series: SCM study guide; SCM study guide
Publisher: SCM Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9780334041085
Subjects: Theory; Missions; History
Description: "The SCM studyguide to mission explores the nature of Christian mission in contemporary post-modern society. It presents a range of answers from the past as well as the present. It lays out some of the Biblical and doctrinal groundwork that is needed before looking for an answer. It examines the main historic types of mission in the Christian tradition, seeing how they were forged in the cross currents of history and how they continue to be expressed by different Christian communities today. It looks at contemporary social, economic and religious trends in society, global and local, listening to the signs of the times. It assesses different expressions of mission in the postmodern context, assessing how consistent they are with the underlying principles of Jesus' own mission in Galilee."--Publisher website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Mission in crisis; title: Origins of a word: mission as missio Dei; title: Digging deeper: mission as participation in the trinity; title: In human terms: the prophetic mission of Christ; title: Filling the ark: apostolic mission; title: Radiating eternal truth: hellenistic orthodox mission; title: Establishing christendom: medieval Catholic mission; title: The conversion of souls: Protestant reformation mission; title: Building the kingdom on earth: enlightenment modern mission; title: Finding hope in local communities: mission with postmodernity; title: Conclusion: which type of mission?; title: Epilogue: the coming of the rains.