The Bible Cultural Identity And Missions

Author : Dziedzorm Reuben Asafo,Daniel Kwame Bediako,Daniel Berchie
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781443892896

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The Bible, Cultural Identity, and Missions by Dziedzorm Reuben Asafo,Daniel Kwame Bediako,Daniel Berchie Pdf

This collection brings together a number of very carefully authored articles that outline practical approaches to three of theology’s most intriguing subjects, namely The Bible, Cultural Identity, and Mission. Each of these subjects is indispensable to both the astute Christian theologian and Christian since they form the very core of what Christians believe. Each contributor explores a unique theme, and carefully, through academic exactness and contextual experience, communicates this without forgetting to employ very basic and familiar cultural analogies to drive home the missionary imperative of the Christian faith.

Author : Steven M. Bryan
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433569760

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Cultural Identity and the Purposes of God by Steven M. Bryan Pdf

Understanding God's Design for Cultural Diversity Humanity's diverse nationalities, ethnicities, and races were intended to be a blessing from God. However, due to sin and rebellion, these differences often result in alienation, hatred, and even violence, becoming one of the most urgent problems facing the world. Cultural divisions are unfortunately common in the church, too. How can Christians embrace God's purposes for diversity and experience renewal and unity as his people? Steven Bryan presents a biblical framework for thinking about cultural identity and experiencing cultural diversity as a positive good that God intended. Writing from more than 20 years of experience in cross-cultural mission work in Ethiopia, Bryan examines historical and political aspects of nationality, ethnicity, and race. This practical examination of cultural ideologies—including multiculturalism, nationalism, and intersectionality—helps readers move from asking, Who am I? to Who are we? as God's people. Timely and Applicable: Equips readers to understand God's purposes for their cultural identity and bridge divides inside and outside of the church Comprehensive: Explores contemporary issues including ethnocentrism, globalization, multiculturalism, and collective identity Theological: Explores the story of Scripture from creation to new creation to show how cultural identity is an important part of God's design Accessible: Written for pastors, ministry leaders, lay people, missionaries, and anyone who is grappling with the relationship between cultural identity and Christian identity

Author : Kwame Bediako
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 527 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011-06-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781610974400

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Theology and Identity by Kwame Bediako Pdf

Kwame Bediako examines the question of Christian identity in the context of the Greco-Roman culture of the early Roman Empire. He then addresses the modern African predicament of quests for identity and integration. Theology and Identity was one of the finalists for the 1992 HarperCollins Religious Book Award.

Author : Christopher J.H. Wright
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 583 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830864966

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The Mission of God by Christopher J.H. Wright Pdf

Winner, 2007 Christianity Today Missions/Global Affairs Book Most Christians would agree that the Bible provides a basis for mission. But Christopher Wright boldly maintains that mission is bigger than that--there is in fact a missional basis for the Bible! The entire Bible is generated by and is all about God's mission. In order to understand the Bible, we need a missional hermeneutic of the Bible, an interpretive perspective that is in tune with this great missional theme. We need to see the "big picture" of God's mission and how the familiar bits and pieces fit into the grand narrative of Scripture. Beginning with the Old Testament and the groundwork it lays for understanding who God is, what he has called his people to be and do, and how the nations fit into God's mission, Wright gives us a new hermeneutical perspective on Scripture. This new perspective provides a solid and expansive basis for holistic mission. Wright emphasizes throughout a holistic mission as the proper shape of Christian mission. God's mission is to reclaim the world--and that includes the created order--and God's people have a designated role to play in that mission.

Author : Dana L. Robert
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2009-03-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780631236191

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Christian Mission by Dana L. Robert Pdf

Exploring how Christianity became a world religion, this brief history examines Christian missions and their relationship to the current globalization of Christianity. A short and enlightening history of Christian missions: a phenomenon that many say reflects the single most important intercultural movement over a sustained period of human history Offers a thematic overview that takes into account the political, cultural, social, and theological issues Discusses the significance of missions to the globalization of Christianity, and broadens our understanding of Christianity as a multicultural world religion Helps Western audiences understand the meaning of mission as a historical process Contains several new maps that illustrate demographic shifts in world Christianity

Author : Dana L. Robert
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781444358643

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Christian Mission by Dana L. Robert Pdf

CHRISTIAN MISSION “Dana Robert distils a quarter of a century of her research into an erudite and accessible single-volume account of how Christianity became the largest religious tradition in the world. There is no better place for any reader to start becoming informed about this important subject.” David Hempton, Harvard University “Remarkable for the range and depth of the material Robert is able to pack into so short a book. Reliable and readable, it is especially valuable for its treatment of the relation between western and non-western missionary activity.” David A. Hollinger, University of California, Berkeley “Dana Robert’s richly textured book shows us that the history of Christian missions is far from being merely a European colonial story, and will be immensely valuable to students and general readers who are concerned to uncover the historical roots of Christianity’s current status as a truly global faith.” Brian Stanley, University of Edinburgh The Gospels record that Christ commanded his disciples to “go forth and teach all nations.” Thus began the history of Christian mission, a phenomenon which brought about massive shifts in the nature and practice of Christianity, and one that many say reflects the single most important movement of intercultural encounter over a sustained period of human history. To understand Christianity as a global movement, therefore, it is essential to study the role of mission – defined as the transmission of the Gospel across cultures. Erudite and enlightening, this brief book explores the 2,000 years of mission history, covering topics such as the meaning of the missionary through history, gender and missions, and missions in culture and politics. Given that in the twenty-first century, Christianity is now largely practiced outside the West, Christian Mission is an inspirational and invaluable resource to broaden our understanding of the nature of Christianity as a truly multi-cultural world religion.

Author : M. Daniel Carroll R.,Vincent E. Bacote
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725281493

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Global Migration and Christian Faith by M. Daniel Carroll R.,Vincent E. Bacote Pdf

Human history is the history of migration. Never before, however, have the numbers of people on the move been so large nor the movement as global as it is today. How should Christians respond biblically, theologically, and missiologically to the myriad of daunting challenges triggered by this new worldwide reality? This volume brings together significant scholars from a variety of fields to offer fresh insights into how to engage migration. What makes this book especially unique is that the authors come from across Christian traditions, and from different backgrounds and experiences--each of whom makes an important contribution to current debates. How has the Christian church responded to migration in the past? How might the Bible orient our thinking? What new insights about God and faith surface with migration, and what new demands are placed now upon God's people in a world in so much need? Global Migration and Christian Faith points in the right direction to grapple with those questions and move forward in constructive ways.

Author : Michael W. Goheen
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441214461

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A Light to the Nations by Michael W. Goheen Pdf

There is a growing body of literature about the missional church, but the word missional is often defined in competing ways with little attempt to ground it deeply in Scripture. Michael Goheen, a dynamic speaker and the coauthor of two popular texts on the biblical narrative, unpacks the missional identity of the church by tracing the role God's people are called to play in the biblical story. Goheen shows that the church's identity can be understood only when its role is articulated in the context of the whole biblical story--not just the New Testament, but the Old Testament as well. He also explores practical outworkings and implications, offering field-tested suggestions for contemporary churches.

Author : Mookgo Solomon Kgatle
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2023-12-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666953671

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African Pentecostal Theology by Mookgo Solomon Kgatle Pdf

African Pentecostal Theology: Modality, Disciplinarity, and Decoloniality explores research methodology, theological disciplines, and contextualization as important aspects in the process of studying Pentecostal theology in an African context. Mookgo Solomon Kgatle outlines different data collection and data analysis methods, including the skills of interpreting and presenting research findings in a responsible manner. This book illustrates that Pentecostal theology, given its pneumatological approach, goes beyond conventional theological disciplines in transdisciplinary research. The development of knowledge in African Pentecostal Theology should recognize African Indigenous Knowledge Systems (AIKS), African oral and traditional cultures, and African indigenous languages to be relevant to Africans. Pentecostal theologians from different theological disciplines in Africa and globally will find this book a worthwhile read.

Author : Timothy C. Tennent
Publisher : Kregel Academic
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780825438837

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Invitation to World Missions by Timothy C. Tennent Pdf

A primary resource introducing missions for the passionate follower of Christ

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8196143281

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Church and Cultural Identity by Anonim Pdf

Author : Robert L. Gallagher,Paul Hertig
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608331291

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Landmark Essays in Mission and World Christianity by Robert L. Gallagher,Paul Hertig Pdf

Gallagher and Hertig have collected a range of seminal articles and papers that offer students insight into thinking by the makers of modern mission and world Christian studies. This is a priceless book for the classroom, bringing between two covers the most important reflections on these issues in our age. This marvelous book answers the prayers of teachers who have struggled for a generation with the problem of providing their students a resource that will offer an entre into the best thinking on the nature of mission and the emergence of world Christianity.

Author : George R. Hunsberger,Craig Van Gelder
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0802841090

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The Church Between Gospel and Culture by George R. Hunsberger,Craig Van Gelder Pdf

This excellent collection of essays, written by a diverse group of Christian leaders working on the frontier of mission within the present North American context, lays the groundwork for the newly emerging missionary encounter of the gospel with North American culture. Demonstrating that the missionary identity of the church is to be found at the intersection of culture-gospel-church, these essays outline the missionary agenda now before the church as it confronts North American assumptions, perspectives, preferences, and practices.

Author : John Mark Terry,Robert L. Gallagher
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493406227

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Encountering the History of Missions (Encountering Mission) by John Mark Terry,Robert L. Gallagher Pdf

This new addition to a highly acclaimed series portrays the sweep of missions history, revealing how God has fulfilled his promise to bless all the nations. Two leading missionary scholars and experienced professors help readers understand how missions began, how missions developed, and where missions is going. The authors cover all of missions history and provide practical application of history's lessons. Maps, tables, box inserts, sidebars, and discussion questions add to the book's usefulness in the classroom.

Author : Dean Flemming
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830840267

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Recovering the Full Mission of God by Dean Flemming Pdf

Should our proclamation of the gospel be in words or deeds or both? What do the Scriptures say? New Testament scholar and missionary Dean Flemming takes a look at this disputed question. Rooted in the Old Testament and covering the Gospels, Paul, Acts, Peter and Revelation, Flemming provides a biblically sound basis for holistic evangelism.