Christian Mission in the Twentieth Century [Paperback]

Offering an essential historical overview of the chief developments in Christian mission, this should become a standard textbook.Part 1 describes the great missionary conferences of Edinburgh 1910, Jerusalem 1928, and Tambaram, Madras 1938, with particular emphasis on Christian responses to Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist and secular interpretations of religious life. Part 2 addresses the developing pluralism of the modern world.Part 1 describes the great missionary conferences of Edinburgh 1910, Jerusalem 1928, and Tambaram, Madras 1938, with particular emphasis on Christian responses to Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist and secular interpretations of religious life. Part 2 addresses the developing pluralism of the modern world.This study provides a much-needed historical overview of the main developments in the theory and practice of Christian mission in this century. Part 1 describes the great missionary conferences of Edinburgh 1910, Jerusalem 1928, and Tambaram, Madras 1938, with particular emphasis on Christian responses to Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist and secular interpretations of religious life. In Part 2, the developing pluralism of the modern world is addressed by way of Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and evangelical documents, and through diverse contemporaneous thinkers.Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Part I. 19001940: Introduction; 1. Mission as expansion 19001910; 2. Mission as the church of a people (Volkskirche) 19101920; 3. Mission appraised (1): 19201940; 4. Mission appraised (2): 19201940; Part II. 19401990: Preface to Part II; 5. Mission as presence and dialogue 19501960; 6. Mission as proclamation, dialogue and liberation 19601970; 7. Mission as proclamation and church growth 19701980; 8. Pluralism and enlightenment 19801990; Appendix; Select bibliography; Index. Voted One of the best books in Mission for 1994 by the International Bulletin of Missionary Research A superbly readable digest of twentieth century missiological themes and movemenl³a