Christian Witness in Pluralistic Contexts in the 21st Century
Christian Witness in Pluralistic Contexts in the 21st Century

Author: Enoch Yee-nock Wan

Publisher: William Carey Library

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9780878083855

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"This volume is not a set of textbook answers on how to witness to Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims, and people with other religions based on simple formulas. It is the wrestlings, affirmations, and testimonies of those who have been deeply involved in ministries to people of other religious faiths and have thought deeply about the issues religious pluralism raises." - Paul G. Hiebert, Professor Emeritus, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

Evangelism after Pluralism
Evangelism after Pluralism

Author: Bryan Stone

Publisher: Baker Academic

Published: 2018-05-01

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 1493414569

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What does it mean to evangelize ethically in a multicultural climate? Following his successful Evangelism after Christendom, Bryan Stone addresses reasons evangelism often fails and explains how it can become distorted as a Christian practice. Stone urges us to consider a new approach, arguing for evangelism as a work of imagination and a witness to beauty rather than a crass effort to compete for converts in pluralistic contexts. He shows that the way we lead our lives as Christians is the most meaningful tool of evangelism in today's rapidly changing world.

Encountering Religious Pluralism
Encountering Religious Pluralism

Author: Harold Netland

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2001-08-14

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9780830815524

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Harold Netland traces the emergence of the pluralistic ethos that challenges Christian faith and mission, interacting heavily with philosopher John Hick and providing a framework for developing a comprehensive evangelical theology of religions.

Missions in Context of Violence
Missions in Context of Violence

Author: Keith E. Eitel

Publisher: William Carey Publishing

Published: 2007-09-15

Total Pages: 349

ISBN-13: 164508017X

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This volume deals with the contexts of violence. In an age of increasing concern for this type of missionary work, the missions community needs to hear from those that have reflected on the multifaceted elements involved in understanding the phenomenon of martyrdom-persecution violence as it relates to telling the age-old Gospel story. The place to begin is with Biblical and theological analysis followed by the grounding provided by constructing consequent lifestyles, strategies and practices in physically risky settings. Finally, insights from the live settings of violence are warranted.

The Cross in Our Context
The Cross in Our Context

Author: Douglas John Hall

Publisher: Fortress Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9781451407167

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In this small gem of theological reflection, North America's foremost "theologian of the cross" offers a profound and compelling contemplation on the relevance of the church's most fundamental confession. Hall ponders what confessing Jesus as crucified means in today's context, one that is postmodern, pluralistic, multicultural, and in some respects post-Christian. A digest of his monumental trilogy, this book lays out in brief compass the heart of Hall's theology of the cross, contrasting it sharply with the theology of established Christianity, showing how it reframes classical Christology and soteriology, and drawing the implications for what it means to be human, for Christian ethics, and for the church.

The Gospel and Pluralism Today
The Gospel and Pluralism Today

Author: Scott W. Sunquist

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2015-10-06

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 0830850945

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This collection of essays explores the legacy of Lesslie Newbigin's classic work, The Gospel in a Pluralist Society, critically analyzing the nature of Western pluralism and discussing the influence of Newbigin's work on the field of missiology. By looking backward, this volume advances a vision for Christian witness in the pluralistic world of the twenty-first century.

Evangelism after Christendom
Evangelism after Christendom

Author: Bryan Stone

Publisher: Brazos Press

Published: 2007-03-01

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 1441201548

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Most people think of evangelism as something an individual does--one person talking to one or more other people about the gospel. Bryan Stone, however, argues that evangelism is the duty and call of the entire church as a body of witness. Evangelism after Christendom explores what it means to understand and put to work evangelism as a rich practice of the church, grounding evangelism in the stories of Israel, Jesus, and the Apostles. This thorough treatment is marked by an astute sensitivity to the ways in which Christian evangelism has in the past been practiced violently, intentionally or unintentionally. Pointing to exemplars both Protestant and Catholic, Stone shows pastors, professors, and students how evangelism can work nonviolently.

Asian American Christianity Reader
Asian American Christianity Reader

Author: Timothy Tseng

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2009-08-20

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 0981987818

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This textbook is an interdisciplinary collection of scholarly and religious articles about Asian American Christianity. Its four sections -- contexts, sites, identity, and voices ? offer in-depth understanding of both Catholic and Protestant traditions, practices, theologies, and faith communities. It also highlights diversity and complexity across lines of gender, generation, denomination, race and ethnicity in Asian American Christianity.

Humble Confidence
Humble Confidence

Author: Benno van den Toren

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2022-12-20

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 0830852956

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Benno van den Toren and Kang-San Tan provide a global, intercultural model of apologetics as crosscultural dialogue and accountable witness. Filled with Scriptural examples and real-world experiences, this is a conversational, patient, holistic, and embodied guide to creating true dialogue in our multicultural, multifaith world.