This remarkable book begins by examining the biblical material on
mission, focusing specially on the ethical witness of the Christian
community. The author then turns his attention to patterns of
mission from history, seeking to learn, from three distinct past
examples (the Spanish conquistadores, Anabaptists, and the
missionary congress in Edinburgh, 1912), how the Church has
interpreted its mission in the world. A final section discusses
changing views on the church's missionary undertaking in the world
after the 2nd World War. It assesses the debates over the concept
of missio Dei and 'the church for others'. It then considers the
question of the church's preferential option for the liberation of
the poor, its commitment to peace in the shadow of the threat of
nuclear war and its missionary obligations in multi-religious and
secular worlds. COMMENDATIONS "I cordially welcome Andrew Kirk's
fine study. Drawing upon the Bible, history and theology, he has
expertly reflected upon the Church and the world, in relation to
both mission and the socio-ethical order. He has thus brilliantly
met the requirements of the series in which his book appears, and
has made a substantial contribution to debates which lose nothing
of their importance with the passage of the years." - Alan Sell,
General Editor, Christian Doctrines in Historical Perspective "From
time to time a book appears that forces us to re-examine what we
have taken for granted about Church and world. Andrew Kirk's
bracing and bold book does this. Based on wide reading, readiness
to challenge commonplace assumptions, and by highlighting topics
generally neglected in mission theology, this work refreshes and
inspires." - Wilbert R. Shenk, Senior Professor of Mission History,
Fuller Graduate School of Intercultural Studies, Pasadena,
California
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