Description: This study is the first comprehensive history of the
impact of the modern missionary movement on the understanding of
and work toward Christian unity. It tells stories from all branches
of the church: Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant in its many
types (conciliar, evangelical, Pentecostal, and independent). Part
1, ""Historical,"" highlights the contribution of modern missions
to Christian unity, from William Carey and his antecedents and
peers to present-day missions. Part 2, ""Ten Models of Unity,""
takes an inductive approach to history, asking not ""how should
Christians cooperate?"" but ""how has the missionary movement
helped Christians to work together at the local, national,
regional, and global level?"" Part 3, ""Wider Ecumenism,"" broadens
the evidence to include how the missions movement has helped not
only institutional churches but also broader society to have
concern for the unity of the entire human family. Included here is
the story of how the Protestant missionary movement influenced the
forming of the United Nations as well as the drafting of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The study also covers the
movement's impact on Christian attitudes toward, and relations
with, persons of other faiths. Mission and Unity is the standard
reference work in the field for persons studying modern history,
modern church history, missions, and ecumenics. Endorsements:
""Flowing from a lifetime of scholarship and activism, this timely
book on a classic theme could only be written by Norman Thomas. His
panoramic yet thorough treatment of 'missions and unity' will help
to restore this subject to the central place it deserves in mission
praxis. This useful book belongs on the shelf of everyone who cares
about the continued relevance of Jesus' visions for his
followers."" --Dana L. Robert Truman Collins Professor of World
Christianity and History of Mission Boston University School of
Theology ""It is often remarked that missionary work and efforts of
Christian unity are vitally linked. What Norman Thomas has shown in
these pages is how very true this is. I don't know of any other
source that treats the topic of missions and unity with comparable
depth, clarity, and careful scholarship. This books is a gift to
missiology."" --Stephen Bevans, SVD Louis J. Luzbetak, SVD
Professor of Mission and Culture Catholic Theological Union
""Common participation in mission has consistently been the most
powerful solvent of the historic divisions between churches. Yet
Christians have frequently disagreed about the appropriate means of
mission, and may struggle to agree even about the goals of mission.
The twin themes of mission and unity are thus intertwined in
complex and ambiguous ways throughout the history of the Church.
Norman Thomas's book is a timely and helpful reminder of that
ambiguous yet inescapable relationship."" --Brian Stanley Professor
of World Christianity University of Edinburgh ""This book is
quintessentially Thomas. I know of no one more aptly experienced or
academically capable of writing this immensely useful historical
assessment of the interstices of world missions and the ecumenical
movement. This will become a standard reference on the theme.""
--Jonathan J. Bonk Executive Director Overseas Ministries Study
Center About the Contributor(s): Norman E. Thomas is Professor
Emeritus of World Christianity at United Theological Seminary in
Dayton, Ohio, USA. He is the editor of Classsic Texts in Mission
and World Christianity (1995) and of the International Mission
Bibliography: 1960-2000 (2003).
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