Lesslie Newbigin: A Theological Life - Hardcover

Wainwright, Geoffrey

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195101715 ISBN 13: 9780195101713

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2000

Synopsis

This book offers an intellectual and spiritual biography of Lesslie Newbigin, a figure of patristic proportions in the twentieth-century history of the Church. Drawing on thirty-five years of personal and literary acquaintance with his subject and on a thorough examination of the Newbigin archives, Geoffrey Wainwright crafts a rich and varied portrait of this outstanding witness to the Gospel.

About this title

About the Author

Geoffrey Wainwright is at Duke University. Geoffrey Wainwright is at Duke University.

Review

"Wainwright, himself a distinguished ecumenist and theologian, has opened up new vistas not only on Lesslie but on all the areas of theological discourse he treats."--Tom Wright, Canon of Westminster

"I doubt whether any other [book about Newbigin] will present such a complete and discerning picture of a unique man....Wainwright, the theologian, has the gift of seeing Newbigin in all of his immensity and somehow has spoken of him with Newbigin's own voice and insight. He has given a great
theological ordering to the Newbigin story that is not imposed; it arises naturally from a deep understanding of his subject. All of us who wish to continue work on Newbigin's 'unfinished agenda' have been given wonderful support and inspiration."--The Bible in Transmission

"Wainwright has shown himself to be an exemplary missiologist and theologian."--Toronto Journal of Theology

"A life well-worth considering, as is Wainwright's book... If you only want to read one book on Newbigin's life, his thinking, and his career, this is it."--Missiology: An International Review

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0195101715
• ISBN 13: 9780195101713
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 480