No Continuing City: The Story of a Missiologist from Colonial to Postcolonial Times

The Story of a Missiologist from Colonial to Postcolonial Times

Alan Tippett's publications played a significant role in the development of missiology. The volumes in this series augment his distinguished reputation by bringing to light his many unpublished materials and hard-tolocate printed articles. These books--encompassing theology, anthropology, history, area studies, religion, and ethnohistory--broaden the contours of the discipline.

As a gift to Edna and the children on the occasion of their golden wedding anniversary, Tippett completed his autobiography, ironically just months prior to his death. Containing personal reflections on his childhood and later mission experiences in the South Pacific, relationship with Donald McGavran and the founding of the School of World Mission, and retirement years in Australia, No Continuing City is the inside story.

These are Tippett's Personal reflections that can be found in no other publication. Twenty years as a missionary in Fiji, following pastoral ministry in Australia and graduate degrees in history and anthropology, provide the rich data base that made Alan R. Tippett a leading missiologist of the twentieth century. Tippett served as Professor of Anthropology and Oceanic Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary.

A native of Australia, Alan R. Tippett served for twenty years as a missionary in Fiji. He was Senior Professor of Antropology and Oceanic Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary from 1965-1977. The author of numerous articles and books, including Church Growth and the Word of God and Introduction to Missiology, Dr. Tippett died in Canberra in 1988. The legacy of his writings, in English and in Fijian, will live on for years to come.

Doug Priest Jr. grew up in Ethiopia as the son of missionary parents. He and his family served for a decade as missionaries among the Maasai peoples of East Africa. He earned his Ph.D. in Intercultural Studies from Fuller Theological Seminary, and now resides in Singapore as Asia Coordinator for the Christian Missionary Fellowship.

Charles H. Kraft is professor emeritus of anthropology and intercultural communication at Fuller Theological Seminary, where he taught for many years in the School of Intercultural Studies (formerly the School of World Mission). His primary field experience was a pioneer missionary among the Kamwe people in northeastern Nigeria. He has taught and written widely on contextualization, culture, spiritual warfare, and inner healing.