Controversies in Mission : Theology, People, and Practice of Mission in the 21st Century

Scheuermann, Rochelle Cathcart

ISBN 10: 0878080546 / ISBN 13: 9780878080540

Published by William Carey Library, 2016

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Controversies in Mission : Theology, People, and Practice of Mission in the 21st Century
• Publisher: William Carey Library
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0878080546
• ISBN 13: 9780878080540
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 0.9 pounds

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Synopsis

Crossing social, cultural, and religious barriers and making disciples of all nations has probably never been without some level of controversy. This book is an attempt to hit the pause button on this rapid–paced world and to refllect on how we do mission, especially in light of the new layers of complexity that globalization brings. While the contributors engage in new aspects of mission and cultural encounter unique to the twenty–first century, the underlying issues of each chapter are age–old topics that have reared their heads at various times throughout history: priorities in mission, power struggles, perspectives on cultural others, and contextualization. With that in mind, our aims are twofold: (1) to carefully consider issues causing tension and contention within current mission
thought, practice and strategy and then (2) to engage in serious but charitable dialogue for the sake of God's

About the Authors

Rochelle Cathcart Scheuermann (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is director and assistant professor of intercultural studies at Lincoln Christian University. She has served as associate pastor at a church plant (Salt Lake City, UT), taught overseas (Thailand, Cambodia, and Kenya), and since 2012 has served as the North Central Regional vice-president of the Evangelical Missiological Society. She has written several articles that have focused on contextualization, preaching and culture, and mission theology and is the co-author of the textbook, Preaching in the Contemporary World.

Edward L. Smither (PhD, University of Wales-Trinity St. David; PhD, University of Pretoria) is associate professor and dean of intercultural studies at Columbia International University. He served for fourteen years in intercultural ministry in North Africa, Europe, and the USA and his books include Mission in the Early Church and Brazilian Evangelical Missions in the Arab World.