Paradigms in Conflict: 15 Key Questions in Christian Missions Today
Hesselgrave, David J.; Eitel, Keith
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- Title
- Paradigms in Conflict: 15 Key Questions in Christian Missions Today
- Author
- Hesselgrave, David J.; Eitel, Keith
- Publisher
- Kregel Academic (edition Expanded,Updated)
- Publication year
- 2018
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0825444772
- ISBN 13
- 9780825444777
- Edition
- Expanded,Updated.
Drawing from Scripture, social sciences, and history, David J. Hesselgrave tackles the most pressing issues facing missionaries today.
The author and contributors show how theological issues have real impact on missions, and they present arguments on both sides of the fifteen subjects of debate while also offering their own biblically informed perspectives on the subjects. Despite rapid global changes, Hesselgrave holds that much of traditional theory, practice, and theology is still valid, if not essential, for the future of Christian missions.
Current and prospective missionaries, pastors, seminary students, missions committee members, and laypeople interested in world Christianity will all benefit from the discussions covered in this book, including:
This updated and expanded edition includes five more questions along with new applications and reflections on the ten questions presented in the first edition.
The author and contributors show how theological issues have real impact on missions, and they present arguments on both sides of the fifteen subjects of debate while also offering their own biblically informed perspectives on the subjects. Despite rapid global changes, Hesselgrave holds that much of traditional theory, practice, and theology is still valid, if not essential, for the future of Christian missions.
Current and prospective missionaries, pastors, seminary students, missions committee members, and laypeople interested in world Christianity will all benefit from the discussions covered in this book, including:
- Sovereignty and free will: An impossible mix or a perfect match?
- Common ground and enemy territory: How should we approach adherents of other faiths?
- Business as mission: When is it mission and when is it not?
- Harvest missions and pioneer missions: Discipling the masses or reaching to the margins?
This updated and expanded edition includes five more questions along with new applications and reflections on the ten questions presented in the first edition.
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About the Author
David J. Hesselgrave (Ph.D., University of Minnesota) is one of the leading spokesmen of evangelical missions today. A pastor turned missionary to Japan, he later became actively involved at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, both as a professor and a director of missions at various times. Now retired, he resides with his wife, Gertrude, in Rockford, Ill. He is the author of many books, including, Communicating Christ Cross-Culturally and Planting Churches Cross-Culturally.
Keith E. Eitel is professor of missions and director of the World Missions Center at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Eitel holds a doctorate of missiology from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and a doctorate of theology from the University of South Africa.
Keith E. Eitel is professor of missions and director of the World Missions Center at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Eitel holds a doctorate of missiology from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and a doctorate of theology from the University of South Africa.
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