Christianity encountering world religions : the practice of mission in the twenty-first century

Author

• Muck, Terry C.

Additional Author(s)

• Adeney, Frances S.

Publisher

Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 2009

Language

English

ISBN

9780801026607

Series

Encountering mission

Subject(s)

• CHRISTIANITY AND OTHER RELIGIONS
• MISSIONS-THEORY

Notes

• Appendix: p. 379-385

. Bibliography: p. 386-396 . Index: p. 397-407

Abstract

Given the unique religious climate of the twenty-first century and the challenges to Christian missions it poses, Christianity Encountering World Religions proposes a new model for interacting with people of other faiths. The authors term this model "giftive mission," since it is based on the metaphor of a free gift. They suggest that seeing mission activity as giving the greatest gift possible-- the gospel message-- not only has the potential for greater missionary success but also enables us to imitate more closely God's gracious activity in the world - from back of the book.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

407 p.

Dimension

23 cm.

Other Desc.

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Summary / Review / Table of Content

pt. 1. Context, text and pre-texts --
Context: the world of religion today --
Text: what the Bible says --
Pre-texts: theology and personality --

pt. 2. Practices: Beyond competition and cooperation --
Universality: reaching out to all, including Christians --
Fellowship: Belonging precedes believing --
Localization: focusing on questions and concerns of the local community --
Commitment: holding ideas with conviction; acting decisively on those ideas; not letting those ideas be divisive --
Freedom: honoring the principle of religious choice --
Effectiveness: allowing the context to determine the form of witness --
Consistency: striving for consistency between methods and goals --
Variety: communicating the Gospel in many forms --
Respect: not disparaging others in order to champion your own; not disparaging your own in order to respect others --
Charity: loving those to whom we witness --
Missional ecumenicity: practicing mission as the joint project of the church --
Jesus, mission innovator: Jesus's model of giftive mission --

pt. 3. Method: how do we do it --
The spiral of knowledge acquisition: learning about new cultures and new religions --
Experiencing: the influence of our personal histories --
Bracketing: putting convictions on hold --
Encountering: learning from a new culture and religion --
Evaluating: appraising the new culture and religion from a Christian viewpoint --
Integrating : reshaping our own views and mission practices --

pt. 4. Giftive Mission --
Metaphors for mission --
The four gifts --
Giftive misssion --
Appendix. Biblical interreligious encounters.

Exemplar(s)

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