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Tables of Contents for Changing Frontiers of Mission
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface to the ASM Series
xi
Introduction
1
7
PART ONE THE THEOLOGICAL FRONTIER
8
26
1. The Mission Dynamic
8
12
The Reign of God
9
2
Jesus the Messiah
11
2
The Holy Spirit
13
2
The Church
15
2
World
17
1
Eschaton
18
1
Conclusion
19
1
2. Recovering the Fullness of the Gospel
20
14
The Modern World
21
1
Models of Christian Witness in the Twentieth Century
22
2
Toward a Recovery of the Whole Gospel
24
10
PART TWO THE FRONTIER IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
34
84
3. The Role of Theory in Anglo-American Mission Thought and Practice
34
14
Introduction
34
1
The Historical Context
35
1
The Rise of Mission Theory
36
1
Early Attempts
37
2
Mission Theory
39
2
Missionary Contributions
41
5
Developments after 1945
46
1
Reprise: Main Elements of Mission Theory
47
1
Conclusion
47
1
4. Three Varieties of Mission
48
11
The "Invention" of Culture
48
2
Three Stages of Mission in Protestant Experience
50
8
Conclusion
58
1
5. New Religious Movements and Mission Initiative: Two Case Studies
59
10
The United Evangelical Church
60
4
The Dida Harrists
64
3
Conclusion
67
2
6. The Contribution to Missiology of the Study of New Religious Movements
69
16
Introduction
69
2
Missiology
71
1
New Religious Movements and Missions
72
2
What Missiology Can Learn from New Religious Movements
74
11
7. The Wider Context of Conversion
85
18
Toward a Model of Conversion in the Wider Context
87
4
Case Studies
91
10
Conclusion
101
2
8. Missionary Strategy
103
15
Strategy in Mission Studies
103
2
Biblical Perspective
105
1
Theological Framework
105
3
Strategy in Early Christian History
108
1
The Quest for Strategy in Modern Missions
109
2
Countervailing Currents
111
1
The Strategic Challenge
112
1
What Then Shall We Say about Mission Strategy?
113
5
PART THREE THE FRONTIER OF CONTEMPORARY CULTURE
118
24
9. The Church and Contemporary Culture
118
11
A Biblical Metaphor
120
2
Missionary Encounter
122
2
Cross-cultural Lessons
124
4
Conclusion
128
1
10. Training Missiologists for Western Culture
129
13
Mission Consciousness: Wellspring of Mission
130
4
Mission Consciousness: The World
134
3
The Task of Mission Training in Modern Culture
137
5
PART FOUR DISCERNING CHANGING FRONTIERS
142
49
11. The "Great Century" Reconsidered
142
11
The Great Century: Discontinuity and Continuity
143
10
12. The Modern Missionary Movement: 1792-1992
153
13
Introduction
153
1
Background to Modern Missions
154
2
Missions and Modernity
156
3
The Transformation of Categories
159
4
Summing Up
163
3
13. Mission in Transition: 1970-1994
166
11
Eurocentric History
166
3
Bipolar Geopolitics
169
5
Polycentric History
174
3
14. Missions in Search of Mission: The Changing Fortunes of the Mission Agency
177
9
Introduction
177
1
The Origins of the Missionary Society
178
1
Changed Historical and Cultural Situation
179
1
Institutionalization
180
2
The Uses of an Identity Crisis
182
1
On to the Future
183
2
Conclusion
185
1
15. The Future of Mission
186
5
Bibliography
191
14
Index
205