"The church exists to set up in the world a new sign which is radically dissimilar to the world's own manner and which contradicts it in a way which is full of promise." (Karl Barth, The Holy Spirit and the Christian Life, 22). Karl Barth's theology, especially as...
Majority World and indigenous and diaspora churches are redefining twenty-first-century Christianity. Those of us who are Western Christians must decide how we’ll respond. Stephen Bevans writes, We are now living in a “world church” where the vast majority of...
Prelude to this Series: Five Integrated Approaches Transforming World Christianity and Our Mission, Theology, and Ministry – Polycentric, Integral, Pentecostal, Polyvocal, and Intercultural (P.I.P.P.I.) Welcome to exploring Christian mission and ministry, invigorated...
Prelude to this Series: Five Integrated Approaches Transforming World Christianity and Our Mission, Theology, and Ministry – Polycentric, Integral, Pentecostal, Polyvocal, and Intercultural (P.I.P.P.I.) Welcome to exploring Christian mission and ministry, invigorated...
Prelude to this Series: Five Integrated Approaches Transforming World Christianity and Our Mission, Theology, and Ministry – Polycentric, Integral, Pentecostal, Polyvocal, and Intercultural (P.I.P.P.I.) Welcome to exploring Christian mission and ministry, invigorated...
A Conversation Between Professor Lamin Sanneh and Graham Joseph Hill On World Christianity, Christian-Muslim Relations, & Translating the Christian Message At Yale University on Monday, April 20, 2015 The Late Professor Lamin Sanneh was D. Willis James Professor...
Prelude to this Series: Five Integrated Approaches Transforming World Christianity and Our Mission, Theology, and Ministry – Polycentric, Integral, Pentecostal, Polyvocal, and Intercultural (P.I.P.P.I.) Welcome to exploring Christian mission and ministry, invigorated...
Book Review Intercultural Theology, Volume 1: Intercultural Hermeneutics By Henning Wrogemann Published by: IVP Academic, Downers Grove, IL, 2016, 431 pages. ISBN-10: 9780830850976ISBN-13: 978-0830850976 This review was first published in the "Australian Journal of...
Prelude to this Series: Five Integrated Approaches Transforming World Christianity and Our Mission, Theology, and Ministry – Polycentric, Integral, Pentecostal, Polyvocal, and Intercultural (P.I.P.P.I.) Welcome to exploring Christian mission and ministry, invigorated...
Feminine words and imagery for God enrich Christian faith and mission. Rather than being a stumbling block to biblical Christian faith and witness, these feminine images are faithful to the biblical revelation and enhance our mission in the world. Like many world...
Charles Taylor’s “A Secular Age” is a landmark book in the philosophy of religion. It explores how Western societies transitioned from an age of almost universal belief in God to an era where faith is just one option among many. However, the book’s depth and breadth...