"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...
“Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and goodness, and she will not allow herself to be separated and banned from her two sisters without taking them along with herself in an act of...
"Human beings are moved by beauty. If we want to change the world, we need, first of all, to be able to make people dream about beauty. The church has totally forgotten this. We are a bit uneasy with beauty… We seem to be obsessed with the idea of doing things…...
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...
By Graham Joseph Hill (in conversation with Mandy Smith) With each denominational and congregational crisis, we’re becoming increasingly aware that something isn’t working in our way of leading the church. So, we’re scrambling for models of leadership...
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...