Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The Mission has a church: An invitation to the dance

"We were gentle among you": Christian Mission as dialogue

"I am not ashamed of the gospel": Mission as prophecy

Mission in the twenty-first century: Prophetic dialogue and contextual theology

Unraveling a "complex reality": six elements of mission

Entering someone else's garden: Intercultural mission/ministry

Letting go and speaking out: Prophetic dialogue and the spirituality of inculturation

Table fellowship: Mission in the Areopagus of today

A short history of the church's mission: Prophetic dialogue through the ages

Church teaching, mission and prophetic dialogue: Ad Gentes, Evangelii Nuntiandi, Redemptoris Missio, and dialogue and proclamation