A Reader's guide to transforming mission - Nussbaum, Stan (Maryknoll, New York : Orbis Books, 2005)
Part I: New Testament paradigms --The New Testament as a missionary document --Disciple-making (Matthew) --Transcending class and ethnicity (Luke) --Making the most of the grace period (Paul) --Part II: Paradigms in church history --The concept of paradigm change in church history --Good ideas of life and love (the Eastern Church) --Filling the master's house (the Roman Catholic Church) --Justification by faith (the Protestant Reformation) --Enlightened mission? : the fragmented missionary paradigm(s) of Protestantism --Part III: An emerging paradigm --The enlightenment worldview unraveling --Church and mission in flux --Elements of an emerging paradigm of mission --The source of mission : the missio dei --The goals of mission-salvation and justice --The activities of mission : evangelism and contextualization --The bearer of mission : the whole church in the whole world --The limits of mission : its witness nature and its time frame --The study of mission : missiology and theology --Mission in many modes --Responses to Bosch.
Includes index
Keywords: Bosch, David Jacobus. Transforming mission; Missions -- Theory; Missions -- Theory -- History of doctrines; Christianity and other religions