Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents: 1. What is mission-- 2. The whole-Bible basis of mission-- 3. New mission: a systematic reinterpretation of the concepts of mission-- 4. The concurrent conciliar theology of mission-- 5. Conciliar perspectives: the road to conceptualization-- 6. Contemporary evangelical theology of mission--7. Evangelicals find each other and join the debate-- 8. Making doctrines missionarily effective and biblically correct-- 9. Particular theologies and theology of mission-- 10. Liberation theology bursts on the scene-- 11. Papal advocates: Catholic mission theory to Vatican II-- 12. Official Roman Catholic theology of mission: Ad Gentes-- 13. Official Roman Catholic theology of mission: Lumen Gentium-- 14. A paradigm shift? Evangelicals and interreligious dialogue-- 15. Religious freedom and theology of mission-- Conclusion