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New book: Controversies in Mission

9/10/2016

 
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I had the privilege to co-edit (with Rochelle Cathcart Scheuermann) the 2016 Evangelical Missiological Society Monograph entitled, Controversies in Mission: Theology, People, and Practice of Mission in the 21st Century. ​Controversies was the theme of the 2015 EMS annual meeting and this volume comprises the key papers presented at that conference. Below is a brief overview of the book with the table of contents:

Crossing social, cultural, and religious barriers and making disciples of all nations has probably never been without some level of controversy. This book is an attempt to hit the pause button on this rapid-paced world and to refllect on how we do mission, especially in light of the new layers of complexity that globalization brings. While the contributors engage in new aspects of mission and cultural encounter unique to the twenty-first century, the underlying issues of each chapter are age-old topics that have reared their heads at various times throughout history: priorities in mission, power struggles, perspectives on cultural others, and contextualization. With that in mind, our aims are twofold: (1) to carefully consider issues causing tension and contention within current mission thought, practice and strategy and then (2) to engage in serious but charitable dialogue for the sake of God’s mission and the salvation of all peoples.
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Introduction, Rochelle Cathcart Scheuermann

Part One Biblical Perspectives and Theology of Mission
Chapter 1 Controversy on Paul’s First Missionary Journey, Robert J. Priest
Chapter 2 The Case for Prioritism, Christopher R. Little
Chapter 3 Carl F. H. Henry’s Regenerational Model of Evangelism and Social Concern and the Promise of an Evangelical Consensus,  Jerry M. Ireland
Chapter 4 Reconsidering the Formative Role of Ethics within Missiological Practice, Greg Mathias

Part Two The People of Mission
Chapter 5 Power Play in the Korean American Church, Eunice Hong
Chapter 6 Submission or Cooperation?, David R. Dunaetz
Chapter 7 The Controversial Image of the US American in Missions, Kenneth R. Nehrbass
Chapter 8 A Continuing Role for Western Bible Translators?, Dave Beine
Chapter 9 Up From The Pit—Immigration, Deportation,Pain, and Hope, Miriam Adeney

Part Three The Practice of Mission
Chapter 10 The Necessity for Retaining Father and Son Terminology in Scripture Translations for Muslims, 
Mark Hausfeld, Ben Aker, Jim Bennett, Jim Hernando, Tommy Hodum, Wave Nunnally, Adam Simnowitz
Chapter 11 The World Evangelical Alliance Global Review Panel Report: A Sympathetic Dissenting Opinion, 
Kevin Higgins
Chapter 12 Consequences of the Divine Terms Controversy in Bible Translation, Mark Naylor
Chapter 13 Teaching Bible Interpretation in Intercultural Contexts, Larry W. Caldwell

Part Four Historical and Future Perspectives
Chapter 14 Saving the Future of Evangelical Missions, David J. Hesselgrave


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