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Encountering the History of Missions: From the Early Church to Today.

Robert L Gallagher; John Mark Terry (Baker Academic, 2017) This new addition to a highly acclaimed series portrays the sweep of missions history, revealing how God has fulfilled his promise to bless all the nations. Two leading missionary scholars and experienced professors help readers understand how missions began, how missions developed, and where missions is …

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Contemporary Mission Theology: Engaging the Nations.

Robert L Gallagher with Paul Hertig (Orbis Books , 2017) A resource for the classroom that specifically addresses the missiological issues of the twenty-first century, this collection in honor of Charles E. Van Engen features contributions from practically all the leading lights of the missiology world. Scholars including Stephen Bevans, Roger Schroeder, van Thanh Nguyen, …

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Becoming Native to Win the Natives: Cross-Culturally Becoming All Things to All Men

Tabor Laughlin (Wipf & Stock, 2016) In the author’s ten years living in China, Chinese friends and foreign friends alike have told him that in many ways he is more like a Chinese person than an American. He sees himself as an “egg,” which is white on the outside and yellow (Chinese) inside. For cross-cultural …

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God’s Image and Global Cultures: Integrating Faith and Culture in the Twenty-First Century

Kenneth Nehrbass (Wipf & Stock, 2016) Globalization has raised numerous questions about theology and culture for Christians. How should we respond to outsourcing and immigration? How does anti-Western sentiment affect the proclamation of the gospel? What is the role of the church in society? This book argues that Christians will be most fulfilled and most …

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Missionary Monks: An Introduction to the History and Theology of Missionary Monasticism

Edward L. Smither (Cascade Books, 2016) Missionaries go into all the world and make disciples of all nations, while monks live cloistered in a monastery and focus their lives on prayer and studying Scripture–correct? Not exactly. When we study the history of Christian mission, especially from around 500 to 1500 CE, the key missionaries that …

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Christian Exegesis of the Qur’an: A Critical Analysis of the Apologetic Use of the Qur’an in Select Medieval and Contemporary Arabic Texts

J. Scott Bridger (Pickwick, 2015) Can Christians read biblical meaning into qur’anic texts? Does this violate the intent of those passages? What about making positive reference to the Qur’an in the context of an evangelistic presentation or defense of biblical doctrines? Does this imply that Christians accept the Muslim scripture as inspired?  What about Christians …

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Astonishing Grace: A Mentor’s Ministry in Haiti and Beyond

Edwin S. Walker III (WestBow, 2015) In this new autobiography, 
Edwin S. Walker III describes his 23 years in Haiti.  Walker relates the stories of his childhood, his process of finding God and his missionary work in Haiti. There, in Haiti, he leads a strong radio ministry and mentors national leaders before returning to the United …

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