essays in honor of Wilbert R. Shenk Shenk, Wilbert R. Krabill, James R. Sawatsky, Walter 1945- Engen, Charles Edward van. text bibliography festschrift nyu Maryknoll, N.Y Orbis Books c2006 2006 monographic eng

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xiv, 336 p. ; 24 cm. Living and writing the vision: the missiological pilgrimage of Wilbert Shenk / Walter Sawatsky -- pt. 1. Mission history in global perspective: for a shared view of the Missio Dei: Wilbert Shenk, mission historian. Encounter with Christ: Luke as mission historian for the twenty-first entury / Dana L. Robert -- Evangelical and ecumenical: the rise and fall of the early church model / Andrew F. Walls -- What if the three worlds of Christian history converged? / Walter Sawatsky -- Global Mennonite History Project: what are we learning? / John A. Lapp -- God's mission through migration: African initiatives in globalizing mission / Jehu J. Hanciles -- pt. 2. Issues in evangelical and ecumenical mission theology: Wilbert Shenk, mission administrator and theologian. Evangel as gospel of peace / Willard M. Swartley -- "And they marveled ...": Mammon as miracle in western missionary encounter / Jonathan J. Bonk -- Critical theologizing: knowing God in multiple global and local contexts / Charles E. Van Engen -- World congresses of mission: reconvergence under what perspective? / James J. Stamoolis -- pt. 3. Exploring trends in mission and ecclesiology: Wilbert Shenk, the churchman. Church growth theories and Indonesia / Lawrence M. Yoder -- Anabaptist perspective on conversing with Muslims / Jon Hoover -- Authentic witness, authentic evangelism, authentic church / Arthur McPhee -- Toward a pneumatological-spiritual missiology / Pablo A. Deiros -- Reflections on relating long term to messianic communities / David A. Shank -- Missional practice: a Pasadena Mennonite Church story / James E. Brenneman -- pt. Mission to the West: missional church perspectives and challenges: Wilbert Shenk and mission to the West. Sociocultural theories and mission to the West / Paul G. Hiebert -- Defining missional church / Lois Y. Barrett -- Postmodern forms of the church / Eddie Gibbs and Ryan K. Bolger -- Contours of ministry in a postmodern age / Alan J. Roxburgh -- West Europe in missional perspective: themes from Mennonite mission, 1950-2004 / Alan Kreider -- Mission in Europe: reflecting on the missiological legacy of Wilbert Shenk / Neal Blough -- pt. 5. Facilitating the conversations. Beyond sodalities and modalities: organizing for mission in the twenty-first century / Paul E. Pierson -- Wilbert Shenk and the American Society of Missiology / Darrell Whiteman -- Evangelical and ecumenical dimensions of walking with AICs / James R. Krabill -- Unanticipated journey for sharing an Anabaptist and liberationist perspective on the gospel / John Driver -- Member care / Al Dueck. James R Krabill, Walter Sawatsky, Charles E. Van Engen, editors. Includes bibliographical references (p. 306-328) and index. Shenk, Wilbert R Missions Theory Comparative studies Interdenominational cooperation BV 2070 .E92 2006 231/.4 1570756538 (pbk.) 9781570756535 2005025515 DLC 050831 20160630121428.0 14093494