The Vicedom, Georg F. creator text pau Philadelphia Fortress Press [1963] 1963 monographic eng ger

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161 p. 21 cm. Contents: I. The formation of the challenge -- 1. Missionary mandate and missionary zeal -- 2. The mission consciousness of the religions -- 3. The smallness of the world -- 4. The geographic position of Christianity -- II. The renaissance of the religions -- 1. Criticism by Christianity -- 2. The influence of the new ideal -- 3. Purification of the religions -- 4. The perfecting of the religions -- 5. The religions find themselves -- 6. Nationalism -- 7. The absolute character of the religions' claim -- 8. The universal significance and universal mission -- III. The missionary object -- 1. The religious contrast -- 2. The disillusioning model -- 3. Native culture called in question -- 4. Religion placed in question -- 5. Unbelief -- 6. The destructive religion -- IV. The message of the religions -- 1. The new understanding of the world -- 2. The new understanding of man -- 3. The new concept of God -- 4. The other ethic -- 5. The way of salvation -- 6. The unity of mankind -- 7. The unity of the religions -- V. The challenge of the religions -- 1. The world becomes "religious" -- 2. The Christian Fellowship sect -- 3. The New Thought movement -- 4. Yoga -- 5. Bahai -- 6. The literary influence -- 7. The mission of Hinduism -- 8. Buddhism -- 9. Islam -- VI. Our reply -- 1. The false claim -- 2. The other concept of God -- 3. The new image of man -- 4. Rebirth and retribution -- 5. Deification -- 6. Salvation -- 7. The new life -- 8. The equality of the religious -- 9. The three necessary ways -- 10. The meeting of mission and the younger churches. Translated by Barbara and Karl Hertz. Translation of Die Mission der Weltreligionen. Christianity and other religions Religious thought 20th century Religions BL 98 .V513 1963 290 63007907 DLC 720808 20151110125739.0 8445378