Missions category: 1022 books
Proclaiming the Peacemaker
The Malaysian Church as an Agent of Reconciliation in a Multicultural Society
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
With a history of racial violence and in recent years, low-level ethnic tensions, the themes of peaceful coexistence and social harmony are recurring ones in the discourse of Malaysian society. In such a context, this book looks at the role of the church as a reconciling agent, arguing that a reconciling...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
Although Pentecostalism worldwide represent the most rapidly growing missionary movement in Christian history, only recently scholars from within and outside the movement have begun academic reflection on the mission. This volume represents the coming of age of emerging scholarship of various aspects...
Holy Grail and Holy Thorn
Glastonbury in the English Imagination
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2017
Holy Grail and Holy Thorn: Glastonbury in the English Imagination explores the legends of King Arthur and Joseph of Arimathea at Glastonbury and how their influence has been felt from medieval to modern times. Joseph was said to have built at Glastonbury the first church in Christendom, which made...
From this World to the Next
Christian Identity and Funerary Rites in Nepal
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
This book explores and analyses funerary rite struggles in a nation where Christianity is a comparatively recent phenomenon, and many families have Christian and Hindu, Buddhist and Traditionalist (kiranti) members, who go through traumatic experiences at the death of their family members. The context...
Theology, Mission and Child
Global Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
This ground-breaking volume of 16 contributors from leading child theologians, mission theologians and practitioners examines the constructive interaction of Theology, Mission and Child in fresh and intriguing ways. It is moving, profound, and practical, proposing not just ways theology can better...
by Makonen Getu
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015
This study identifies and analyses the methods, achievements, and constraints of the socialist agricultural policy of post-revolutionary Ethiopia. It investigates the Land Reform Legislation of 1975 and its relevance to Ethiopian conditions at that time. Applying a social interaction approach, this...
Go Forth
Stories of Mission and Resurrection in Albania
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2015
Of all the stories of the resurrection of the Orthodox Church in formerly communist lands, Albania’s may be the most dramatic. Having been almost exterminated by the atheist government, the Church of Albania has arisen, under the leadership of Archbishop Anastasios, to become a vibrant and growing...
The Gospel of Our King
Bible, Worldview, and the Mission of Every Christian
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2019
This accessible overview shows how the Bible--with its 66 books, dozens of authors, and multiple genres--comes together to provide an overarching story about God the King and explains how the Christian gospel and mission address the totality of human life.
Written by a biblical scholar and...
African Heartbeat
And A Vulnerable Fool
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2018
Can a white man thrive living as an African in a village in Africa? Philo’s adventure takes him to the fictional African country of Holima, where he is adopted by an African tribe.
Should Philo follow Western wisdom, and cause problems through generous giving? Or can he convince Western people that...
by John Elton Pletcher
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2016
Squash "bah humbug!"
Discover your most joyous Christmas ever!
An adventuresome Christmas tale—destined to carry you beyond the daily work stressors, relational turmoil, financial fears, and family feuds so typical during this season. Take a marvelous journey with Zach, Maggie, and old Henry. Encounter your own joy-filled transformation this Advent!
Christians in South Indian Villages, 1959-2009
Decline and Revival in Telangana
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2014
A discerning study of a slice of modern Indian Christianity and Christian-Hindu encounter
This book revisits South Indian Christian communities that were studied in 1959 and written about in Village Christians and Hindu Culture (1968). In 1959 the future of these village congregations was uncertain....
by Vladimir Ubeivolc
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
Following a paradigm shift in his own personal understanding of mission, Vladimir Ubeivolc proposes the adoption of mission principles based on missio Dei to meet the social and spiritual needs of people in Moldova. Biblically grounded and insightful, the lessons to be learned from this book apply...
By the Way
What's the worst that can happen?
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2016
From New Zealand to India, Vanuatu, Indonesia and elsewhere, God has led Juanita Ingham on a remarkable journey of faith, love and adventure. Here, in her own words, Juanita tells the story of her life – so far.
Working with the sick and needy in Vanuatu, escaping floods – not once, but...
A Full Reward
Reformation Through Family-Run Christian Schools
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
As our culture and society free fall further into degeneracy, the question is asked: what are we to do? Conscientious Christians, knowing that we are called to be salt and light in this earth, are making efforts. What has emerged is an emphasis on politics, apologetics, and evangelism at the adult level....