Book reviews
Reviews of the books shaping mission thinking and practice. Page 28 of 40 · 942 in all.
Is it Insensitive to Share Your Faith? Hard Questions about Christian Mission in a Plural World
The issue of evangelizing non-Christian peoples has become one of the most controversial practices in our pluralistic world today. Is it appropriate to engage in evangelism in this diverse, multicultural twenty-first century? Is it insensitive?
God Is at Work: Transforming People and Nations Through Business
In God is at Work Ken Eldred calls evangelicals to develop a new view of God’s purpose for business as a vehicle for holistically enhancing the kingdom. The global Church underutilizes business to the detriment of both.
Encountering the World of Islam
This comprehensive book composed of contributions by eighty authors, including a few Muslims, covers four major areas.
Contextualization in the New Testament: Patterns for Theology and Mission
Evangelicals have a love-hate relationship with contextualization. We know we need to do it, but we’re concerned that the process will lead to syncretism.
Christian Relief and Development: Biblical, Historical and Contemporary Perspectives of the Holistic
Succinctly yet comprehensively, Wagner Kuhn explores relief and development from biblical, historical and contemporary Christian perspectives.
Beyond Church Planting
This is by far Logan’s best resource to date. He and Cole have teamed up to produce a high quality, principle-based church planting resource, rather than a model specific tool.
A Looking Glass for Ladies: American Protestant Women in the Orient in the Nineteenth Century
Pruitt skillfully proposes a different explanation of what influenced the rise of involvement of American women in the mission movement in the nineteenth century.
Women and Leadership in the Baptist Convention of South Africa
During a time when both society and church are emerging from an Apartheid state into a democratic nation, this book captures an authentic voice of those caught between affirmation of leadership and the reality of reluctant admission in the Baptist Church of South Africa.
Where There Are No Jobs: Enterprise Solutions for Employment and ‘Public Goods’ for the Poor
The greatest weapon of mass destruction? It’s poverty, says David Befus. And the best way to fight it is with business.
The Out of Bounds Church? Learning to Create a Community of Faith in a Culture of Change
Are the innovative expressions of church and worship emerging across the globe “out of bounds?” No, says Steve Taylor who takes his readers on a global journey to the edges of the church.
The Messianic Movement: A Field Guide for Evangelical Christians
“So, what’s your view on the Messianic movement?” This loaded question is likely to elicit answers as varied as the respondents.
Is it Insensitive to Share Your Faith? Hard Questions about Christian Mission in a Plural World
The issue of evangelizing non-Christian peoples has become one of the most controversial practices in our pluralistic world today. Is it appropriate to engage in evangelism in this diverse, multicultural twenty-first century? Is it insensitive?
God Is at Work: Transforming People and Nations Through Business
In God is at Work Ken Eldred calls evangelicals to develop a new view of God’s purpose for business as a vehicle for holistically enhancing the kingdom. The global Church underutilizes business to the detriment of both.
Encountering the World of Islam
This comprehensive book composed of contributions by eighty authors, including a few Muslims, covers four major areas.
Contextualization in the New Testament: Patterns for Theology and Mission
Evangelicals have a love-hate relationship with contextualization. We know we need to do it, but we’re concerned that the process will lead to syncretism.
Christian Relief and Development: Biblical, Historical and Contemporary Perspectives of the Holistic
Succinctly yet comprehensively, Wagner Kuhn explores relief and development from biblical, historical and contemporary Christian perspectives.
Beyond Church Planting
This is by far Logan’s best resource to date. He and Cole have teamed up to produce a high quality, principle-based church planting resource, rather than a model specific tool.
A Looking Glass for Ladies: American Protestant Women in the Orient in the Nineteenth Century
Pruitt skillfully proposes a different explanation of what influenced the rise of involvement of American women in the mission movement in the nineteenth century.
Through the Eyes of Another: Intercultural Reading of the Bible
This hefty book is the product of a three-year study of John 4:1-42 by 120 groups from all parts of the world.
Through God’s Eyes: A Bible Study of God’s Motivations for Missions
How many people from your church have gone out of the country on a short-term mission trip in the last five years? Make a quick estimate. Now, how many of them are preparing to be career missionaries?
Searching for the Indigenous Church: A Missionary Pilgrimage
Expatriate workers can, sometimes unknowingly, dominate the people they work among. Rather, they should listen to them.
Scattered: The Filipino Global Presence
None other than Her Excellency, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, president of the Philippines, introduces this extensive report on the amazing Filipino diaspora.
LeadershipNext: Changing Leaders in a Changing Culture
For several years now, I’ve relied on Thomas Friedman’s The Lexus and the Olive Tree to help me understand some of the overall dimensions and major themes of the post-cold-war world.
Kissing Cousins? Christians and Muslims Face to Face
Musk calls Christians to take a step further in embracing Muslims as cousins.