Book reviews
Reviews of the books shaping mission thinking and practice. Page 38 of 40 · 942 in all.
Two Reviews: If God Should Choose / Hostage
We marvel at the faith of the ancient martyrs, but do we recognize those of today? Read these books about modern Christians who forsook all for the sake of Christ.
Jesus Driven Ministry
Ajith Fernando’s latest book provides an interesting perspective on leadership in the church and parachurch.
Communicating Scriptures: The Bible in Audio and Video Formats
This manual effectively addresses a critically important issue—how can those who are functionally illiterate have access to the Bible?
Kingdom Business: The Ministry of Promoting Economic Activity
Most missions operate in areas with high unemployment, no employment opportunities and low job skills. Often when missions incorporate business into their ministry, they begin to lose the ministry aspects and become focused on the economics.
African Friends and Money Matters
One of the most challenging tasks for Western missionaries to Africa is fitting into the local rhythms of money management. At the core of the misunderstandings that often develop is the mutual obligation and interdependence that shapes African life but clashes with Western independence.
A History of the Church in Africa
The Western church and missions need to fully awaken to the church in Africa. Historically, the Western church seems like a teenager in contrast to the long and complex history of the African church.
The Future of Christianity
Alister McGrath woke me from my globalized stupor in Starbucks in Singapore with the question “Will the twenty-first century be better for Christians than the disastrous twentieth century was?” In less than 175 pages the author explores this question with surprising clarity and astonishing breadth.
Islam, Christianity and the West: A Troubled History
In this survey Armour describes the spread of Islam, the first Christian response from criticism to martyrdom and the largely—though not exclusively—“deformed image” of Islam in the medieval West.
The Gospel for Hindus: A Study in Contextual Communication
Contextual biblical witness in the Hindu world has not received adequate attention in today’s witnessing community.
Interwoven
In 1945 Gene, along with 2,100 other prisoners, was rescued the morning she was to be executed at the Japanese internment camp in Los Banos. General Douglas MacArthur called this ‘the most thrilling rescue in all of American military history.’”
Two Reviews: If God Should Choose / Hostage
We marvel at the faith of the ancient martyrs, but do we recognize those of today? Read these books about modern Christians who forsook all for the sake of Christ.
Jesus Driven Ministry
Ajith Fernando’s latest book provides an interesting perspective on leadership in the church and parachurch.
Communicating Scriptures: The Bible in Audio and Video Formats
This manual effectively addresses a critically important issue—how can those who are functionally illiterate have access to the Bible?
Kingdom Business: The Ministry of Promoting Economic Activity
Most missions operate in areas with high unemployment, no employment opportunities and low job skills. Often when missions incorporate business into their ministry, they begin to lose the ministry aspects and become focused on the economics.
African Friends and Money Matters
One of the most challenging tasks for Western missionaries to Africa is fitting into the local rhythms of money management. At the core of the misunderstandings that often develop is the mutual obligation and interdependence that shapes African life but clashes with Western independence.
A History of the Church in Africa
The Western church and missions need to fully awaken to the church in Africa. Historically, the Western church seems like a teenager in contrast to the long and complex history of the African church.
The Future of Christianity
Alister McGrath woke me from my globalized stupor in Starbucks in Singapore with the question “Will the twenty-first century be better for Christians than the disastrous twentieth century was?” In less than 175 pages the author explores this question with surprising clarity and astonishing breadth.
Islam, Christianity and the West: A Troubled History
In this survey Armour describes the spread of Islam, the first Christian response from criticism to martyrdom and the largely—though not exclusively—“deformed image” of Islam in the medieval West.
A Peace Reader
Christians who are involved in the cross-cultural communication of the faith to nonbelievers have a particular problem with war.
Maylay Muslims: The History and Challenge of Resurgent Islam in South Asia
Since 9/11, Islam has dominated the news and interest of the world. The war on terror has only increased the world’s awareness of the Middle East and the religion associated with that region.
Waging Peace on Islam
In the middle of her book, Waging Peace on Islam , Christine A. Mallouhi challenges evangelical Christians with this question, “How can we continually paint Muslims as hostile spiritual enemies with whom we are engaged in the greatest battle of our century, and then be willing to go to our Muslim neighbours and share…
Daughter’s of Islam: Building Bridges with Muslim Women
Miriam Adeney’s new book focuses on case studies of Muslim women from different regions of the world. These “daughters of Hagar” experience the grace of God through the Lord Jesus Christ in challenging and often dangerous contexts.
Cross-cultural Connections: Stepping Out and Fitting in around the World
The twenty-first century has changed missions and ministry forever. We now live and minister in a global community, often through multiethnic teams. In such a multinational, interconnected world, relationships become central because they ultimately determine results.
Chairman Mao Meets the Apostle Paul
Upon entering the host country, virtually every missionary finds him or herself in a social and historical context that is unfamiliar. How are we to understand the context into which we have come?