Transforming mission : paradigm shifts in theology of mission
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Transforming mission : paradigm shifts in theology of mission
（American Society of Missiology series, no. 16）
Orbis Books, c1991
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Paradigm shifts in theology of mission
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 535-562) and indexes
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Explores Christian mission: theology, history, praxis.
Table of Contents
Lists of Figures and Tables xi Preface to the ASM Series xiii Preface xv Acknowledgments xvii Introducing David Bosch, His Context, Assumptions, and Agenda 3 Your Views and Your Context 6 Bosch's Introduction to Transforming Mission: Is Christian Mission a Thing of the Past? (Bosch, TM, pp. 1-11) 7 Your Views and Your Context 10 PART ONE NEW TESTAMENT PARADIGMS 1. The New Testament as a Missionary Document (Bosch, TM, pp. 15-55) 13 Jesus' Own Person and Ministry 14 The Church's Mission after Jesus Ascended 16 The Missionary Practice of Jesus and the Early Church 19 Your Views and Your Context 20 2. Disciple-Making: Matthew's Model of Mission (Bosch, TM, pp. 56-83) 22 Your Views and Your Context 25 vii viii Contents 3. Transcending Class and Ethnicity: Luke's Model of Mission (Bosch, TM, pp. 84-122) 26 Who Are We? 27 How Are We Related to Jews? 29 How Are We Related to Jesus? 30 The One Remaining Boundary 30 Your Views and Your Context 31 4. Making the Most of the Grace Period: Paul's Model of Mission (Bosch, TM, pp. 123-78) 32 The Cosmic Grace Period 33 The Law of Moses and the Messiah of God 35 Megachanges 35 Paul's Mission and Style 38 Your Views and Your Context 40 PART TWO PARADIGMS IN CHURCH HISTORY 5. The Concept of Paradigm Change in Church History (Bosch, TM, pp. 181-89) 45 6. Good Ideas of Life and Love: The Missionary Paradigm of the Eastern Church, AD 100-600 (Bosch, TM, pp. 190-213) 49 The Context of Mission 49 The Missionary Message 50 The Aim of Mission 51 The Methods of Mission 51 An Evaluation of the Eastern Paradigm 52 Your Views and Your Context 54 7. Filling the Master's House: The Missionary Paradigm of the Roman Catholic Church, AD 600-1500 (Bosch, TM, pp. 214-38) 55 Augustine's Response to the Fall of Rome 57 Aim and Methods of Mission 57 An Evaluation of the Roman Catholic Paradigm 59 Your Views and Your Context 60 Contents ix 8. Justification by Faith: The Missionary Paradigm of the Protestant Reformation, AD 1500-1800 (Bosch, TM, pp. 239-61) 62 Desperate Pessimism and Amazing Grace 63 Reformation Theology--A Shaky Foundation for Mission 63 Three Marginal Movements 65 Your Views and Your Context 68 9. Enlightened Mission? The Fragmented Missionary Paradigm(s) of Protestantism, AD 1800-2000 (Bosch, TM, pp. 262-345) 69 Shifting Worldviews 69 Five Threads of the Enlightenment Worldview 71 Implications of the Five Threads for Christianity 72 Nine Motives for Mission in the Enlightenment Era 74 Conclusion 82 Your Views and Your Context 83 PART THREE AN EMERGING PARADIGM 10. The Enlightenment Worldview Unraveling (Bosch, TM, pp. 349-62) 87 Your Views and Your Context 89 11. Church and Mission in Flux (Bosch, TM, pp. 363-67) 90 Your Views and Your Context 91 12. Elements of an Emerging Paradigm of Mission (Bosch, TM, pp. 368-510) 92 A. THE SOURCE OF MISSION: The Missio Dei (Bosch, TM, pp. 389-93) 95 Your Views and Your Context 96 B. THE GOALS OF MISSION: Salvation and Justice (Bosch, TM, pp. 393-408) 97 Your Views and Your Context 103 C. THE ACTIVITIES OF MISSION: Evangelism and Contextualization (Bosch, TM, pp. 409-57) 104 Your Views and Your Context 114 D. THE BEARER OF MISSION: The Whole Church in the Whole World (Bosch, TM, pp. 368-89 and 457-74) 115 Your Views and Your Context 124 x Contents E. THE LIMITS OF MISSION: Its "Witness" Nature (Bosch, TM, pp. 474-89) and Its Time Frame (Bosch, TM, pp. 498-510) 124 Your Views and Your Context 133 F. THE STUDY OF MISSION: Missiology and Theology (Bosch, TM, pp. 489-98) 134 Your Views and Your Context 135 13. Mission in Many Modes (Bosch, TM, pp. 511-19) 136 Your Views and Your Context 139 14. Responses to Bosch 140 A. Mission in Bold Humility 140 B. Nussbaum's Personal Reflections on Bosch's Theology of Mission and on Developments in Mission 1996-2004 145 Your Views and Your Context 154 Appendix A / Table 15: Twentieth-Century Mission Conferences and Documents 157 Appendix B / Authors Most Quoted by David Bosch 159 Index 165 Lists of Figures and Tables LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1. Two Views of the Messiah's Arrival 34 Figure 2. How Human Progress Occurs 46 Figure 3. Timeline: Mission in the Middle Ages 56 Figure 4. An Emerging Paradigm of Mission 94 Figure 5. A Traditional Evangelical Paradigm of Mission 100 Figure 6. A Liberationist Paradigm of Mission 101 Figure 7. Four Models Relating Church and Mission 117 Figure 8. Protestant Streams by Century 123 Figure 9. A Pluralist Paradigm of Mission 127 Figure 10. The Perversion of Mission 130 Figure 11. The Future Kingdom Breaking in on the Present 132 LIST OF TABLES Table 1. A Graphic Outline of Transforming Mission 8 Table 2. Contrast of Rabbis and Jesus 16 Table 3. Summary of Some New Testament Models of Mission 42 Table 4. Mission and Omissions in the Orthodox Paradigm 53 Table 5. Reformation Theology--For or Against Mission? 64 Table 6. The Demise of Mission in Lutheran Theology 65 Table 7. The Validation of Human Beings in Four Worldviews 70 Table 8. Summary of Some Models of Mission in Church History 84 xi xii Lists of Figures and Tables Table 9. A Comparison of Ecumenicals and Evangelicals 102 Table 10. Some Definitions of Mission and Evangelism 104 Table 11. The Relation between the Church and the World 122 Table 12. Three Approaches to a Theology of Religions 126 Table 13. Aspects of Christology 137 Table 14. What Bosch Rejects 147 Table 15. Twentieth-Century Mission Conferences and Documents 157
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