Many today may be startled to learn that “Hinduism” is a relatively recent term that did not come into vogue until the late eighteenth century.

Parker traces the history of the SVM by focusing on a variety of themes that shaped the movement’s birth and development.

The book is the first in a new series from Eerdmans entitled the “Missional Church series,” and is comprised of essays that come from a conference on the missional church hosted by Luther Seminary in December 2005.

We European and American missionaries brought the Word to Africa, and we relegated music to its pagan past. This book, very positive in tone, provides a sobering look at what we missed.

Jonathan R. Wilson believes that the “practicing church” declares God’s redemptive work and enhances the church’s witness through the empowerment of the Spirit.