by William Lawrence Svelmoe University of Alabama Press, Box 870380, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0380, 2008, 400 pages, $46.00. —Reviewed by Dave Broucek, EMQ book review editor.  When we evangelical missionaries write our own books, we tell our stories as we want them to be told. A New Vision for Missions tells our story as researched by . . . read more

by Alvyn Austin Studies in the History of Christian Missions. Eerdmans, 2140 Oak Industrial Drive N.E., Grand Rapids, MI 49505, 2007, xxxii + 506 pages, $45.00. —Reviewed by Ryan Dunch, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Few stories in the history of missions have been told more often or more . . . read more

Communicating Christ through Story and Song; Orality in Buddhist Contexts is a collection of papers presented by practitioners working among Buddhists.

Thong writes persuasively that God wants the Chinese people to know him and to love him, and to that purpose has left many markers or signposts scattered throughout Chinese history and culture.