by Wesley Granberg-Michaelson Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, MI 49516, 189 pages, 2013, $18.99. —Review by Chuck Davis, partner professor, Intercultural Studies, Alliance Theological Seminary; senior pastor, Stanwich Church, Greenwich, Connecticut. In his stirring missionary message to the Athenians, Paul declares, “And He [God] made from one man every nation of mankind to live on . . . read more

by Basil Scott Primalogue Publishing Media.  #32 2nd Cross, Hutchins Road, St. Thomas Town PO, Bangalore 560 084 India, 208 pages, 2013, $9.99 Kindle. —Reviewed by Joel Rainey, executive director, Mid-Maryland Baptist Association; adjunct professor, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary; Capital Bible Seminary. Basil Scott seeks to leverage his decades of experience in order to provide . . . read more

by Brian Woolnough, editor Regnum Resources for Mission, Oxford Centre for Mission Studies, Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6HR, UK, 125 pages, 2013, £9.99. —Reviewed by Elizabeth C. Parsons, former missionary to Southern Africa; lecturer in Religion, Culture, and Development, Boston University School of Theology. Africa is often depicted as a land of total disaster or . . . read more

by Janel Kragt Bakker Oxford University Press, 198 Madison Ave., New York, NY, 10016, 320 pages, 2013, $29.95. —Reviewed by Benjamin Espinoza, director of youth and community life, Covenant Church, Bowling Green, Ohio. With the onset of globalization, the fall of colonialism, and the rapid expansion of the Majority World Church, new models of mission . . . read more

by John Mark Terry and J. D. Payne. Baker Academic, P.O. Box 6278, Grand Rapids, MI 49516, 304 pages, 2013, $26.99. —Reviewed by Gerald Roe, associate professor, Intercultural Studies, North Greenville University. It has been said that in times of conflict, enduring peace is not won by strategy alone; there must be action. Missions at . . . read more