Marakwet: An Ethnographic Study of Religious and Cultural Identity in Africa
Ethnographies will be complicated, and Marakwet is no exception. Cultural complexity in the social world has rarely been understood as a barrier to pr…
Category: Book Reviews
God Draws Near: Rethinking the Biblical Theology of Mission
The idea of “the promise” as a unifying theme of the Old Testament (Walter C. Kaiser, Toward an Old Testament Theology; Zondervan, 1978) was an ea…
A Brighter Vision: Rethinking the Way We See Missions, Movements, and Making Disciples
A Brighter Vision, by Jackson Strider, offers a friendly critique of the church-planting movement/disciple-making movement (CPM/DMM) paradigm. Drawing…
Tell Everyone: SIM Niger Stories (1924-2024)
Africans frequently use stories to construct oral histories of their people or tradition. Older generations pass on family names, religious knowledge,…
Before You Go: Wisdom from 10 Women Who Served Internationally
Obedience to God’s call for international missionary service is daunting and complex. Evangelism and discipleship across cultural, religious, and li…
Ethiopian Diaspora Churches on Mission: An Intergenerational Perspective on Ethiopian Churches in the United States
This product of Mehari Tedla Korcho’s dissertation, Ethiopian Diaspora Churches on Mission, aims to address three core concerns: Ethiopian diaspora …
Taking You Under My Skin: A Novel About Love, War, and the Unreached
What happens when mission theory collides with fear, failure, and the limits of human control? Marvin Newell’s Taking You Under My Skin answers this…
Evangelism in an Age of Despair: Hope Beyond the Failed Promise of Happiness
Andrew Root’s Evangelism in an Age of Despair presents a thought-provoking take on evangelism. It is not so much a book about evangelism as about th…
Missiology with Power: A Missing Dimension in Intercultural Ministry
Eminent missiologist Charles H. Kraft is a key author and proponent of employing spiritual power in the proclamation of the gospel. As a professor of …
Accidental Diplomats: American Missionaries and the Cold War in Africa
In Accidental Diplomats, Philip Dow (PhD, Cambridge), Head of School at Black Forest Academy, provides three historical case studies about the broad a…