Book reviews

Grassroots Asian Theology

Synopsis Grassroots Asian Theology presents a vibrant picture of the people of God in the Global South, especially among the grassroots branches of Christianity. Simon…

Boundless

Few topics have captured the attention of the contemporary Church like the phenomenal growth of Christianity in the Global South and the increase of those who identify as “Nones” in the West.

Where the Cross Meets the Street

Our Global Families: Christians Embracing Common Identity in a Changing World

Missional Worship, Worshipful Mission: Gathering as God’s People, Going Out in God’s Name

The Mission of Preaching: Equipping the Community for Faithful Witness

Jesus without Borders: Christology in the Majority World

The Global Gospel: Achieving Missional Impact in Our Multicultural World

The Church in Exile: Living in Hope after Christendom

Boundless: What Global Expressions of Faith Teach Us about Following Jesus

Why Church Matters: Worship, Ministry, and Mission in Practice

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.

Music in the Life of the African Church

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.

The Missional Church in Context: Helping Congregations Develop Contextual Ministry

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.

The Kingdom of Character: The Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions, 1886-1926

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

Imagined Hindusim: British Protestant Missionary Constructions of Hinduism, 1793-1900

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.

The Great Commission: Evangelicals and the History of World Missions

Historians have long discussed the theological and cultural influence of the eighteenth-century evangelical awakenings on Great Britain and her North American colonies.

Good and Faithful—New Zealand Missionaries and Their Experience of Attrition

Why do missionaries come home prematurely and what can be done about it? Hudson Deane has asked these questions to ninety-two evangelical missionaries from nineteen agencies who were returning to New Zealand.

Faith Comes By Hearing: A Response to Inclusivism

Faith Comes by Hearing is a contribution to an evangelical theology of the unevangelized.

Encountering Missionary Life and Work: Preparing for Intercultural Ministry

A much-needed textbook to prepare missionaries.

Antioch Revisited: Reuniting the Church with Her Mission

Author Tom Julien weaves a compelling story of a missionary who rediscovered that blueprint in Acts 13 and purposed to coax his home church back to Antioch’s example.

Water from a Deep Well: Christian Spirituality from Early Martyrs to Modern Missionaries

Gerald Sittser’s book connects the dots between the “old” and “new” ways of being the people of God.

Understanding God’s Heart for Children: Toward a Biblical Framework

Written by practitioners, teachers, and theologians, this book offers hope for children through establishing a biblical framework that counteracts the secular devaluing of children.

Theology in the Context of World Christianity: How the Global Church is Influencing the Way We Think

Tim Tennent’s book asks, “What can the worldwide Church learn from the theological reflection going on in the Majority World Church, reflection which has largely been ignored in Western theological circles?”

The Two Tasks of the Christian Scholar: Redeeming the Soul, Redeeming the Mind

This book explores for contemporary academics the challenge posed a quarter of a century earlier by Charles Malik: recapturing the great universities for Jesus Christ can and must be done through scholars who live out an integrated focus on the two tasks of saving the soul and the mind.