Participating in God's Mission
A Theological Missiology for the Church in America
by Craig Van Gelder and Dwight J. Zscheile
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Pub Date Jan 11 2018 | Archive Date Apr 11 2018
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Description
This book explores how the church has engaged—and should engage—the American context at large. Craig Van Gelder and Dwight Zscheile review and critique the long, complex, and contested history of Christian mission in America from the beginning of the colonial era to the present day. They discuss current realities confronting the church, discern possibilities of where and how the Spirit of God might be at work today, and imagine what participating in the triune God’s mission may look like in an uncertain tomorrow.
Advance Praise
“The missional
exploration of the implications of the end of Western Christendom has been
helpfully guided by the growing consensus about the centrality of the theology
of the mission of God. This book refines that consensus with its ‘missiological
interpretation of the contemporary cultural environment.’ The parsing of the
Christendom legacy provided here is a rich resource for further exploration of
what it means, biblically and theologically, to be God’s witnessing people in
the North Atlantic mission fields. This is a welcome and challenging expansion
and deepening of the missional discourse.”
— Darrell Guder
Princeton Theological Seminary
“How might American
churches faithfully participate in God’s mission today? One way is by listening
to Craig Van Gelder and Dwight Zscheile! They provide here a rich field guide
to that complex faithfulness that marks Christian witness as participation in missio Dei. . . . This
brilliant book is tender in its humane focus.”
— Gregory
Leffel
author of Faith Seeking Action: Mission, Social
Movements, and the Church in Motion
“A real milestone for missiology
and ecclesiology in the North American context. . . . This is a
book for all Christians in all North American churches to read and be
challenged by, but it is particularly important for church leaders to pay it
close attention.”
— Stephen Bevans, SVD
Catholic Theological Union, Chicago
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9780802874986 |
| PRICE | $35.00 (USD) |
