SCM Studyguide: Christian Mission. Stephen Spencer

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      © Stephen Spencer 2007

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      Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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      978 0 334 04108 5

      First published in 2007 by SCM Press

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      Contents

       Preface

       Part 1 Orientation

       1. Mission in Crisis

       2. Origins of a Word: Mission as Missio Dei

       3. Digging Deeper: Mission as Participation in the Trinity

       4. In Human Terms: The Prophetic Mission of Christ

       Part 2 Types and Expressions

       Introduction

       5. Filling the Ark: Apostolic Mission

      Background: Jewish Christianity (c.40–100 AD)

      Jewish-Christian apostolic mission

      Case study: Paul’s calling

      Some more recent expressions of the type: Protestant and Catholic

      Debate

       6. Radiating Eternal Truth: Hellenistic Orthodox Mission

      Background: the rise of Platonic philosophy within Christianity

      Christian mission within the Hellenistic paradigm

      Case study: Antony of Egypt and the founding of monasticism

      Some recent expressions of the type: Michael Ramsey’s theology and Taizé

      Debate

       7. Establishing Christendom: Medieval Catholic Mission

      Background: the impact of Constantine and Augustine of Hippo

      Mission within the medieval Catholic paradigm

      Case study: Pope Gregory VII and Roman supremacy

      Some other expressions of the type: the establishment of the Church of England

      Debate

       8. The Conversion of Souls: Protestant Reformation Mission

      Background: Augustine’s awkward legacy and Luther’s doctrine of justification by faith

      Mission within the Protestant Reformation paradigm

      Case study: the awakening of John Wesley

      Some recent expressions of the type: Pentecostalism

      Debate

       9. Building the Kingdom on Earth: Enlightenment Modern Mission

      Background: the Enlightenment and Hegel

      Mission within the Enlightenment modern paradigm

      Case study: William Temple and the founding of the welfare state

      Some recent expressions of the type: liberation theology and Faith in the City

      Debate

       10. Finding Hope in Local Communities: Mission within Postmodernity

      Background: twentieth-century crisis and Karl Barth’s theology

      Mission within postmodernity: Bonhoeffer’s legacy

      Case study: Vincent Donovan and the Masai

      Other recent expressions: the emerging church movement

      Debate

       Conclusion: Which Type of Mission?

       Epilogue: The Coming of the Rains