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Gospel Encounter With Subaltern India , Stanish Stanley

Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation

This work examines the role of religio-cultural resources in enabling the transformation of a broken community and people.

In the context of nineteenth and twentieth century British India, an oppressed community in India set out to explore the possibility of challenging and re-defining their own destiny. This oppressed section of Indians who lived in the margins of Indian caste defined society were considered socially and ritually polluting people and were subservient to various socio-economic and religio-cultural biases. The daily life routine of this oppressed community, called the Sambavars (Pariahs) of the Malayalam speaking princely State of Travancore in South India, …

Mission Spirituality And Authentic Discipleship, Wonsuk Ma, Kenneth Ross

Edinburgh Centenary Series

The book should be read not so much as the progressive elaboration of a logical argument but more as a kaleidoscope where each chapter sheds light on a particular form of mission spirituality so that, by the time the reader reaches the end, a comprehensive global picture has come into view.

Index For Volume Xliii, Unknown

Concordia Theological Monthly

Index for Volume XLIII

Another Anniversary, Edward May

Concordia Theological Monthly

It will be another 73 years before it will be possible to write about 125 years of medical mission work in The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. Mother Synod, like Elizabeth, conceived this child in her old age, years after her sisters (if I may be so bold) in the faith had given birth to their medical mission work. The older hospitals in foreign lands were started by Roman Catholics, Presbyterians, Anglicans, Baptists, Methodists, and "other Lutherans." Missouri is a late comer, and after 52 years, her child still does not have much to show and tell.

Book Review. - Literatur, Lewis W. Spitz Sr.

Concordia Theological Monthly

Book Review. - Literatur

The Background And The First Twenty-Five Years Of The Missouri Evangelical Lutheran India Mission, 1894-1919, Herbert Manthey Zorn

Master of Sacred Theology Thesis

The purpose of this study is to examine the first twenty-five years of the history of the Missouri Evangelical Lutheran India Mission. The chief emphasis in the study is understanding the situation and conditions in which various decisions were taken. This will involve investigation of primary documents, letters, reports, and, where possible, interviews with the actual persons involved.

Fellowship, Thomas Coates

Concordia Theological Monthly

On the morning of New Year's Day several years ago I stood in the outer court of Yasukuni Shrine in the city of Tokyo. New Year's Day, of course, is the highest festival day of the Shinto religion, when virtually all of the Japanese go to the shrines to pay their respects to their ancestors and begin the new year with "'a clean slate." For some time I watched with fascination as the worshipers bowed before the sanctuary, clapped their hands three times to awaken the attention of the spirits, cast their coins into the coffer, bought their good luck …

Lutheranism In The Philippines 1952-1966, Herbert Kretzmann

Master of Sacred Theology Thesis

The purpose of this research is to outline the history of the work done by missionaries of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod in the Philippines. The study is made in the context of the Christian faith. The writer believes that the God of history led the Lutheran Church to the Philippines. He gives credit for the results attained to God's activity through the Word and Sacraments and the dedicated lives of His people. It is the hope of the writer to present an objective study which can be used to make plans for future Lutheran work in the Philippines with the …

Theological Education And The Special Ministries, C. Thomas Spitz

Concordia Theological Monthly

There have been two major developments in the recent history of theological education in America which have been of special interest to the special ministries. Both have been stimulated greatly by the agonizing reappraisal and introspection in which most theological schools and denominational departments of theological education have been engaged regarding their purpose, function, and curricula.

Theological Observer, Unknown

Concordia Theological Monthly

Theological Observer

Index For Volume Xxxiii, Concordia Seminary

Concordia Theological Monthly

Index for Volume XXXIII

The Total Ministry Of The Church, C. Thomas Spitz

Concordia Theological Monthly

Our topic is an imposing one. Entire books and whole sections of libraries have been devoted to it. It forced an early decision in the development of this paper. Should we be talking and thinking about all of the ways in which the ministry of the church expresses itself or should we be looking at the total reality of the ministry of the church and then be dealing with essence rather than expression?

History Of The India Mission Of The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod 1945-1957, James Arthur Fergin

Bachelor of Divinity

The purpose of the research presented in the following pages is to enable the writer to serve in a better capacity as a missionary in a foreign country. The collecting and correlating of the various factors in the development and history of the India Mission during the past thirteen years has been a wonderful opportunity for greater preparation in entering foreign mission work. Another purpose for this research is to bring the history of our Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod’s India Mission to a close. Missionary Elmer E. Griesse presented a thesis to Washington University, St. Louis, on the history of the …

Homiletics: Outlines On Ranke Epistles, A. Karl Boehmke

Concordia Theological Monthly

Outlines on Ranke Epistles

Theological Observer. – Kirchlich Zeitgeschichtliches, J. T. Mueller

Concordia Theological Monthly

Theological Observer. – Klrchllch Zeitgeschichtliches (Theological Observer. – Of course contemporary history)

Homiletics: Studies On The Swedish Gospels, Arthur Nitz

Concordia Theological Monthly

Studies on the Swedish Gospels

A History Of Missouri Synod Work In Japan, Arthur Strege

Master of Sacred Theology Thesis

The present thesis is entitled: “A History of Missouri Synod Work in Japan." It gives a brief history of the work done by members of the Missouri Synod in Japan itself from September, 1948, to January, 1953. In order that this thesis might give a more complete picture, Chapter II will be devoted to an overview of the past activities of the Missouri Synod which led to the opening of the field in Japan in 1948. For a more detailed picture of those activities, the reader would do well to consult the B.D. thesis mentioned above.

This overview will be …

Homiletics: Outlines On The Nitzsch Gospel Selections, L. J. Roehm

Concordia Theological Monthly

Outlines on the Nitzsch Gospel Selections

Theological Observer. - Kirchlich-Zeitgeschichtliches, J. T. Mueller

Concordia Theological Monthly

Theological Observer. – Klrchllch Zeitgeschichtliches (Theological Observer. – Of course contemporary history)

The Pastor And Foreign Missions, A. M. Rehwinkel

Concordia Theological Monthly

To evangelize the world was the Great Commission which Jesus gave to His disciples when He took leave of them to return to His Father. To evangelize the world is still the great responsibility of the Church today. The apostles preached first in Jerusalem and Judea but then went down to Samaria and from thence to the great Greco-Roman world beyond. Home Missions, or the evangelization of the unchurched in our community, is our first obligation; but while doing this, we dare not neglect the "Samarias" and the partes infidelium beyond. We have done reasonably well in preaching the Gospel …

The Lutheran Pioneer 1927, Concordia Publishing House (Publisher)

The Lutheran Pioneer

The Lutheran Pioneer - A Missionary Monthly