Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Discipline
- Institution
- Publication
- Publication Type
Articles 1 - 9 of 9
Full-Text Articles in Entire DC Network
Mi 770 Christian Mission And Global Culture, Howard A. Snyder
Mi 770 Christian Mission And Global Culture, Howard A. Snyder
Syllabi
(1) Friedman, Thomas L. The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization. Rev. ed. New York, NY: Random House, 2000. 490 pp. (2) Jenkins, Philip. The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2002. 270 pp. (3) Rifkin, Jeremy. The Age of Access: The New Culture of Hypercapitalism Where All of Life is a Paid-For Experience. New York, NY: Tarcher/Putnam, 2000. 312 pp. (4) Sine, Tom. Mustard Seed versus McWorld: Reinventing Life and Faith for the Future. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1999. 249 pp. (5) Snyder, Howard A. EarthCurrents: The Struggle for the World’s …
Mi 715 Contextual Theology, Eunice L. Irwin
Mi 715 Contextual Theology, Eunice L. Irwin
Syllabi
(1) Bevans, Stephen B. 1992 Models of Contextual Theology. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books. (2) Grenz, Stanley J. and Roger E. Olson 1996 Who Needs Theology? An Invitation to the Study of God. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity. (3) Schreiter, Robert J. 1985 Constructing Local Theologies. London: SCM Press.
Mi 770 Christian Mission And Global Culture, Howard A. Snyder
Mi 770 Christian Mission And Global Culture, Howard A. Snyder
Syllabi
(1) Friedman, Thomas L. The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization. Rev. ed. New York, NY: Random House, 2000. 490 pp. (2) Jenkins, Philip. The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2002. 270 pp. (3) Rifkin, Jeremy. The Age of Access: The New Culture of Hypercapitalism Where All of Life is a Paid-For Experience. New York, NY: Tarcher/Putnam, 2000. 312 pp. (4) Sine, Tom. Mustard Seed versus McWorld: Reinventing Life and Faith for the Future. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1999. 249 pp. (5) Snyder, Howard A. EarthCurrents: The Struggle for the World’s …
Cs 610 Women In Church And Society, Christine Pohl
Cs 610 Women In Church And Society, Christine Pohl
Syllabi
1) Clark, Elizabeth, and Herbert Richardson, eds., Women and Religion: The Original Sourcebook of Women in Christian Thought (Harper Collins, 1996). 2) Mary, Woman in the Bible, 2nd ed. (Paternoster, 1998). 3) Japinga, Lynn, Feminism and Christianity (Abingdon, 1999). 4) Storkey, Elaine, Origins of Difference (Baker, 2001). 5) Selected readings on electronic reserve
Mi 750 Theories And Models Of Mission, Howard A. Snyder
Mi 750 Theories And Models Of Mission, Howard A. Snyder
Syllabi
(1) Hoefer, Herbert E. Churchless Christianity. William Carey Library, 2001. (2) Samuel, Vinay, and Chris Sugden. Mission as Transformation: A Theology of the Whole Gospel. Regnum Books International, 1999. (3) Snyder, Howard A. Models of the Kingdom. Abingdon, 1991. (4) Stott, John, ed. Making Christ Known: Historic Mission Documents from the Lausanne Movement, 1974-1989. Eerdmans, 1997. (5) Yates, Timothy. Christian Mission in the Twentieth Century. Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Mi 600 History Of The Christian Movement, Howard A. Snyder
Mi 600 History Of The Christian Movement, Howard A. Snyder
Syllabi
(1) Anderson, Gerald H., Robert Coote, Norman Horner, and James Phillips, eds. Mission Legacies: Biographical Studies of Leaders of the Modern Missionary Movement. Orbis, 1994. (2) Neill, Stephen. A History of Christian Missions. Rev. ed. New York: Penguin, 1986. (3) Tucker, Ruth A. From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya: A Biographical History of Christian Missions. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1983. (4) Mission Frontiers (April, 2000) will also be used as a resource because of several articles it contains. Free copies will be distributed early in the semester.
New Voices In The Tradition: Medieval Hagiography Revisited, Marie Anne Mayeski
New Voices In The Tradition: Medieval Hagiography Revisited, Marie Anne Mayeski
Theological Studies Faculty Works
The author argues for the use of hagiographical texts to expand the evidence for the theological tradition, precisely during the early Middle Ages when more obvious sources are wanting. Her thesis is that there is sound basis for reading the lives of the saints through the lens of doctrinal theology. After giving this evidence, she then exemplifies the value of such a reading by an ecclesiological analysis of Rudolf of Saxony’s life of St. Leoba, a companion of St. Boniface.]
Evangelization And Conversion Reconsidered In The Light Of The Contemporary Controversy In India: A Hindu Assessment, Anantanand Rambachan
Evangelization And Conversion Reconsidered In The Light Of The Contemporary Controversy In India: A Hindu Assessment, Anantanand Rambachan
Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies
The contemporary controversy in India, centered on the issue of evangelization and conversion, has elicited a variety of responses from both Hindus and Christians. Swami Dayananda Saraswati, a well known Vedanta teacher and founder of Arsha Vidya Pitham, equates conversion with violence because of the pain it causes to the family and community of the convert. He likens the religions of the world to ancient historical monuments and argues that these religions, like the pyramids of Egypt, must be preserved and protected. He expresses his approval for what he describes as "nonaggressive" religions that do not seek to win converts. …
Mi 880 Seminar In Mission, Eunice L. Irwin
Mi 880 Seminar In Mission, Eunice L. Irwin
Syllabi
Texts: (1) Transforming Mission David J. Bosch (2) Mission as Transformation Vinay Samuel, Chris Sugden (3) Classical Texts in Mission & World Christianity Norman Thomas (4) Mission on the Way Charles Van Engen (5) Mission for the 21st Century Stephen Bevans, Roger Schroeder