The Study of Evangelism: Exploring a Missional Practice of the ChurchPaul W. Chilcote, Laceye C. Warner Christians and communities of faith today are rediscovering evangelism as an essential aspect of the church's mission. Many of the resulting books in the marketplace, however, have a hands-on orientation, often lacking serious theological engagement and reflection. Bucking that how-to trend, The Study of Evangelism offers thirty groundbreaking essays that plumb the depths of the biblical and theological heritage of the church with reference to evangelistic practice. Helpfully organized into six categories, these broad, diverse writings lay a solid scholarly foundation for meaningful dialogue about the church's practice of evangelism. |
Contents
The Heart of the Matter | 18 |
Evangelism and the Gospel of Salvation | 33 |
Evangelism in the Context of Secularization | 46 |
part | 55 |
Women and Evangelism in the Early Church | 93 |
Evangelism and Contemporary American Life | 101 |
Global Christianity since 1945 | 117 |
part three | 135 |
A Pastoral Theological Perspective | 264 |
Orthodox Concepts of Evangelism and Mission | 279 |
Toward Developing an Adequate and Comprehensive | 313 |
The Emerging Ecumenical Vision | 328 |
part | 341 |
Strategic Issues in Missions An Asian Perspective | 374 |
afterword | 405 |
Liberation and Evangelism A Feminist Perspective | 416 |
The Meaning of Evangelism in the Context | 159 |
Incarnation and the Churchs Evangelistic Mission | 171 |
On Eliminating the And Stanley Hauerwas | 205 |
part four | 215 |
The Integral Nature of Worship and Evangelism | 246 |
Centripetal Mission or Evangelization by Hospitality | 424 |
further reading | 436 |
name index | 446 |
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