Invitation to World Missions: A Trinitarian Missiology for the Twenty-first Century

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Kregel Academic, 2010 - Religion - 559 pages

Invitation to World Missions combines a strong biblical anchor with practical suggestions. This unique text is arranged in three parts according to the Trinity's roles, relationships, and activity. Tennent questions whether missions as currently conceptualized is adequate and he challenges the reader by building the book around key theological foundations such as "mission dei" and the "new creation" vision for the global church. This volume will call and enable the reader to understand how missions is biblically and theologically basic to Christianity, and how missions is essential to living out an abundant and impassioned life. Features and Benefits - Series: Invitation to Theological Studies - Author is president of well-known evangelical seminary and has written extensively - Author has missions experience as a professor and practitioner - Major introductory textbook - Biblically rooted and practically oriented

 

Contents

Preface
9
From Moratorium and Malaise to Selah and Rebirth
15
A Trinitarian Missional Theology
53
A Trinitarian Framework for Missions
74
God the Father the ProvIdentIal Source
103
A Trinitarian New Creation Theology of Culture
159
An Evangelical Theology of Religions
191
God the Son the redemPtIve embodIment oF
227
God the holy SPIrIt the emPowerInG PreSence
407
The Suffering Advancing Church
459
The Church as the Reflection
485
Bibliography
507
Scripture Index
531
Subject Index
543
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