The scandal of evangelism : a biblical study of the ethics of evangelism
Elmer John Thiessen (Author)
"In today's multi-cultural and multi-religious world, evangelism is often viewed as scandalous, not only by those who are opposed to anything religious, but also by many Christians. In this book, Elmer Thiessen provides a response to those who find most or even all Christian evangelism objectionable. He does this through a careful analysis of what the Bible says about the ethics of evangelism. Based on this inductive study, mainly of the New Testament, Thiessen proposes thirty guidelines for ethical evangelism. Part II examines some specific contexts that pose unique challenges for doing evangelism ethically--evangelism of children, evangelism within a professional context like the secular academy, evangelism within the context of humanitarian aid, and finally the problem of proselytism, understood in the special and narrow sense of sheep-stealing."-- Provided by publisher
viii, 265 pages ; 23 cm
9781532617881, 9781498242943, 1532617887, 1498242944
1040595346
Introduction
An Approach to Biblical Ethics and the Ethics of Evangelism
Part I: Ethics of Evangelism in the New Testament
The Gospels and Jesus
Acts and the Apostles
Paul's Epistles
General Epistles and Revelation
Summary of Biblical Analysis: Guidelines for Ethical Evangelism
Part II: Applied Topics
Evangelism of Children
Evangelism in Professional Life: The Academy
Evangelism and Humanitarian Aid
Ethics of Proselytism
Conclusion