Christ outside the gate: mission beyond Christendom

Part I. From the Latin American periphery -- 1. Contextualization and incarnation: communicating Christ amid the oppressed -- The language of contextualization -- The theological roots of contextualization: the incarnation -- Missiological implications of the incarnation -- 2. Sin and salvation in a...

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Main Author: Costas, Orlando E. 1941-1987 (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Maryknoll, N.Y Orbis Books [1982]
In:Year: 1982
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Missiology
Further subjects:B Missions Theory
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Summary:Part I. From the Latin American periphery -- 1. Contextualization and incarnation: communicating Christ amid the oppressed -- The language of contextualization -- The theological roots of contextualization: the incarnation -- Missiological implications of the incarnation -- 2. Sin and salvation in an oppressed continent -- Sin: its manifestation and consequence -- Salvation: its basis and effects -- Sin and salvation in Latin America -- Evangelization in a situation of sin and salvation -- 3. Church growth as a multidimensional phenomenon -- Church growth as a provisional goal of mission: a biblical and theological perspective -- Church growth as a mutilation of mission: the case of Chilean Protestantism(1910-75) -- Lessons from Chile: theses on church growth -- 4. Captivity and liberation in the modern missionary movement -- Mission as enterprise: the missionary societies -- Enterprise as mission: the liberal project -- Enterprise as domestication, mission as liberation -- 5. A new Macedonia: the United States as a mission field for third world Christians -- A new ethno-cultural panorama -- An emerging pluralistic religious frontier -- A critical politico-ideological consciousness -- A global economic-technological reality -- A crisis of church and theology -- Toward a third world contribution to American church and theology -- 6. Christian mission in the Americas -- The Americas -- The mission of God -- The frame of reference: the kingdom of God -- The pastoral challenge: kingdom priorities in the Americas -- part II. From the periphery of the American metropolis -- 7. Response to the cry of Latin America -- Understanding the content of the cry -- Acknowledging responsibility -- Paying old and new debts -- Starting with the nearest neighbor -- 8. Prophetic significance of third world liberation theologies -- Locating the third world -- Issues in third world theologies -- The Latin American model -- 9. A prayer and a question: ecumenical crosscurrents in mission and evangelism -- Two historical events: Melbourne and Pattaya -- The biblical and theological framework of Melbourne and Pattaya -- The missiological thrust of Melbourne and Pattaya -- Mutual challenges and unresolved questions -- 10. The whole world for the whole gospel: recovering a holistic legacy for the 1980s -- The world as object and context of the gospel -- The fullness of the world and the wholeness of the gospel -- World and gospel: the challenge of mission -- 11. Evangelization in the United States: an agenda for the 1980s -- American society in the 1980s -- The gospel in the 1980s -- Evangelization in the 1980s -- Epilogue: outside the gate -- A new place of salvation -- A fuller understanding of mission -- A new goal of salvation and mission
Item Description:Includes indexes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-227)
ISBN:0883441470