Why Mission Theology Cannot Do without Eschatological Urgency: The Significance of the End

Eschatology, though playing a major role in past missionary motivation, in recent times has been neglected as a subject for mission theology. The sudden demise of Marxism as a global ideology, along with the repudiation of belief in the ultimate triumph of Communism, raises crucial questions for Chr...

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Main Author: Scherer, James A. 1926- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 1990
In: Missiology
Year: 1990, Volume: 18, Issue: 4, Pages: 395-413
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