The Unexpected Christian Century2015 Book Award for Excellence in Missiology, American Society of Missiology Named an Outstanding Mission Book of 2015, International Bulletin of Mission Research In 1900 many assumed the twentieth century would be a Christian century because Western "Christian empires" ruled most of the world. What happened instead is that Christianity in the West declined dramatically, the empires collapsed, and Christianity's center moved to Africa, Asia, Latin
understanding cultural forms and their meanings
the Gospels provide a clear picture of Jesus and his unique claims to authority
with an emphasis on the contexts of canon
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church involvement
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No matter what designation a church uses to describe itself
The youth ministry focus of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's life is often forgotten or overlooked
Smith traces the trends and directions of Radical Orthodoxy
It offers creative approaches to answering some of the most pressing questions in theology of mission and missionary practice today
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