TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bevans,Stephen B.; jt au
TI  - Constants in  context: a theology of mission for today 
SN  - 1570755175
AV  - BV 2061.3 B468 2004
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Maryknoll, NY
PB  - Orbis Books
KW  - MISSIONS
N1  - Includes index; Part 1 Constants in context: Biblical and theological foundations
"Missionary by its very nature" - Context and the church's mission
"You are witnesses of these things" - Constants in the church's mission


Part 2 Constants in context: historical models of mission
Mission in the early church (100-301) - Individual Christians in a variety of situations
Mission and the Monastic movement (313-907) - From Constantine to the decline of the T'ang Dynasty
Mission and the Mendicant movement (1000-1453) - Crusades, preachers, nuns and Mongolian Christianity
Mission in the age of discovery (1492-1773) - Conquistadors, prophets and Gurus
Mission in the age of progress (1792-1914) - Civilizers, evangelizers and volunteers societies
Mission in the twentieth century (1919-1991) - The emergence of world Christianity

Part 3 Constants in context: a theology of mission for today
Mission as participation in the mission of the Triune God (Missio Dei)
Mission as liberating service of the reign of God 
Mission as proclamation of Jesus Christ as Universal savior
Mission as prophetic dialogue


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