A Select Bibliography of Mission

Missiology and Mission

Some initial reading

David Bosch, Transforming Mission: Paradigm Shifts in the Theology of Mission, Maryknoll, NY.,

Orbis, 1991, pp.1-11

David Bosch, ‚Reflections on Biblical Models of Mission‛, in Robert Gallagher and Paul Hertig

(eds), Landmark Essays in Mission and World Christianity, Maryknoll, Orbis, 2009, pp.3-16.

Andrew Kirk, What is Mission? Theological Explorations, London, Darton, Longman & Todd, 1999,

pp.7-22

Wilbert R. Shenk, Changing Frontiers of Mission, Maryknoll, NY, Orbis, 1999, pp. 153-176

Other recommended reading

Stephen Bevans, Roger Schroeder, Constants in Context: A Theology of Mission for Today,

Maryknoll, Orbis, 2004, pp.32-72

Lesslie Newbiggin, The Gospel in a Pluralist Society, Grand Rapids, Michigan, William B.

Eerdmans Publishing, 1989, pp. 116-140

Laurent W. Ramambason, Missiology: Its Subject Matter and Methodology, Frankfurt-am-Main,

Peter Lang, 1999, pp. 51-60, 165-174

Johannes Verkuyl, Contemporary Missiology: An Introduction, (trans. and ed., Dale Cooper), Grand

Rapids, Michigan, William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1978 (original 1975), pp. 1-11

Johannes Verkuyl, Contemporary Missiology: An Introduction, (trans. and ed., Dale Cooper), Grand

Rapids, Michigan, William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1978 (original 1975), pp. 176-196

Chris Wright, The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible’s Grand Narrative, Leicester, IVP, 2006, pp. 1-

69

Missiology’s Self-Understanding

Some initial reading

David Bosch, Transforming Mission: Paradigm Shifts in the Theology of Mission, Maryknoll, NY.,

Orbis, 1991, pp.489-498

Karotemprel, S., Following Christ in mission: a foundational course in missiology, Boston, MA,

Pauline Books & Media, 1996, pp.25-45

Oborji, F., Concepts of mission: the evolution of contemporary missiology, Maryknoll, Orbis, 2006,

pp.3-56

Johannes Verkuyl, Contemporary Missiology: An Introduction, (trans. And ed., Dale Cooper),

Grand Rapids, Michigan, William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1978 (original 1975), pp. 18-

71

Verstraelen/Camps/Hoedemaker/Spindler, Missiology: An Ecumenical Introduction, Texts and Contexts

in Global Christianity (Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 1995), pp.1-7, 144-156

Other Recommended Reading

Hiebert, P.G., Missiological Implications of Epistemological Shifts. Affirming truth in a

Modern/Postmodern World. (Harrisburg: Trinity, 1999).

Jongeneel, J., Philosophy, Science and Theology of Mission in the 19th and 20th Centuries. A

Missiological Encyclopedia. Part I: The Philosophy and Science of Mission.(Frankfurt: Lang,

1995).

Kirk, J.A., The Mission of Theology and Theology As Mission.(Christian Mission and Modern

Culture Series) (Harrisburg: Trinity Press, 1997).

Lloyd-Sidle, P., Lewis, B.S. (eds), Teaching Mission in a Global Context, Louisville, Geneva Press,

2001, pp.8-53, 79-92

Nussbaum, S., A Reader’s Guide to Transforming Mission, Maryknoll, Orbis, 2005, pp.3-10, 140-155

Wilbert R. Shenk, Changing Frontiers of Mission, Maryknoll, NY, Orbis, 1999, pp. 34-58

Taylor, W., Global missiology for the 21st century: reflections from the Iguassu dialogue, Grand Rapids,

BakerAcademic, 2000, pp.101-122, 133-148

Terry, J.M., Smith, E., Anderson, J., (eds.), Missiology: An Introduction to the Foundations, History,

and Strategies of World Missions. Nashville, Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1998), pp.1-

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A History of Christian Mission

Some initial reading Bosch, D., Transforming Mission. Paradigm Shifts in Theology of Mission, New York, Orbis, 1997,

pp.181-362

Orlando Costas, “Captivity and Liberation in the Modern Missionary Movement”, in Robert Gallagher

and Paul Hertig (eds), Landmark Essays in Mission and World Christianity, Maryknoll, Orbis,

2009, pp.33-45

Sanneh, L., Translating the message: The missionary Impact on Culture, Maryknoll, Orbis, 1992

Walls, A.F., The Missionary Movement in Christian History, Maryknoll / Edinburgh, Orbis/Clark, 1996

Neill, S., A History of Christian Missions, Harmondsworth, Pelican, 1986

Other Recommended Reading

Anderson, G.H., Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions, Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 1999

Gilley, S., Stanley, B., (eds.), World Christianities c.1815 - c.1914, Cambridge, CUP, 2006

Latourette, K.S., A History of the Expansion of Christianity. Vols 1-7 (London/New York, Harper

and Brothers, 1937-1945)

Ross, A.C., A Vision Betrayed: the Jesuits in Japan and China, 1542-1742. (Edinburgh: UP, 1994).

Shenk, W.R., (ed.), North American foreign missions, 1810-1914: theology, theory, and policy, Grand

Rapids, Eerdmans, 2004

Stanley, B., (ed.), Christian Mission and the Enlightenment, Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 2001

Stanley, B., (ed), Missions, Nationalism and the End of Empire, Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 2003

Stanley, B., The world missionary conference, Edinburgh 1910, Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 2009

Ward, K./Stanley, B., The Church Mission Society and World Christianity 1799-1999. Grand Rapids:

Eerdmans, 2000).

Yates, T., Christian Mission in the Twentieth Century. (Cambridge: CUP, 1996).

Christian Mission Today: Questions and Challenges

Some initial reading

Andrew Kirk, What is Mission? Theological Explorations, London, DLT, 1999, pp.75-95

Andrew Walls, ‚The Gospel as Prisoner and Liberator of Culture: Is There a ‚Historic Christian

Faith‛?‛, in Robert Gallagher and Paul Hertig (eds), Landmark Essays in Mission and

World Christianity, Maryknoll, Orbis, 2009, pp. 133-145

Mission and Culture

Bediako, K., Theology and Identity: The Impact of Culture upon Christian Thought in the Second

Century and Modern Africa. (Oxford: Regnum, 1992).

Bosch, D., Believing in the Future. Toward a missiology of Western Culture, Harrisburg: Trinity Press,

1995

Bosch, D., Transforming Mission. Paradigm Shifts in Theology of Mission. (New York:Orbis, 12th

printing 1997).

Brown, Delwin., Greeve Devaney, S., Tanner, K. (eds), Converging on Culture, (Oxford / New

York, 2001)

Carter, C., Rethinking Christ and Culture, Grand Rapids, Brazos, 2006

Cobb, K., The Blackwell Guide to Theology and Popular Culture, Oxford, Blackwell, 2005

Connor, S., Postmodernist Culture. An Introduction to Theories of the Contemporary. (Oxford:

Blackwell,1996).

Fiddes, P., (ed.), Faith in the Centre: Christianity and Culture, Oxford, Regents Park, 2001

Hunsberger, G.R./Gelder van, C.(ed.), Church between Gospel and Culture.(Grand Rapids:

Eerdmans, 1996).

Kraft, C., Culture, Communication and Christianity, Pasadena, Wm.Carey Library, 2001

Newbigin, L., Foolishness to the Greeks: The Gospel and Western Culture. (Grand Rapids,

Eerdmans,1986).

Sanneh, L., Translating the message: The missionary Impact on Culture. (New York: Orbis, 1992).

Sanneh, L., Religion and the Variety of Culture: A Study in Origin and Practice (Harrisburg: Trinity,

1996).

Scherer, J.A., (ed.), New Directions in Mission & Evangelization 3: Faith and Culture (New York:

Orbis, 1999).

Shorter, A., Toward a Theology of Inculturation. (Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 1988).

Shorter, A., Evangelisation and Culture, London, G.Chapman, 1994

Sweet, L, (ed.), The Church in Emerging Culture, Grand Rapids, Zondervan, 2005

Tanner, K., Theories of Culture. A New Agenda for Theology. (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1997)

Vanhoozer, K., Anderson, C., Sleasman, M., Everyday theology: how to read cultural texts and

interpret trends, Grand Rapids, BakerAcademic, 2007

Mission and Other Faiths

Baker, D., Biblical Faith and Other Religions: An Evangelical Assessment, Grand Rapids, Kregel, 2004

Barnes, M., Theology and the Dialogue of Religions, Cambridge, CUP, 2002

Barnett, M., Pocock, M., (eds.), The Centrality of Christ in Contemporary Missions, Pasadena, Wm

Carey Library, 2005

Dupuis, J., Toward a Christian theology of religious pluralism, Maryknoll, Orbis, 1997

Dupuis, J., Christianity and the religions: from confrontation to dialogue, Maryknoll, Orbis, 2001

George, Timothy. Is the Father of Jesus the God of Muhammad? Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2002.

Heim, S.M., Salvations: Truth and Difference in Religion. (Maryknoll: Orbis, 1995).

Kaerkkaeinen, V-M., An Introduction to the Theology of Religions, Downers Grove, IVP, 2003

Knitter, P., Introducing Theologies of Religion, Maryknoll, Orbis, 2002

Knitter, P., No other name? A critical survey of Christian attitudes toward the world religions, London,

SCM, 1985

Küng, Hans. Christianity and the world religions: path of dialogue with Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism.

Garden City: Doubleday, 1986.

Küng, Hans, Islam: past, present, and future, Oxford, Oneworld, 2007

McDermott, G., Can Evangelicals Learn from World Religions? Jesus, Revelation & religious traditions,

Downers Grove, IVP, 2000

McDermott, G., God’s rivals: why has God allowed different religions? Insights from the Bible and the

early church, Downers Grove, IVP Academic, 2007

Muck, Terry and Frances Adeney, Christianity Encountering World Religions: The Practice of

Mission in the Twenty-first Century, Grand Rapids, Baker Academic, 2009

Parry, R., Partridge, C.,(eds), Universal Salvation? The Current Debate Grand Rapids, Eerdmans,

2004

Stackhouse, J., No other Gods before me? Evangelicals and the challenge of world religions, Grand

Rapids, Baker, 2001

Tennent, Timothy C., Christianity at the religious round table: evangelicalism in conversation with

Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2002.

Thiessen, T. Who Can Be Saved? Reassessing Salvation in Christianity and World Religions, Downers

Grove, IVP, 2004

Christianity and Its Mission Today

Daneel, I, Van Engen, C., Vroom, H., (eds), Fullness of Life for All: Challenges for Mission in the early

21st Century, (Amsterdam / New York, Rodopi, 2003)

Escobar, S., Changing Tides: Latin America and World Mission Today, Maryknoll, Orbis, 2002

Escobar, S., A Time for Mission: The Challenge for Global Christianity, Leicester, IVP, 2003

Jenkins, P., The next christendom: the coming of global Christianity, Oxford, OUP, 2007 (revised and

expanded edition)

Kalu, Ogbu U., African Christianity: An African Story, Trenton / Asmara, Africa World Press, 2007

McGavran, D. (ed.), The Conciliar-evangelical debate: the crucial documents, 1964-1976. (Expanded

edition of Eye of the storm, The Great debate in mission, including documents on Bangkok

and Nairobi), Pasadena, Wm Carey Library, 1977

Padilla, C.R., Mission Between The Times, Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 1985

Pocock, M., van Rheenen, G., McConnell, D., The changing face of world missions: engaging

contemporary issues and trends, Grand Rapids, BakerAcademic, 2005

Sanneh, L., Encountering the West: Christianity and the Global Cultural Process (Maryknoll, Orbis,

1993).

Sanneh, L., Whose Religion is Christianity? The Gospel beyond the West, Grand Rapids, Eerdmans,

2003

Sanneh, L., Carpenter, J., (eds.), The changing face of Christianity: Africa, the West, and the world,

Oxford, OUP, 2005

Shenk, W.R., Changing Frontiers of Mission ( Maryknoll: Orbis, 1999).

Snyder, H.A., (ed), Global Good News: Mission in a New Context, Nashville, Abingdon, 2002

Tiplady, R., (ed), One World or Many? The Impact of Globalisation on Mission, Pasadena, William

Carey Library, 2003

Wan, E., (ed.), Christian Witness in Pluralistic Contexts in the Twenty-First Century, Pasadena,

Wm.Carey Library, 2004

The Contexts of Christian Mission

Two key books

Bevans, S., Models of Contextual Theology, Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 1992, revised and expanded

edition 2002.

Angie Pears, Doing Contextual Theology, London, Routledge, 2010

Other Recommended Reading

Bevans, S.B., Schroeder, R. P., Constants in context: a theology of mission for today, Maryknoll, NY,

Orbis Books, 2004

James A. Scherer & Stephen B. Bevans (eds), New Directions in Mission and Evangelization: Volume

3 Faith and Culture, Maryknoll, NY., Orbis, 1999 (essays by Whiteman, pp.42-53, WCC,

pp. 185-195)

George R. Hunsberger, Craig Van Gelder (eds.), The Church Between Gospel and Culture: The

Emerging Mission in North America, Grand Rapids, Michigan, William B. Eerdmans

Publishing, 1996 (essay by Brownson, pp.228-259)

Lesslie Newbigin, The Gospel in a Pluralist Society, Grand Rapids, Michigan, William B. Eerdmans

Publishing, 1989, pp.141-154

Bosch, D., Transforming Mission. Paradigm Shifts in Theology of Mission. (New York:Orbis, 12th

printing 1997).

Costas, O., Liberating news: a theology of contextual evangelization, Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 1989

Dorr, D, Mission in Today’s World, Maryknoll, Orbis, 2000

Hilborne, D., Bird, M., (eds.), God and the Generations: youth, age and the church today. A report by

the Evangelical alliance (UK) Commission on Unity and Truth among Evangelicals, Carlisle,

Paternoster, 2002

Jenkins, P., The new faces of Christianity: believing the Bible in the global south, Oxford, OUP, 2006

Jenkins, P., God’s continent: Christianity, Islam, and Europe’s religious crisis, Oxford, OUP, 2007

Kalu, Ogbu U., African Christianity: An African Story, Trenton / Asmara, Africa World Press, 2007

Kirk, J.A., What is Mission: Theological Explorations. (Augsburg Fortress Press, 2000).

Lienemann-Perrin, C., Vroom, H.M., Weinrich, M., Contextuality in Reformed Europe: the mission of

the church in the transformation of European culture, Amsterdam, Rodopi, 2004

Lingenfelter, S., Transforming culture: a challenge for Christian mission, Grand Rapids, Baker, 1998

Lutzbetak, L., The Church and Cultures: new perspectives in missiological anthropology. (Maryknoll:

Orbis Books, 1998).

Mattam, J., Valiamangalam, J., (eds.), Emerging Indian missiology: context and concepts, Delhi,

FOIM/ISPCK, 2006

Myers, B.L., The New Context of World Mission. (Monrovia: MARC, 1996).

Oborji, F., Concepts of mission: the evolution of contemporary missiology, Maryknoll, Orbis, 2006

Schreiter, R., Constructing Local Theologies. (London: SCM, 1985).

Shaw, D., Van Engen, C.E., Communicating God’s Word in a Complex World, Lanham, Rowman

and Littlefield, 2003

Shenk, W.R.,(ed.) The Transfiguration of Mission. Biblical Theological & Historical Foundations.

(Scottdale: Herald Press, 1993).

Shorter, A., Toward a Theology of Inculturation. (Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 1988).

Shorter, A., Evangelisation and Culture, London, G.Chapman, 1994

Wan, E., (ed.), Christian Witness in Pluralistic Contexts in the Twenty-First Century, Pasadena,

Wm.Carey Library, 2004

Wijsen, F., Nissen, P. (eds.), 'Mission is a must': intercultural theology and the mission of the church,

Amsterdam, Rodopi, 2002

Wilfred, F., On the Banks of the Ganges: Doing Contextual Theology, Delhi, ISPCK, 2002

Wright, C.J.H., The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible’s Grand Narrative, (Nottingham, IVP, 2006)

The Church and Mission

Some initial reading

George R. Hunsberger, Craig Van Gelder (eds.), The Church Between Gospel and Culture: The

Emerging Mission in North America, Grand Rapids, Michigan, William B. Eerdmans

Publishing, 1996 (essays by Hunsberger, 289-297, Hendrick, pp.298-307, Junkin, 308-

318, Roxburgh, 319-332)

David Bosch, Transforming Mission: Paradigm Shifts in the Theology of Mission, Maryknoll, NY.,

Orbis, 1991, pp. 368-389

Other recommended reading

Blaauw, J., The Missionary Nature of the Church; a survey of the biblical theology of mission. (New

York, 1962).

Braaten, C.E., The Two Cities of God. The Church’s Responsibility for the Earthly City. (Grand Rapids:

Eerdmans, 1997).

Costas, O., The church and its mission: a shattering critique from the Third World, Wheaton, Tyndale,

1974

Drane, J., The McDonaldization of the church : spirituality, creativity, and the future of the church,

London, Darton, Longman, Todd, 2000

George, S.K., Called as partners in Christ's service: the practice of God's mission, Louisville, Geneva

Press, 2004

Guder, D. (ed.), Missional church: a vision for the sending of the church in North America, Grand

Rapids, Eerdmans, 1998

Guder, D.L., The continuing conversion of the Church. (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000).

Healey, J., Hinton, J., (eds.), Small Christian Communities Today: Capturing the new Moment,

Maryknoll, Orbis, 2005

Hunsberger, George R., ‘Evangelical Conversion toward a Missional Ecclesiology’, in John G.

Stackhouse, Jr. (ed.) Evangelical Ecclesiology: Reality or Illusion? (Grand Rapids, Michigan:

Backer Academic, 2003).

Koenig, J., The feast of the world's redemption: Eucharistic origins and Christian mission, Harrisburg,

Trinity Press Int., 2000

Miley, G., Loving the church: blessing the nations. Pursuing the role of local churches in global mission,

Waynesboro, Gabriel, 2003

Pachuau, L., Ecumenical missiology: contemporary trends, issues and themes, Bangalore, United

Theological College, 2002

Penner, P. (ed.), Ethnic Churches in Europe: A Baptist Response, Prague, IBTS, 2006

Rollinson, A., Liberating ecclesiology: setting the church free to live out its missionary nature, Oxford,

Whitley, 2005

Scherer, J.A., Gospel, Church and Kingdom: Comparative Studies in World Mission Theology,

(Minneapolis, Augsburg, 1987)

Shenk, W.R., Write the Vision. The Church Renewed. (Harrisburg: Trinity, 1995).

Stone, B., Evangelism after Christendom: The Theology and Practice of Christian Witness, (Grand

Rapids, Brazos Press, 2007)

Sweet, L, (ed.), The Church in Emerging Culture, Grand Rapids, Zondervan, 2005

Van Engen, C.E., God's missionary people: rethinking the purpose of the local church, Grand Rapids,

Baker, 1991

Van Engen, C.E., Gilliland, D., Pearson, P. (eds.), The Good News of the Kingdom: Mission Theology

for the Third Millennium. (Eugene, Wipf and Stock, 1999).

Webber, R., Journey to Jesus: The Worship, Evangelism and Nurture Mission of the Church, Nashville,

Abingdon, 2001

Yamamori, T., Padilla, C.R., The local church, agent of transformation: an ecclesiology for integral

mission, Buenos Aires, Kairos, 2004

Yates, T., (ed.), Mission: An Invitation to God’s Future, Hope Valley, Cliff College, 2000

Theology of Mission

Key texts

Bevans, S.B., Schroeder, R. P., Constants in context: a theology of mission for today, Maryknoll, NY,

Orbis Books, 2004

Karotemprel, S., Following Christ in mission: a foundational course in missiology, Boston, MA,

Pauline Books & Media, 1996

Kirk, J.A., What is Mission: Theological Explorations. (Augsburg Fortress Press, 2000).

Newbigin, L., The Open Secret: An Introduction to the Theology of Mission. (Grand Rapids:

Eerdmans, 1995).

Newbigin, Lesslie, The Gospel in a Pluralist Society, Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 1989.

Senior, D./Stuhlmueller, C., The Biblical Foundations of Mission. (Orbis, 1983).

Shenk, W.R., Changing Frontiers of Mission ( Maryknoll: Orbis, 1999).

Van Engen, C.E., Mission on the Way: Issues in Mission Theology. (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1997).

Wright, C.J.H., The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible’s Grand Narrative, (Nottingham, IVP, 2006)

Koestenberger, A., O’Brien, P., Salvation to the ends of the earth: a biblical theology of mission

Downers Grove, Apollos, 2001

Older works

Anderson, G.H., The theology of Christian Mission, New York, McGraw Hill, 1961

Hoekendijk, J. C., The Church Inside Out (ET from Dutch original, 1964; Philadelphia: The

Westminster Press, 1966).

Kraemer, H., The Christian Message in a non-christian World. (London, International Missionary

Council, 1947).

Kraemer, H., Religion and Christian Faith. (Philadelphia, Westminster Press, 1957).

Vicedom, Georg, The mission of God: An Introduction to a Theology of Mission, Saint Louis,

Concordia Pub. House, 1965

Other recommented works

Atkinson, D., God so loved the world : towards a missionary theology, London, Lynx, 1999

Barth, Karl, Theologische Fragen und Antworten (Zollikon: Evangelischer Verlag, 1957), p.104-5;

recitation from Norman Thomas (ed.) Reading in World Mission, pp.104-5.

Braaten, C.E., That All May Believe: A Theology of the Gospel and the Mission of the Church, Grand

Rapids, Wm.B.Eerdmans, 2008

Dorr, D, Mission in Today’s World, Maryknoll, Orbis, 2000

Kirk, J.A., The Mission of Theology and Theology As Mission.(ChristianMission and Modern Culture

Series) (Harrisburg: Trinity Press, 1997).

Krabill, J., Sawatsky, W., Van Engen, C.E., (eds.), Evangelical, ecumenical, and Anabaptist

missiologies in conversation: essays in honor of Wilbert R. Shenk, Maryknoll, Orbis, 2006

Padilla, C.R., Mission Between The Times, Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 1985

Shenk, W.R.,(ed.) The Transfiguration of Mission. Biblical Theological & Historical Foundations.

(Scottdale: Herald Press, 1993).

Shenk, W.R., Forging a theology of mission from an Anabaptist perspective, Elkhart, Mennonite Board

of Missions, 2001

Van Engen, C.E., Thomas, Nancy, Gallagher, R., (eds.), Footprints of God: a narrative theology of

mission, Monrovia, MARC, 1999

Van Engen, C.E., Gilliland, D., Pearson, P. (eds.), The Good News of the Kingdom: Mission Theology

for the Third Millennium. (Eugene, Wipf and Stock, 1999).

Verster, Pieter, A Theology of Mission: What Should the Church Seek to Accomplish, Lampeter, Wales,

The Edwin Mellen Press, 2008

Mission, Christology, and Pneumatology

Brinkman, Martien, The Non-Western Jesus: Jesus as Bodhisvatta, Avatara, Guru, Prophet, Ancestor

or Healer?, London, Equinox, 2009

Samartha, S. J. One Christ, Many Religions: Toward a Revised Christology. (Maryknoll, Orbis Books,

1991).

Yong, A., Beyond the impasse: toward a pneumatological theology of religions, Grand Rapids, Baker,

2003

Church Encountering in Mission

Some initial reading

Hütter, R., Bound to be free: Evangelical Catholic engagements in ecclesiology, ethics, and ecumenism,

Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 2004

Tennent, Timothy, Theology in the Context of World Christianity: How the Global Church is

influencing the way we think about and discuss theology, Grand Rapids, Zondervan, 2007

Thinking About the Church

Bliese, R.H., van Gelder, C., (eds), The evangelizing church: a Lutheran contribution, Minneapolis,

Augsburg Fortress, 2005

Boguslawski, Rev. Steven, O.P., and Robert Fastiggi (eds), Called to Holiness and Communion:

Vatican II on the Church, Scranton and London, University of Scranton Press, 2009

Braaten, C.E., Mother church: ecclesiology and ecumenism (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1998)

Braaten, C.E., That All May Believe: A Theology of the Gospel and the Mission of the Church, Grand

Rapids, Wm.B.Eerdmans, 2008

Carson, D., The Church in the Bible and the World: An International Study. (Grand Rapids:

Eerdmans, 1987).

Congar, Y., Diversity and Communion, London, SCM, 1984

Driver, J., Images of the Church in Mission. (Scottdale: Herald Press, 1997).

Duquoc, C., Provisional churches: an essay in ecumenical ecclesiology (London: SCM Press, 1986)

Evans, G.R., The church and the churches: toward an ecumenical ecclesiology (Cambridge: Cambridge

University Press, 1994)

Grasso, K., Hunt, R., Catholicism and religious freedom: contemporary reflections on Vatican II’s

declaration on religious liberty, Lanham, Sheed and Ward, 2006

Grenz, S., Revisioning Evangelical Theology: A Fresh Agenda for the 21st Century. (Leicester, IVP,

1993).

Grenz, S., Theology for the Community of God. (Broadman, 1994).

Hilberath, Bernd Jochen et al (eds.), Ecumenism of life as a challenge for academic theology, Frankfurt

am Main, Verlag Otto Lembeck, 2008.

Ivereigh, A., (ed.), Unfinished Journey: The Church 40 Years After Vatican II, New York,

Continuum, 2003

Kaerkkaeinen, V-M., An introduction to ecclesiology: ecumenical, historical & global perspectives

(Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2002)

O’Grady, C.,The Church in Catholic theology: dialogue with Karl Barth (London: G. Chapman, 1969)

Rollinson, A., Liberating ecclesiology: setting the church free to live out its missionary nature, Oxford,

Whitley, 2005

Root, M., Sartainen, R., (eds), Baptism and the Unity of the Churches, Grand Rapids, Wm.B.

Eerdmans, 1998

Roozen, D., Nieman, J., Church, identity and change: theology and denominational structures in

unsettled times, Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 2005

Stackhouse, J., Jr., Evangelical Ecclesiology: Reality or Illusion?, Grand Rapids, Baker Academic,

2003

Van Engen, Charles, The Growth of the True Church: An Analysis of the Ecclesiology of Church

Growth Theory (Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1981).

WCC/Faith and Order, The Nature and Purpose of the Church: A Stage on the Way to a Common

Statement (Geneva: World Council of Churches, 1998).

History of the Ecumenical Movement

Briggs, J., Oduyoye, M.A., Tsetsis, G., (eds), A History of the Ecumenical Movement: Vol. 3 1968 –

2000, Geneva, WCC, 2004

Briggs, J., Oduyoye, M.A., Tsetsis, G., (eds), A History of the Ecumenical Movement: Vol. 3 1968 –

2000, Geneva, WCC, 2004

Cross, A., Ecumenism and history: studies in honour of John H.Y. Briggs, Carlisle, Paternoster Press,

2002.

Cunningham, D.S., Del Colle, R., Lamadrid, L., (eds), Ecumenical theology in worship, doctrine, and

life: essays presented to Geoffrey Wainwright on his sixtieth birthday, New York/Oxford,

Oxford University Press, 1999

Goheen, Michael W. and Margaret O’Hara, That the World May Believe: Essays on Mission and

Unity in Honour of George Vandervelde, Lanham, University of America Press, 2006

Gros, J., FSC, Meyer, H., Rusch, W.G., (eds.), Growth in Agreement II: Reports and Agreed

Statements of Ecumenical Conversations on a World Level 1982-1998, Grand Rapids,

Eerdmans, 2000

Manley, K., A Survey of Baptist World Alliance Conversations with other Churches and some

implications for Baptist Identity, Joint meeting of Baptist Heritage and Identity

Commission and the Doctrine and Interchurch Cooperation Commission, Seville, 11

July, 2002., Washington, BWA, 2002

Sagovsky, Nicholas, Ecumenism, Christian origins and the practice of communion, Cambridge,

Cambridge University Press, 2000.

Particular Ecumenical Conversations

Baptists and Lutherans in conversation: a message to our churches: report of the Joint Commisson of the

Baptist World Alliance and the Lutheran World Federation, Genf, Baptist World Alliance &

Lutheran World Federation, 1990

Colson, C., Neuhaus, R.J., (eds.), Evangelicals and Catholics Together: Towards a Common Mission,

Dallas / London, Word Publishing, 1995

Colson, C., Neuhaus, R.J., (eds.), Your Word is Truth: A Project of Evangelicals and Catholics

Together, Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 2002

Conversations around the world 2000-2005: the report of the international conversations between the

Anglican Communion and the Baptist World Alliance, London, Anglican Communion

Office, 2005

Johnsson, L., Baptist reconsideration of baptism and ecclesiology: a presentation of the Baptist Union of

Sweden and a Study of its Official Response to BEM in relation to the public discussion

primarily amongst its pastors and theologians (Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2000)

Jones, K., Briggs, J. Baptists and ecumenism [electronic document] (on Moodle)

Noll, M., Nystrom, C, Is the Reformation over? An evangelical assessment of contemporary Roman

Catholicism, Grand Rapids, MI, Baker Academic, 2005.

Pushing at the Boundaries of Unity: Anglicans and Baptists in Conversation, London, Church House

Publishing, 2005

Rausch, T.P., (ed.), Catholics and Evangelicals, Downers Grove, IL, InterVarsity Press, 2000

Southern Baptist - Roman Catholic Conversation: Report on Sacred Scripture, US Conference of

Catholic Bishops, Washington, September 10, 1999

Works on Church and Mission from different perspectives

Bria, Ion, Go Forth In Peach: Orthodox Perspectives on Mission (Geneva: World Council of

Churches, 1986).

Cassidy, Cardinal E.I., Rediscovering Vatican II: Ecumenism and interreligious dialogue: Unitatis

redintegratio, Nostra aetate, Mahwah, Paulist, 2005

Kasper, W., That They May All Be One, London, Burns and Oates, 2004

Hampson, M.D., Christian contradictions: the structures of Lutheran and Catholic thought,

Cambridge, CUP, 2001

Fung, R., The Isaiah Vision : An Ecumenical Strategy for Congregational Evangelism (Risk Book Series,

No 52) (Geneva: WCC, 1992).

Gunter, W.S., Robinson, E., Considering the Great Commission: evangelism and mission in the

Wesleyan spirit, Nashville, Abingdon, 2005

Daniels, E., The Catholic Church in mission: highlights of church teaching since 1891 (Monrovia, CA:

MARC, 1993)

Stamoolis, J.J., Eastern Orthodox Mission Theology Today .(Maryknoll, Orbis, 1986)

Harmon, Steven, Ecumenism means you, too: ordinary Christians and the quest for Christian unity,

Eugene, Cascade Books, 2010.

Bochenski, M. (ed.), Evangelicals and ecumenism: when Baptists disagree, Didcot, Baptist Union of

Great Britain, 1993.

Evangelism

Abraham, William J., The Logic of Evangelism (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1989).

Jones, Scott J., The Evangelistic Love of God & Neighbor: A Theology of Witness & discipleship

(Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2003).

Stone, Bryan P., Evangelism after Christendom: The Theology and Practice of Christian Witness (Grand

Rapids, Mich.: Brazos Press, 2007).

Integral Mission

Campbell, E.H. (2009) ‘2004 Forum for World Evangelization: Holistic Mission Issue Group

Occasional Paper Overview’, in Lausanne World Pulse

Chester, T. (2004) Barriers to the embrace of Integral Mission www.micahchallenge.org

Escobar, S. (2000) ‘Evangelical missiology: Peering into the future at the turn of the century’ in

Taylor, W.D., ed., Global Missiology for the 21st Century, Grand Rapids: Baker

Academic, p.101ff.

Kirk, J.A. (1999) What is Mission? London: Darton, Longman and Todd.

Lehmann-Habeck, M. (1984) ‘Holistic Evangelism – a WCC perspective’, in IRM, LXXIII, 289,

January, pp7-16.

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McConnell, D. (2000) ‘Holistic Mission’ in Moreau, S. Evangelical Dictionary of World Missions,

p.448-9.

Neely, A. (2000) cited in Rheenan (2006) ‘Dictionary of Missiological Terms’. Available at

<www.missiology.org/missionsdictionary.htm>

Padilla, C.R. (2002), What is Integral Mission? at www.integralmission.org

---, (2001) Integral mission and its historical development, Oxford: Unpublished paper presented

to the Micah Network Conference. Available at

http:/www.micahchallenge.org/Christians_Poverty_and_Justice

Samuel, V. and Sugden, C., eds. (1999) Mission as Transformation, A Theology of the Whole

Gospel, Oxford: Regnum Books.

Sider, R. (2001) Good News and Good Works, Grand Rapids: Baker Book House.

‘Statement of the Stuttgart consultation on evangelism’ in Samuel, V. and Sugden, C., eds.

(1999) Mission as Transformation: a theology of the whole gospel, Oxford: Regnum

Books.

Urban Mission

Bakke, R. The Urban Christian

Cox, H. The Secular City Macmillan Press: New York 1966

Duffield, I.K., Urban Christ - Responses to John Vincent, Sheffield: Urban Theology Unit, 1997.

Eastman, M. and Latham, S., Urban Church: A Practitioner's Resource Book, London: SPCK,

2004.

Eastman, M., Ten Inner City Churches, Eastbourne: MARC, 1988.

Ellul, J., The Meaning of the City, Grand Rapids: William B Eerdmans, 1970 (ET).

Gallup, G. (2002) The Gallup Guide: reality check for 21st Century Churches Group: Loveland

Hadaway, K. (1998) ‘Did you really go to church this week? Behind the Poll data’ in The

Christian Century May 6.

Heald, G. (2001) Religious Survey: national sample of 1001 interviews, London: ORB

Hughes, P. (2003) Research Methods for Ministry and Mission, [CD resource], Perth: Christian

Research Association of Australia.

Jackson, D. (2003) Help! How do we audit for mission? Didcot: Unpublished paper

Joslin, R., Urban Harvest, Hertfordshire: Evangelical Press, 1982.

Murray, S., City Vision, London: Daybreak, 1990.

Smith, G. (1993) Neighbourhood profiles: surveys and the census, London: Unpublished paper

London.

Søgaard, V. (1996) Research in Church and Mission, Pasadena: William Carey Library.

Vincent, J., Hope from the City, Peterborough: Epworth Press, 2000.

Ward, G. Cities of God, Routledge: London 2000

Waymire, B. and Townsend, C. (2000) Discovering Your City, Etna CA: Light International.

The Mission of Christian Minorities in Majority Christian Territories

Jackson, D., (2005), ‘Experimentation in Worship: A Georgian Baptist Case Study’, in East, West

Church and Ministry Report, 13, 3, Summer.

Jackson, D., (2008), ‘Proselytism in a Central and Eastern European perspective’, in Journal of

European Baptist Studies, 8, 2, pp.18-36.

Nickles, B., (1998) ‘Seeker Sensitive in Komi: Russian Baptists blend Orthodox Culture with

evangelical outreach’ in Christianity Today, 9th February.

Mission and Migration

Bevans, Stephen, ‘Mission among Migrants, Mission of Migrants’, in Daniel G. Groody and

Gioacchino Campese, A Promised Land, A Perilous Journey: Theological Perspectives on

Migration (Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 2008).

Groody, Daniel G. and Cappese, Gioacchino (eds.), A Promised Land, A Perilous Journey:

Theological Perspectives on Migration (Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame

Press, 2008).

Groody, Daniel G., Crossing the Divide: Foundations of a Theology of Migration and Refugees

(Oxford, U.K.: Church Mission Society, 2010).

Droogers, A., van der Laan, C., van Laar, W., (2006), Fruitful in this Land. Pluralism, Dialogue

and Healing in Migrant Pentecostalism, Rotterdam: Broekecentrum

Dunkerley, D., (Ed.), (2002), Changing Europe. Identities, nations and citizens, London:

Routledge

Escobar, Samuel, A Time for Mission: the Challenge for Global Christianity (Leicester: Inter-Variety

Press, 2003).

Evans, B.J., Mannur, A., (Eds.), (2005), Theorizing Diaspora, New York: Blackwell

Jackson, D. and Passarelli, A., (2008), Mapping Migration – Mapping Churches’ Responses: Europe

Study, Brussels: Churches Commission for Migrants in Europe

Jenkins, P., (2007), God’s Continent, Oxford: Oxford University Press

Koser, K, (2007), International Migration. A very short introduction, Oxford: Oxford University

Press

Marientas, Richard, ‘On the Notion of Diaspora’, in G. Chaliand (ed.), Minority Peoples in the Age

of Nation-States (London: Pluto, 1989).

Phan, Peter C., ‚Crossing the Borders: A Spirituality for Mission in Our Times,‛ in his In Our

Own Tongues: Perspectives form Asia on Mission and Inculturation (Maryknoll: Orbis,

2003).

Prill, Thorsten, Global Mission on Our Doorstep: Facing Migration and the Future of the Church

(Muenster in Westfalen: MV Wissenschaft, 2008).

Spencer, N., (2004), Asylum & Immigration. A Christian Perspective on a Polarised Debate,

Cambridge: Jubilee Centre

Noble, T, Noble, I., Brinkman, M., Hilberath, J., (Eds.), (2006), Charting Churches in a Changing

Europe, Charta Oecuminica and the Process of Ecumenical Encounter, Amsterdam:

Rodopi B.V.

Tsoukalis, L., (2005), What kind of Europe?, Oxford: Oxford University Press

Vertovec, Steven, ‘Religion and Diaspora’, New Landscapes of Religion in the West (Oxford:

University of Oxford, 2000 ).

Walls, Andrew, The Cross-Cultural Process in Christian History (Maryknoll: Orbis, 2002).

Weller, P. (Ed.), (2007), Migration principles. Statement for Churches working on Migration

Issues, London: Churches Together in Britain & Ireland

Church Planting

Murray, Stuart, Church Planting: Laying Foundations (Carlisle, U.K.: Paternoster Press, 1998).

Murray, Stuart, Planting Churches: A Framework for Practitioners, 2008.

Hofstede and Hofstede, Cultures and Organizations, London: McGraw-Hill, 2005.

Trompenaars, Riding the Waves of Culture, London: Nicholas Brealey, 1997

Lewis,R., When Cultures Collide, London: Nicholas Brealey, 2005

Ellis and Mitchell, Radical Church Planting, Cambridge: Crossway, 1992

Robinson and Spriggs, Church Planting: The Training Manual, Oxford: Lynx, 1995

Williams, Mission-shaped church, London: Church House, 2004