A reader's guide to Transforming mission - Nussbaum, Stan. (Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, 2005)
Part I: New Testament paradigms -- The New Testament as a missionary document -- Disciple-making (Matthew) -- Transcending class and ethnicity (Luke) -- Making the most of the grace period (Paul) -- Part II: Paradigms in church history -- The concept of paradigm change in church history -- Good ideas of life and love (the Eastern Church) -- Filling the master's house (the Roman Catholic Church) -- Justification by faith (the Protestant Reformation) -- Enlightened mission? : the fragmented missionary paradigm(s) of Protestantism -- Part III: An emerging paradigm -- The enlightenment worldview unraveling -- Church and mission in flux -- Elements of an emerging paradigm of mission -- The source of mission : the missio dei -- The goals of mission-salvation and justice -- The activities of mission : evangelism and contextualization -- The bearer of mission : the whole church in the whole world -- The limits of mission : its witness nature and its time frame -- The study of mission : missiology and theology -- Mission in many modes -- Responses to Bosch.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Bosch, David Jacobus; Missions -- Theory; Missions -- Theory -- History of doctrines; Christianity and other religions