TheOxfordHandbookofMissionStudiesrepresentsmorethanacenturyofscholarshiprelatedtothetheology,history,andmethodologyofthepropagationofChristianfaithandtheengagementofChristianswithcultures,religions,andsocietiesworldwide.Itcontainsmorethan40articlesbyexpertsfromdifferentdisciplinaryandecclesialperspectives,whoarefromallcontinents.Itnotonlyoffersabroadoverviewofkeyapproachesandissuesinmissionstudiesbutitalsohighlightscurrenttrendsandsuggestsfuturedevelopments.TheHandbookbuildsonrenewedinterestinmissionstudiesthiscenturygeneratedbyrecentkeystatementsonmissionfromecumenical,evangelical,Catholic,andOrthodoxsources,andbyaspateofacademicworksonthetopic.Westernchurchleadersnowapplyinsightsfromforeignmissions(suchas,inculturation,liberation,interfaithwork,andpowerencounter)totoday’smulticulturalsocieties.Meanwhile,therearenewinitiativesinmissionfromtheMajorityWorld,wheremostChristianslive,sothatsendingisnotonly’fromthewesttotherest’but’fromeverywheretoeverywhere’.Therefore,thisvolumeaimstoreflectthevoicesofthereceiversofmissionaswellasitsprotagonistsandtoraiseawarenessofnewmovements.Inatimeofgrowingrecognitionof’religions’moregenerally,thisworkexaminesandtheorizesthemissionaldimensionsoftheworld’slargestreligion:itsagendas,growth,outreach,roleinpubliclife,effectoncultures,relevancefordevelopment,anditsapproachestoothercommunities.
OXFORD HANDBOOK STUDIES MISSION liberation HISTORY THEREFORE
