Changing Tides: Latin America and World Mission Today

by Samuel Escobar (Editor)

Overview

“There are few Latin American scholars who have been more involved in the churches' mission for so many years and in so many parts of the continent as the author of this book. Samuel Escobar's knowledge of its history, theological thinking, ecclesial diversity, and practical outworking is second to none. The scope of his reading is impressive. His ability to analyse and provoke further thought is outstanding. This is a genuine handbook of Latin American missiological thought and missionary engagement that covers all the different Christian traditions. I highly recommend it as an invaluable source for understanding the ways in which Christian mission has been undertaken through the years in this great Continent.” Dr J. Andrew Kirk, mission theologian, educator, author, former Director of the Centre for Missiology and World Christianity, University of Birmingham

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781914454332
Publisher:	Regnum Books International
Publication date:	07/30/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	226
File size:	903 KB

Table of Contents

	Preface to the ASM Series	xi
	Preface	xiii
	List of Abbreviations	xv
Part 1	The Changing face of Christian World Mission Today
1.	Christian Mission Today	3
	New Frontiers	6
	A New Fact at the Turn of the Century	7
2.	Mission Today: Practice and Reflection	10
	The Nature of Missiological Reflection	12
	Reflection in the Light of the Word	12
	Missiology and History	13
	Missiology and Social Sciences	15
	Missiological Currents in the Evangelical Field	18
Part 2	Mission in Latin America
3.	Latin America: Mission Land	23
	A Contradictory Mission Situation	23
	Latin America as Mission Field	24
	Development of a Catholic Approach	28
	Missionaries for the Evangelization of Latin America	32
4.	Lessons from Missionary History	35
	Lessons of History	35
	Beyond the "Black Legend"	37
	Methodological Comparisons	38
	The Objective of Mission in the Catholic Tradition	38
	The Objective of Mission in the Protestant Tradition	41
	Some Conclusions	43
5.	The Social Impact of Mission	45
	Empire and Mission: Ambiguities of Missionary Action	45
	Constantinian Church and Mission	46
	The Protestant Missions	47
6.	From Mission to Liberation	59
	Postwar Missionary Efforts in Latin America	61
	Medellin, a Time of Renewal	65
	A New Understanding of the Being of the Church	67
	A New Understanding of the Message of the Church	69
	A New Missionary Method: Pastoral Renewal	71
	Conclusion	74
Part 3	Missiological Perspectives on Popular Protestantism
7.	Popular Protestantism: A Missiological Perspective	77
	The Pentecostal Fact	78
	A Grassroots Kind of Protestantism	79
	The Sociological Factors	82
	Christianity's Great Shift Southward	84
8.	Popular Protestantism and Catholic Missiology	88
	Sect: The Construction of an Image	88
	What Can Catholics Learn?	90
	Five Missiological Lessons	92
	Changes in Catholicism	96
9.	Missiological Reflection on Belief, Experience, Structure	99
	Our Closest Protestant Relatives	100
	The Holy Spirit and the Mission of the Church	103
	Learning from the Poor	107
10.	From Mission to Theology	111
	Toward an Evangelical Theology of Mission	111
	Evangelical Missiology after Lausanne	113
	The Search for a Missiological Christology in Latin America	115
	From Christology to Social Ethics	118
	A Missiological Christology	120
	Rediscovery of Kingdom Theology	127
	Mission from the Periphery	128
11.	Mission Theology from Pentecost to the Twenty-First Century	131
	Pentecostal Missiology	134
	The Pneumatological Question	137
	Ecclesiology, Social Analysis, and Missiology	141
	Gospel and Power: Church Facing the World	144
	Eschatology, the Spirituality of Manana	147
Part 4	Mission from Latin America
12.	Mission from Latin America	153
	Youth, Pioneers in the History of Mission	154
	Missionary Vision in Brazil, the Congress of Curitiba (1976)	156
	Emergence of COMIBAM (1987)	158
	Missionary Concern in Catholic Circles	160
	Two Models of Mission out of Poverty	162
	Churches in Time of Mission	163
13.	Formation of the Transcultural Missionary	166
	Biblical Formation for Mission	167
	The Bible in Protestant Missionary Practice	168
	Formation of Vocation and Missionary Style	170
	The Biblical Content of Missionary Action	171
	Christian Mission and Cultures	173
	A Profound Change of Attitude	175
	Notes	177
	Index	199