Sharing Jesus in the Buddhist World

by David Lim (Editor), Steve Spaulding (Editor), Paul H. de Neui (Editor)

Overview

This book on Christian missions to the Buddhist world not only provides understanding of many Buddhist cultures, but provides culturally relevant ideas on sharing Jesus with Buddhists around the world. It lives up to the editors’ goal “to provide the global church with knowledge and understanding of the Buddhist world and how to reach it for Christ.”

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780878085996
Publisher:	William Carey Publishing
Publication date:	06/01/2003
Series:	SEANET Series , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	394
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

David Lim, convenor of the Seanet Forum, has a P.h.D. in New Testament Theology.  A Chinese-horn Filipino, Dr. Lim has spent most of his career in Southwest Asia, heading the China Ministries International in the Philippines and being involved in Indo-China ministries, mobilizing tentmakers to plant house churches throughout the 10/40 window.
Steve Spaulding, facilitator of Seanet, holds a M.A. in Missiology and has worked with Dawn Ministries in Southeast Asia for almost ten years.  He has focused almost exclusively on the Buddhist people of this region, and has mobilized a force of committed church and mission communities to reach every Buddhist people group.
Paul H. de Neui is an ordained minister with the Evangelical Covenant Church. He and his wife served as missionaries with church planting and community development organizations in northeast Thailand from 1987–2005. He completed his PhD in Intercultural Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary. Paul has been involved in SEANET for many years, dedicated to seeing the writings of emerging non-Western and other practitioners in print for the benefit of the global church. Presently he is the professor of missiology and intercultural studies and the director of the Center for World Christian Studies at North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago, IL.

Table of Contents

Introduction by David Lim and Steve Spaulding

The Challenging of the Globalization of Buddhism by David Burnett

Elements of a Biblical and Genuine Missionary Encounter with Diaspora Chinese  Buddhist in Southeast Asia by Tan Kang San

Missiological Implications of the Key Contrasts Between Buddhism and Christianity by Alex Smith

Suffering and Salvation in Buddhism and Christianity: Negotiations and Positions by Johannes Aagaard

Towards a Radical Contextualization Paradigm in Evangelical Buddhists by David Lim

An Integrated Model of Evangelism to Buddhists Using Theology, Anthropology, and Religious Studies by Ubolwan Mejudhon

Contextualization with Thai Folk Buddhists by Paul De Neui

Communication Strategies for Christian Witness Among the Lao by Stephen Bailey

Anatman as a Metaphor for Japan by Mark Dominey