| The Open Secret: An Introduction to the Theology of Mission Revised Edition Contributor(s): Newbigin, Lesslie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0802808298 ISBN-13: 9780802808295 Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $20.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1995 Annotation: In the 16 years since this prophetic volume was first published, Newbigin's clarion call to reemphasize the missionary character of the church has grown more necessary than ever before. Newbigin argues clearly and convincingly that mission is the heart of the church, and a church without missions is no church at all. This edition includes a helpful index and a new preface by the author. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Ministry - Missions - Religion | Christianity - History |
| Dewey: 266 |
| LCCN: 94023330 |
| Physical Information: 0.54" H x 6.02" W x 8.94" (0.60 lbs) 200 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Mainline - Theometrics - Evangelical - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Aimed at bringing contemporary concerns in mission theology to a wide-reading public, this volume flows from Newbigin's extensive experience in the mission field and from lectures developed especially to prepare men and women for missionary service. Newbigin describes the Christian mission as the declaration of an open secret--open in that it is preached to all nations, secret in that it is manifest only to the eyes of faith. The result is a thoroughly biblical attempt to lead the church to embrace its Christ-given task of presenting the gospel in our complex modern world. This revised edition includes a helpful index and a new preface. |
Contributor Bio(s): Newbigin, Lesslie: - (1909-1998) Lesslie Newbigin was born inNewcastle-on-Tyne, U.K., in 1909. He completed hisundergraduate studies in Cambridge and then served asStaffSecretary of the Student Christian Movement in Glasgow, Scotland. He studied theology at Westminster College atCambridge and was ordained by the Presbytery ofEdinburgh, Church of Scotland in 1936. That same year Newbiginmarried Helen Henderson and the two of them left for Indiawhere he was to be missionary of the Church of Scotland. |