Description:
The Definitive Mission Resource from Everyone to Everywhere
Mission in today's world demands a framework as global as the church itself. Featuring scholars and practitioners from every continent and various Christian traditions, Mission in Polycentric Perspective explores both the theory and practice of polycentric mission across cultural, theological, and organizational dimensions.
As the numerical and spiritual center of Christianity has shifted to the Global South, traditional mission paradigms rooted in Western dominance are no longer sufficient. Polycentric mission offers a timely model--theologically rooted and contextually diverse--that encourages mutuality, collaboration, and shared leadership.
What you'll find in Mission in Polycentric Perspective:
- A comprehensive treatment of the polycentric approach to mission
- Topical chapters by masters in the field on subjects like indigenous mission, interreligious engagement, and innovative mission strategies
- Global, regional, and community-specific coverage
This book is the definitive academic and practical resource for those teaching, studying, or engaging in mission in today's multi-nodal, collaborative world. Whether you're looking for the next missiology textbook for your classroom or a comprehensive field guide for your mission work, Mission in Polycentric Perspective is the book you need.
About the Contributors
The more than forty contributors to this volume hail from around the world and include Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, Graham Joseph Hill, Patrick Fung, Harvey Kiwanyi, Sam George, and Mary Lederleitner.
Brief description:
Allen Yeh (DPhil, Oxford) is dean and vice president of academic affairs at International Theological Seminary near Los Angeles. He is the author of Polycentric Missiology and the coeditor, with Tite Tiénou, of Majority World Theologies.