Includes bibliographical references and indexes at the end of each chapters.

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Introduction: a paradigm shift in mission studies today -- Part I: Biblical and theological reflection on mission -- Scripture as a narrative record of God's mission -- Theology of mission and missional theology -- Part II: Historical and contemporary reflection on mission -- Historical paradigms of mission -- An emerging ecumenical paradigm of mission -- A survey of the global church -- Part III: Current issues in mission today -- Holistic mission: witness in life, word and deed -- Faithful contextualization: church, gospel and culture(s) -- Toward a missiology of western culture -- A missionary encounter with world religions -- Urban mission: the new frontier -- Missions: a witness to the gospel where there Is none.

"Mission--a driving force in the long Christian story--today is often cast as the embarrassing relative of tall-steeple religiosity. In our wider culture it's now tucked in the endnotes of book-club histories or forms the ghostlike ellipses in the six o-clock news. But in Introducing Christian Mission Today, Michael Goheen incorporates the keen missional insights of Lesslie Newbigin, David Bosch and other formative thinkers in bringing the vibrant history, motivation and challenges of Christian mission to the fore." --Back Cover.