Research Catalog

Title

The local church in a global era : reflections for a new century / edited by Max L. Stackhouse, Tim Dearborn, Scott Paeth.

Publication

Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., c2000.

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Additional Authors

• Dearborn, Tim.
• Paeth, Scott.
• Stackhouse, Max L.

Description

x, 218 p.; 23 cm.

Subject

• Christianity
• Christianity > Forecasting
• Church and social problems
• Church renewal > United States
• Church renewal
• Evangelicalism
• Internationality
• Social Problems

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Stewardship, prosperity, and justice. The church as an academy of justice / William Schweiker ; The debt crisis in theological perspective / James H. Ottley ; Discovering a role in God's provision / David Befus -- Faith, learning, and family. The teaching ministry in a multicultural world / Richard Osmer ; Worldwide developments in family and gender roles / Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen ; Resources for worship / John Mbiti -- The Spirit, wholeness, and health. Science, technology, and mission / Ronald Cole-Turner ; Christian response to changes in global ecosystems / Susan Power Bratton ; The Spirit, globalization, and the future of medicine / Allen Verhey -- Christ, the church, and other religions. Observation and revelation in dialogue : towards a Christian theological approach to Buddhism / Kosuke Koyama ; Muhammad's significance for Christians : some personal reflections / Lamin Sanneh ; The new ecumenism / Cecil M. Robeck, Jr. -- Conflict, violence, and mission. Soul wars / John Witte, Jr. ; The taming of mars : can we help the twenty-first century to be less violent than the twentieth? / Donald W. Shriver, Jr. ; Globalization and the local church / Ian T. Douglas ; Conclusion : a global future for local churches / Tim Dearborn.

ISBN

0802847102 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^00032151^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library