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Nourishing mission : : theological settings / / Graham Kings.

The theological treasures gathered here show the intriguing coherence of an unfolding vision. Earthed in the ministry of a priest, missionary, academic theologian, and well-travelled bishop, the five settings provide 16 chapters written over 34 years in Kenya, Cambridge, Islington, Sherborne and Lam...

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Superior document:Theology and mission in world Christianity ; Volume 21
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Kings, Graham,
Place / Publishing House:Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Theology and mission in world Christianity ; Volume 21.
Physical Description:1 online resource (319 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1 Title Words
  • 2 Settings and Chapters
  • 3 Cohering Themes
  • 4 Thanksgivings
  • Setting 1: Kabare
  • 1 Kenyan Church-State Relations and the Bible
  • 1 Context
  • 2 Was There No Naboth to Say No?
  • 3 Scriptural Litany for the Environment
  • 4 Daniel Chapter 6 and Kenya Today?
  • 5 One-Party State?
  • 6 A Kenyan Passion Play
  • 7 Conclusion
  • 2 The Bible, Christianity and African Traditional Religions
  • 1 Ngai or ngai?
  • 2 The Treasures and Wealth of the Nations
  • 3 Theological Fornication
  • 4 Extra Regnum Nulla Salus (Outside the Kingdom There Is No Salvation)
  • 5 Conclusion
  • 3 Evangelicals in Search of Catholicity: Lausanne II in Manila
  • 1 Gospel of the Kingdom and 'Coinherence': The Intermingling of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit
  • 2 Eschatology: It Is Always Soon
  • 3 The Whole Church: Growth or Obesity?
  • 4 Conclusion
  • Setting 2: Cambridge
  • 4 Henry Martyn: Missionary Scholar for Our Age?
  • 1 Introduction: Portraits
  • 2 Henry Martyn's Life and Context
  • 3 Martyn's Influence on People in the Past and Today
  • 4 The Study of Mission, Dialogue and World Christianity Today
  • 5 Conclusion: Martyn's Challenge for Vocations for Our Age
  • 5 Icon of Indian Indigeneity: Abdul Masih
  • 1 The Turban: A Muslim Convert
  • 2 The Open New Testament
  • 3 The Books and Bottles
  • 6 Mission and the Meeting of Faiths: Max Warren and John V. Taylor
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Background Influences on Warren and Taylor
  • 3 Warren's Theology of Christian Presence and of Attention Christian Presence Series
  • 4 Ecumenical Lectures in Israel
  • 5 A Theology of Attention
  • 6 The Debate with John Hick on Uniqueness
  • 7 Taylor's Theology of the Go-Between Spirit and the Meeting of Faiths
  • 8 The Primal Vision
  • 9 The Go-Between God
  • 10 Lambeth Inter-Faith Lecture
  • 11 Conclusions: Warren and Taylor's Influence in World Christianity in the Later Part of the Twentieth Century
  • Setting 3: Islington
  • 7 Worship on Upper Street, Islington
  • 1 Context
  • 2 Good Friday Procession, 2003
  • 3 Good Friday Procession, 2004
  • 4 Good Friday Procession, 2005
  • 5 Guest Service and the South African Mysteries
  • 6 Civic Services and Muslim Interviews
  • 7 Christmas Day Broadcast, 2004 BBC
  • 8 Praise Nights
  • 9 Conclusion
  • 8 Canal, River and Rapids: Contemporary Evangelicalism in the Church of England
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Current Outlines of Watercourses
  • 3 Navigators
  • 4 Historical Reflections on the Watercourses
  • 5 Theological Reflections on the Watercourses
  • 6 Conclusion: Rigour without Rancour
  • 9 Don't Throw Stones: Deuteronomy and the Prodigal Son
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Deuteronomy 21.15-17 Protection against a Capricious Father
  • 3 Deuteronomy 21.18-21 The Dreadful Stoning of the Son at the Town Gate
  • 4 An Honourable Father and Son Relationship in Modern Hebrew Scholarship
  • 5 The Awful Sentence
  • 6 Luke 15.11-32 Welcome Home for a Lost Son
  • 7 Deuteronomy 21:22-23 and Galatians 3:13 Paul's Reinterpretation
  • 8 Conclusion
  • Setting 4: Sherborne
  • 10 Doing Theology as a Bishop
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Word - Ezra 7.10
  • 3 Tradition - Isaiah 51.1
  • 4 Sacrament - 1 Corinthians 11.26
  • 5 Unity - Ephesians 3. 18
  • 6 Conclusion
  • 11 South Sudan: Birth and New Life
  • 1 The Promised Land, July 2011
  • 2 Learning Together in Malakal, February 2013
  • 12 Saint Stephen Harding: From Sherborne to Cîteaux
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Portraits
  • 3 Sources
  • 4 Life
  • 5 Conclusion
  • Setting 5: Lambeth
  • 13 Sarah the Mother of Mission
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Exposition in Text, Painting and Poem
  • 3 Ramifications in Mission, Theology and Theologians
  • 4 Conclusion
  • 14 Evangelical-Roman Catholic Dialogue on Mission, 1977-84: Insights and Significance
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Background
  • 3 Meetings
  • 4 Report
  • 5 Conclusion: Insights and Significance
  • 15 Remembering, Thinking, Imagining: Augustine, Anselm and Rowan
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Remembering: Augustine
  • 3 Thinking: Anselm
  • 4 Imagining: Rowan
  • 5 Conclusion
  • 16 Maps and Myths Matter: Christianity in the Global South
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Maps Matter
  • 3 Myths Matter
  • 4 Conclusion
  • 17 Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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