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Engaging globalization : the poor, Christian mission, and our hyperconnected world
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Engaging globalization : the poor, Christian mission, and our hyperconnected world / Bryant L. Myers.
ISBN
9780801097980
0801097983
Publication
Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group, [2017]
Copyright Notice Date
©2017
Physical Description
xxi, 282 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Summary
Globalization is speeding up our world, extending our relationships globally and bringing us closer together in positive and not-so-positive ways. The church and many Christians, however, remain largely unaware of its seductive power, resulting in a failure of vision for mission in today's world. This up-to-date resource by a veteran leader in global development work with World Vision orients readers to the history of globalization and to a Christian theological perspective on it, explores concrete realities by focusing on global poverty, and helps readers reimagine Christian mission in ways that announce the truly good news of Christ and God's kingdom. Diagrams and sidebars that incorporate the voices of global partners are included. This is the second book in a new series that reframes missiological themes and studies for students using/featuring the common theme of mission as partnership with Christians.
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Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 06, 2018
Series
Mission in global community
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-275) and index.
Contents
Section 1: Setting the Stage. 1. Introduction and the Path Forward
2. Twin Foundations. Theological Affirmations
Complex Adaptive Social Systems
Questions for Discussion
Section 2: Introducing Globalization. 3. Understanding Globalization. The Problem of Definitions
Globalization from Below
The Dark Side of Globalization
The Dynamic Domains of Globalization
4. The Ambiguities of Globalization. The Emergent Nature of Globalization
Globalization's Unresolved Issues of Concern
The Challenge to the Church in Mission
Section 3: The Two Eras of Globalization. 5. The First Era of Globalization: Going Global by Migration, Conquest and Mission. The First Era
The Transformation of Britain
6. The Second Era of Globalization: Globally Connected and Closer Together. The Second Era
Globalization I: 1800-1914
The Great Disruption: 1914-89
Globalization II: 1989 to Today
Section 4: The Impact of Globalization. 7. The Impact of Two Hundred Years of Globalization. Economic Growth
Technological Change
People Are Moving
Better Human Lives
Culture and People Change
8. Assessing the Second Era of Globalization. What Happened to the Poor?
Differing Perspectives on Globalization
The Last Two Hundred Years in a Nutshell
As we move on
Section 5: Globalization and the Poor. 9. Globalization's Response to Poverty. The State of the Poor Today
The Global Response to the Poor
10. Contemporary Thinking on Development. Global Proposals for Poverty Eradication
Recent Insights
Faith and Development
Section 6: Globalization and the Church. 11. Globalization and World Christianity. Two Preliminaries
Christianity: An Enduring Globalism
The Globalism of World Christianity
The Changing Shape of the Christian Church
The Frontiers of Mission Today
12. The Theological Limitations of Globalization. A Flawed Anthropology
The Problem of Power
The Relegation of Morality and Ethics
The Missing Moral Ecology of Globalization
13. The Christian Engagement with Globalization. A Protestant Contribution / Max Stackhouse
A Roman Catholic Contribution / Daniel Groody
Changing Culture / James Davison Hunter
The Decisive Importance of Prayer
14. The Missiological Challenge of Globalization. The Mission Field Has Changed
A Different Kind of Missionary
Discipleship Formation and Spiritual Disciplines
Recovering the Good News in the Good News
Recovering Our Confidence
Are We Up to the Task?.
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