Good Missiology and Interfaith Dialogue

On September 2, 2014

By Samuel Escobar A Latin American Perspective In the evangelical atmosphere in which I grew up in Peru in the 1950s, a distinctive mark of a bona fide Evangelical was that he or she did not believe in or practice dialogue. We were people with convictions that were to be proclaimed, not questioned or discussed. […]

“Giftive Mission” and Interfaith Dialogue

On September 2, 2014

By Frances S. Adeney Although often seen as being in opposition, Christian mission and interreligious dialogue complement each other. Linking them requires moving beyond two stereotypes: First, that mission is a we-they activity; that is, mission involves Christians ministering to the foreigner and the strange culture, the other religion, the needy, and so forth. The […]

ENDNOTES
1. Frances S. Adeney, Graceful Evangelism: Christian Witness in a Complex World (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2010).
2. Terry C. Muck and Frances S. Adeney, Christianity Encountering World Religions: The Practice of Mission in the Twenty-First Century (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2009).
3. See http://place.asburyseminary.edu/asburyjournal/.
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Interfaith Engagement as Prophetic Dialogue

On September 2, 2014

By Stephen Bevans When the editors of the journal sent me the invitation to reflect on the relationship between interfaith engagement and Christian mission I was quite surprised. My surprise was not that I had been asked to reflect on the topic—I certainly have something to say in this regard. My surprise, rather, was to […]