To Whom Does Christianity Belong? Dyron B. Daughrity. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2015. Summary: This book argues that when one speaks of “Christianity” this must be understood in global terms in all of its diversity of expression and not simply in the forms we Westerners are most accustomed to. … [Read more...] about Book Review: To Whom Does Christianity Belong?
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Book Review: Review: Grassroots Asian Theology
Grassroots Asian Theology: Thinking the Faith from Ground Up by Simon Chan. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2014. Summary: In contrast to the growing list of “contextual” Asian theologies out of academic “elitist” settings, Chan explores the Asian theologies implicit in the popular church movements and writers in the Asian context, and particularly the significance of Pentecostal theology. One of the healthy developments in our post-colonial setting is the increasing number of Majority World theologians … [Read more...] about Book Review: Review: Grassroots Asian Theology
Book Review: Kingdom Without Borders
Kingdom Without Borders: The Untold Story of Global Christianity. Miriam Adeney. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2009. Summary: Adeney, a professor of global and urban ministries, chronicles the global spread of Christianity through stories of sacrificial and courageous Christians in the Majority World. Philip Jenkins has studied the spread of Christianity in the southern hemisphere and majority world. For many this is a study of statistics and demographics. Miriam Adeney tells a similar story, not so much … [Read more...] about Book Review: Kingdom Without Borders
The University Today: Challenges and Opportunities (Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqIWGAKDfa8 Earlier Bob Trube, Senior Area Director, IVCF/USA shared the transcript (with minor edits) of The University Today: Challenges and Opportunities, a presentation he gave at the IFES World Assembly (Oaxtepec, Mexico, 7/22/2015). Now the video is available online and the Emerging Scholars Network (ESN) doesn't want you miss it! Furthermore, we encourage you to find an opportunity with peers to discuss the four "change" forces in the university that offer both challenges … [Read more...] about The University Today: Challenges and Opportunities (Video)
The University Today: Challenges and Opportunities
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship's Emerging Scholars Network (ESN) interrupts their regularly scheduled programming to bring you the transcript (with minor edits) of a presentation given by Bob Trube, Senior Area Director, IVCF/USA, at the IFES World Assembly (Oaxtepec, Mexico, 7/22/2015). In considering The University Today, Bob addresses four "change" forces in the university that offer both challenges to and opportunities for mission in the university. After presenting, he received a number of requests for … [Read more...] about The University Today: Challenges and Opportunities