CONTENTS Maps Historical-Theological Theme Summary Charts Foreword by Justo L. Gonz lez Preface to the ASM Series Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction PART I CONSTANTS IN CONTEXT: Biblical and Theological Foundations CHAPTER 1: AMISSIONARY BY ITS VERY NATURE@ Context and the Church's Mission The Acts of the Apostles: The Church Emerging in Mission Seven Stages of Mission in Acts Apostles Stage One: Before Pentecost Stage Two: Pentecost Stage Three: Stephen Stage Four: Samaria and the Ethiopian Eunuch Stage Five: Cornelius and His Household Stage Six: Antioch Stage Seven: The Mission to the Gentiles Conclusion CHAPTER 2: “YOU ARE WITNESSES OF THESE THINGS” Constants in the Church=s Mission Six Constants of Mission, Three Types of Theology Type A Theology: Mission as Saving Souls and Extending the Church Type A Christology Type A Ecclesiology Type A Eschatology Salvation in Type A Theology Type A Anthropology Culture and Type A Theology Type B Theology: Mission as Discovery of the Truth Type B Christology Type B Ecclesiology Type B Eschatology Salvation in Type B Theology Type B Anthropology Culture and Type B Theology Type C Theology: Mission as Commitment to Liberation and Transformation Type C Christology Type C Ecclesiology Type C Eschatology Salvation in Type C Theology Type C Anthropology Culture and Type C Theology Conclusion PART II CONSTANTS IN CONTEXT Historical Models of Mission CHAPTER THREE: Mission in the Early Church (100-301) Individual Christians in a Variety of Situations The Eastward Expansion of Christianity Mission in the East Mission within the Roman Empire The Social-Political Context The Religious Context The Institutional Context Models of Mission Evangelists, Bishops, Apologists, Teachers and Martyrs The Primary Model: Baptism As a Call to Mission Women in Mission Constants in the Context of the Early Church Implications for the Theology of Mission Today CHAPTER FOUR: Mission and the Monastic Movement (313-907) From Constantine to the Decline of the T=ang Dynasty The Mission of The East Syrian Church The Social-Political Context The Religious Context The Institutional Context Models of Mission Christianity in India The First Christian Mission to China Early Islam and Christianity in Asia The Mission of the African Church The Mission of the Churches of the Latin West and Greek East The Social-Political Context The Religious Context The Institutional Context Models of Mission Beginnings of Monasticism in Roman Empire Irish Monasticism Benedictine Monasticism Anglo-Saxon Monasticism Mass Conversions The Byzantine Mission Constants in the Context of the Early Medieval Period Implications for the Theology of Mission Today CHAPTER FIVE: MISSION AND THE MENDICANT MOVEMENT (1000-1453) Crusades, Preachers, Nuns, and Mongolian Christianity The Mission of the Churches of the Latin West and Greek East The Social-Political Context The Religious Context The Institutional Context Models of Mission Francis of Assisi Francis and Islam Clare of Assisi The Beguine Movement The Third Order of Franciscan Women The First Order of Francis Franciscans and Mission Dominic of Caleruega Dominican Women and Laity Catherine of Siena Dominicans and Mission The Mendicant Model of Mission The Byzantine Mission The Mission of the East Syrian Church Constants in the Context of the Later Medieval Period Implications for the Theology of Mission Today CHAPTER SIX: “MISSION IN THE AAGE OF DISCOVERY” (1492-1773) Conquistadors, Prophets, and Gurus The Mission of the Churches of the West The Social-Political Context The Religious Context The Institutional Context Models of Mission of the Catholic Church in the Americas The Prophetic Model of Bartolomé de Las Casas The Convento Model The Jesuit AReductions@ Model French Mission Approaches Models of Mission of the Catholic Church in Asia Francis Xavier Alessandro Valignano Matteo Ricci Robert de Nobili Alexandre de Rhodes The Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith The Rites Controversy and the Decline in Missionary Activity Models of Mission within Protestantism Constants in the Context of the AAge of Discovery@ Implications for the Theology of Mission Today CHAPTER SEVEN: MISSION IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY (1792-1914) Civilizers, Evangelizers, and Volunteer Societies The Mission of the Churches in the West The Social-Political Context The Religious Context The Institutional Context Models of Mission within Protestantism The Society Model and William Carey Henry Venn, Samuel Ajaji Crowther and David Livingstone Imperialism, AFaith Missions,@ Student Movements, and the ASocial Gospel@ Women in Mission The World Missionary Conference of Edinburgh Models of Mission of the Catholic Church Anne-Marie Javouhey, François Libermann, and Rose Duchesne Charles Lavigerie, Daniel Comboni, and Katherine Drexel Models of Mission of the Orthodox Church Constants in the Context of the AAge of Progress@ Implications for the Theology of Mission Today CHAPTER EIGHT: MISSION IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (1919-1991) The Emergence of World Christianity The Twentieth Century World The Social-Political Context The Religious Context The Institutional Context Models of Mission of the Catholic Church: Certainty, Ferment, Crisis and Rebirth Certainty: From Maximum Illud until the Second Vatican Council Ferment: The Second Vatican Council Crisis: The Decade After the Council Rebirth: Evangelii Nuntiandi to Dialogue and Proclamation The International Missionary Council German and Anglo-Saxon Missionary Activity Mission, Other Religions, and Church Unity Mission as Presence and Dialogue Evangelical and Conciliar Protestants in Mission Evangelical Mission as Proclamation and Church Growth Conciliar Mission as Wholeness, Pluralism and Enlightenment Models of Mission of the Orthodox Church: Presence, Proclamation, and Ecumenism New Models of Church and Mission African Initiated Churches and Mission Other Indigenous Church Movements Pentecostalism and Mission Constants in the Context of the Twentieth Century Implications for a Theology of Mission Today PART III CONSTANTS IN CONTEXT A Theology of Mission for Today From the Twentieth to the Twenty-First Century in Mission CHAPTER NINE: MISSION AS PARTICIPATION IN THE MISSION OF GOD (MISSIO DEI) Ad Gentes and Documents of the Orthodox Churches Ad Gentes Documents of the Orthodox Churches Theologians and Missiologists Missio Dei and the Six Constants of Mission Conclusion CHAPTER TEN: MISSION AS LIBERATING SERVICE OF THE REIGN OF GOD Evangelii Nuntiandi and the Documents of the World Council of Churches Evangelii Nuntiandi Documents of the World Council of Churches Theologians and Missiologists The Reign of God and the Six Constants of Mission Conclusion CHAPTER ELEVEN: MISSION AS PROCLAMATION OF JESUS CHRIST AS UNIVERSAL SAVIOR Redemptoris Missio and the Documents of the Evangelical and Pentecostal Churches Redemptoris Missio Evangelical Documents Pentecostal Documents Theologians and Missiologists Christocentrism and the Six Constants of Mission Conclusion CHAPTER TWELVE MISSION AS PROPHETIC DIALOGUE Introduction Witness and Proclamation as Prophetic Dialogue Witness Proclamation Liturgy, Prayer and Contemplation as Prophetic Dialogue Liturgy Prayer and Contemplation Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation as Prophetic Dialogue Justice Peace Integrity of Creation Interreligious Dialogue as Prophetic Dialogue Inculturation as Prophetic Dialogue Reconciliation as Prophetic Dialogue Conclusion CONCLUDING Reflections: On Being constant in Today’s context Notes INDEX