Worldview for Christian Witness
by Charles H. Kraft William Carey Library, 1605 E. Elizabeth St., Pasadena, CA 91104, 2008, 547 pages, $29.99. —Reviewed by Brian M. Howell, associate professor of anthropology, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois. Few scholars of missionary method and theory have made more impact than Charles Kraft. Along with Paul Hiebert and Donald McGavran, Kraft’s career has […]
We’re in this Boat Together: Leadership Succession between the Generations
by Camille F. Bishop Authentic Publishing, 1820 Jet Stream Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80921, 2008, 176 pages, $14.99. —Reviewed by Steve Hoke, vice president for people development, Church Resource Ministries (CRM), Anaheim, California. Long-term YWAM staffer Camille Bishop is on the faculty of the University of the Nations, where she teaches courses on educational leadership […]
Shaping the Future: Girls and Our Destiny
This book is for people reaching out to children and women in any kind of context.
Missional House Churches: Reaching Our Communities with the Gospel
Finally, someone has done preliminary research on the evangelistic effectiveness of house churches in the United States.
From Seed to Fruit: Global Trends, Fruitful Practices, and Emerging Issues among Muslims
by J. Dudley Woodberry, ed. William Carey Library, 1605 E. Elizabeth St., Pasadena, Calif. 91104, 2008, 428 pages, includes a CD with supplemental resources on global trends and fruitful practices, $20.99. —Reviewed by Scott Hedley, a research associate in Asia. God is doing exciting new things in bringing Muslims to faith in Christ, and God’s […]
Faith of Our Fathers: God in Ancient China
Thong writes persuasively that God wants the Chinese people to know him and to love him, and to that purpose has left many markers or signposts scattered throughout Chinese history and culture.
Communicating Christ through Story and Song: Orality in Buddhist Contexts
Communicating Christ through Story and Song; Orality in Buddhist Contexts is a collection of papers presented by practitioners working among Buddhists.
China’s Millions: The China Inland Mission and Late Qing Society, 1832–1905
by Alvyn Austin Studies in the History of Christian Missions. Eerdmans, 2140 Oak Industrial Drive N.E., Grand Rapids, MI 49505, 2007, xxxii + 506 pages, $45.00. —Reviewed by Ryan Dunch, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Few stories in the history of missions have been told more often or more […]
A New Vision for Missions: William Cameron Townsend, the Wycliffe Bible Translators, and the Culture of Early Evangelical Faith Missions, 1896-1945
by William Lawrence Svelmoe University of Alabama Press, Box 870380, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0380, 2008, 400 pages, $46.00. —Reviewed by Dave Broucek, EMQ book review editor. When we evangelical missionaries write our own books, we tell our stories as we want them to be told. A New Vision for Missions tells our story as researched by […]
Folk Religions
Previously, we wrote about Religions on the Web (October 2002). In this installment, we will focus more closely on what are called folk or popular religions.