In the Midst of Change: Shaking Up the EMQ Columns
by A. Scott Moreau and Laurie Nichols Mike O’Rear and I (Scott) started the Missions on the Web column in October 1997. Over those fifteen years, he and I developed a deep friendship. We took turns writing the column (with the non-writing partner editing and checking the links) without missing a beat. With Mike going […]
Other Books Received
Other Books Received
Anderson, Gerald H. with John Roxborogh, John M. Prior, and Christoffer H. Grundmann. 2012. Witness to World Christianity: The International Association for Mission Studies, 1972-2012. New Haven, Conn.: OMSC Publications.
Soul, Self, and Society: A Postmodern Anthropology for Mission in a Postcolonial World
by Michael Rynkiewich Cascade Books, 199 W. 8th Ave., Suite 3, Eugene, OR 97401, 2011, 280 pages (including bibliography and index), $33.00. —Reviewed by Elizabeth Korver-Glenn, Sociology Department, Rice University, Houston, Texas. In his self-proclaimed life’s work (Preface, xv), Michael Rynkiewich presents a wonderful introduction to the complex anthropological task missionaries around the world are […]
Questions Muslims Ask: What Christians Actually Do (and Don’t) Believe
by Robert Scott InterVarsity Press, P.O. Box 1400, Downers Grove, IL 60515, 2011, 162 pages, $15.00. —Reviewed by Gene Daniels, senior research associate, Fruitful Practice Research. Robert Scott’s book, Questions Muslims Ask, is a welcome addition to the current encounter between evangelical Christians and Islam. It is a true apologetic—friendly, yet truth-bearing, offering theological depth […]
Mission History of Asian Churches
by Timothy K. Park, editor William Carey Library, 1605 E. Elizabeth St., Pasadena, CA 91104, 2011, 256 pages, $17.99. —Reviewed by Will Brooks, Billy Graham School of Missions and Evangelism, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky. In the nineteenth century, Henry Venn and Rufus Anderson introduced the three-self philosophy of missions. One aim of […]
The Holy Spirit in Mission: Prophetic Speech and Actionin Christian Witness
by Gary Tyra InterVarsity Press, P.O. Box 1400, Downers Grove, IL 60515-1426, 2011, 191 pages. —Reviewed by Blayne C. Waltrip, adjunct faculty in world missions and church development, Pentecostal Theological Seminary; missionary instructor, Church of God World Missions, Cleveland, TN. One cannot deny the amazing growth of the Pentecostal/Charismatic movement worldwide during the twentieth century. […]
The Future of the Global Church
by Patrick Johnstone William Carey Library, 1605 E. Elizabeth St., Pasadena, CA 91104, 256 pages, 2011, $39.99. —Reviewed by Justin D. Long, missionary researcher, Mission to Unreached Peoples. In a world awash in information, we are always looking for improved ways for getting a handle on the current state of Christianity and the missionary task. […]
The Future of the Global Church
William Carey Library, 1605 E. Elizabeth St., Pasadena, CA 91104, 256 pages, 2011, $39.99. —Reviewed by Justin D. Long, missionary researcher, Mission to Unreached Peoples. In a world awash in information, we are always looking for improved ways for getting a handle on the current state of Christianity and the missionary task. Resources like the […]
Complexities of Money and Missions in Asia
by Paul H. De Neui, editor SEANET Series, vol. 9. William Carey Library, 1605 E. Elizabeth Street, Pasadena, CA 91104, 2012, xiv+156 pages, $15.99. —Reviewed by Edwin R. Zehner, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California. This volume asks what levels of missionary living and organizational expenditure best aid effectiveness while avoiding […]
Called to Controversy: The Unlikely Story of Moishe Rosen and the Founding of Jews for Jesus
by Ruth Rosen Thomas Nelson, P.O. Box 141000, Nashville, TN 37214, 2012, 320 pages, $22.99. —Reviewed by Theresa Newell, chairman and founding director, CMJ USA; North America coordinator, Lausanne Consultation on Jewish Evangelism, 1999-2007. Moishe Rosen put Jewish evangelism on the map in the last quarter of the twentieth century. He is the founder of […]