Book Reviews

by EMQ editor Balisky, E. Paul. 2009. Wolaitta Evangelists: A Study of Religious Innovation in Southern Ethiopia, 1937-1975. American Society of Missiology Monograph Series. Eugene, Ore.: Pickwick Publications. Fox

by Enoch Wan and Michael Pocock, eds. Evangelical Missiological Society Series 17. William Carey Library, 1605 E. Elizabeth St., Pasadena, CA 91104, 2009, 411 pages, $14.99. —Reviewed by Christopher

Kingdom without Borders: The Untold Story of Global Christianity is a sweeping appraisal of the global advance of Christianity and the state of the Church around the world.

Terry Muck and Frances Adeney have written a rich and stimulating work which proposes a new way of thinking about and practicing Christian mission among adherents of other religions.

Dawson interviewed “as many people as we could from all walks of life” to read the vital signs of life for doing evangelism.

Alan R. Johnson seeks to respond to the increasingly fuzzy definitions of missions and missionary identity.

Forgotten Girls is a collection of brief, yet poignantly written, vignettes depicting the often harrowing lives of girls in the Majority World.

Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert have sought to help North American congregations—and their missionaries—to constructively participate in poverty-alleviating strategies.

The vital role of prevenient grace in world mission, the catholic spirit of John Wesley, and “being with” as a Wesleyan incarnational impulse are but a few of the bracing topics unpacked in World Mission in the Wesleyan Spirit.

Jay Moon’s wonderful book deserves a place in the collection of anyone who has an interest in contextualization or effective ministry in oral settings.