Folk Religions
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April 1, 2009
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.
Volume 45 – Issue 2
A New Vision for Missions: William Cameron Townsend, the Wycliffe Bible Translators, and the Culture of Early Evangelical Faith Missions, 1896-1945
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April 1, 2009
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
Doing Missions Like It’s 1930?
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April 1, 2009
History seldom repeats itself in exactly the same way, although there are times when things look eerily similar. This present period looks a lot like the early 1930s.
China’s Millions: The China Inland Mission and Late Qing Society, 1832–1905
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April 1, 2009
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
Which Should Come First—Discipleship or Church Planting?
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April 1, 2009
The classic debate is an impassioned one with the goal of igniting the hearts of devout church planters, evangelists, and teachers.
Communicating Christ through Story and Song: Orality in Buddhist Contexts
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April 1, 2009
Communicating Christ through Story and Song; Orality in Buddhist Contexts is a collection of papers presented by practitioners working among Buddhists.
The Toddler’s School of Missiology: Everything I Needed to Know about Church Planting I Could Have Learned from My Children
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April 1, 2009
The author, a church planter in Burkina Faso, details how child-rearing and church planting can reveal similar lessons.
Faith of Our Fathers: God in Ancient China
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April 1, 2009
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.
A Story of Phenomenal Success: Indigenous Mission Training Centers and Myanmar
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April 1, 2009
Four transferable principles that make an indigenous church-planting movement more likely to succeed.
From Seed to Fruit: Global Trends, Fruitful Practices, and Emerging Issues among Muslims
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April 1, 2009
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
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