TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ott,Craig
AU  - Strauss,Stephen J.
AU  - Tennent,Timothy C.
TI  - Encountering theology of mission: biblical foundations, historical developments, and contemporary issues 
T2  - Encountering mission
SN  - 9780801026621 (pbk.)
AV  - BV 2063 .O88 2010
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Grand Rapids, Mich.
PB  - Baker Academic
KW  - Missions
KW  - Theory
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-359) and indexes; Biblical foundations of mission; God and the nations in the Old Testament; God and the nations in the New Testament; The justification of mission : missio Dei; The purpose and nature of mission; The task of missions : convictions and controversy; The task of missions : convergence and conclusions --; Motives and means for mission; The motivation for missions; The church and mission; The missionary vocation; Spiritual dynamics and mission --; Mission in local and global context; Contextualization and mission; Christian encounter with other religions : toward an evangelical theology of religions; The necessity of mission : three uncomfortable questions
N2  - The authors discuss biblical theology of mission, provide historical overviews of the development of various viewpoints, and address theologically current issues in global mission from an evangelical perspective. --from publisher description
ER  -