TY - BOOK AU - Hastings,Ross TI - Missional God, missional church: hope for re-evangelizing the West SN - 9780830839551 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - BV 2063 .H35 2012 PY - 2012/// CY - Downers Grove, IL PB - IVP Academic KW - Missions KW - Theory KW - Church KW - Trinity N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p.[323]-325) and index; The greatest commission -- Breaking free through discerning inculturation -- Breaking free of the entrapment of indiscriminate enculturation -- Greatest co-mission : the missional Trinity -- Communities of Christ's risen presence -- Mission of incarnation and resurrection -- Communities of Christ's crucified presence : beautiful scars -- Mission about the cross, mission under the cross : his completed redemption -- Communities of the Triune missional God : mission the mother of theology, theology the mother of mission -- Mission as theosis -- Communities of the spirit : gathered and scattered -- Communities of forgiveness : mission of absolution and freedom N2 - Western Culture has become increasingly secularized as the influence and strength of the church has diminished. Is there hope for the church re-evangelizing the West? In this theology of God and the church, Ross Hastings says yes ER -