Changing Face of World Missions or An American Dilemma Revisited

Changing Face of World Missions: Engaging Contemporary Issues and Trends (Encountering Mission Sereis)

Author: Michael Pocock

The dramatic changes that have taken place both in global society and in the church have implications for how the church does missions in the twenty-first century. These trends include the rise of postmodernism, the spiritual decline in the West and the advance of the gospel in the rest of the world, and the impact of technology on society and missions.

The Changing Face of World Missions is for the mission-minded church leader or lay person who wants to understand these trends. Each chapter identifies and evaluates a trend, examines it in light of Scripture, and proposes a practical response. Important terms are defined, and sidebars help readers think through the issues on their own.

Table of Contents:

1	Globalization : New York's in New Delhi, Manila's in Los Angeles	21
2	Changing demographics : the impact of migration, HIV/AIDS, and children at risk	45
3	Religionquake : from world religions to multiple spiritualities	79
4	The changing basis of knowledge : from modernity to postmodernity	105
5	The disappearing center : from Christendom to global Christianity	131
6	Changing motivations for missions : from "fear of Hell" to "the glory of God"	161
7	Increasing awareness of spiritual power : the spiritual warfare orientation to missions	183
8	Innovation in mission opearations : creative-access platforms	209
9	Working together : beyond individual efforts to networks of collaboration	247
10	The changing uses of money : from self-support to international partnership	279
11	The impact of new technologies : life in the virtual world and beyond	299
12	Contextualization : from an adapted message to an adapted life	321

Interesting textbook:

An American Dilemma Revisited: Race Relations in a Changing World

Author: Obie Clayton

Fifty years after the publication of An American Dilemma, Gunnar Myrdal's epochal study of racism and black disadvantage, An American Dilemma Revisited confronts the pivotal issue of race in American society and explores how the status of African Americans has changed over the past half century. Using Myrdal as a benchmark, the contributors analyze historical developments, examine current conditions, and investigate strategies for positive change within the core arenas of modern societypolitical, economic, educational, and judicial. The central question posed by this volume is whether the presence of a disproportionately African American "underclass" has become a permanent phenomenon. Several contributors tie the unevenness of black economic mobility to educational limitations, social isolation, and changing workplace demands. The evolution of a more suburban, service-dominated economy that favors advanced academic training has severely constrained the employment prospects of many urban African Americans with limited education. An American Dilemma Revisited argues that there is hope to be found in black educational institutions, black community enterprises, and the social activism of African Americans at the local level.

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