The Missiological Spirit

Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Reluctant Missiology: Christian Mission's Irrepressibility Pentecostal Missiology: Missiological Praxis North American Missiology: Mission Post-Christendom Systematic Missiology: Toward a Missiological Theology Part I-Reluctant Missiology: Indirect Missiological Reflection Chapter 1-Going Where the Spirit Goes ... : Engaging the Spirit(s) in J. C. Ma's Pneumatological Missiology Overview of the Book Religious Studies Perspectives Theological Analyses Chapter 2-"As the Spirit Gives Utterance ... ": Pentecost, Intra-Christian Ecumenism, and the Wider Oekumene Pentecost, Christian Mission, and the Non-Christian Faiths Theses for a Pneumatological Theology of Mission and Evangelization in a Religiously Plural World Chapter 3-A P(new)matological Paradigm for Christian Mission in a Religiously Plural World Elements of a Pneumatological Theology of Religious Pluralism Toward a Pneumatological Missiology of Interfaith Encounter Remaining Challenges for a Pneumatological Theology of Christian Mission in a Religiously Plural World Part II-Pentecostal Missiology: Pragmatic Mission Theology Chapter 4-The Spirit of Hospitality: Pentecostal Perspectives toward a Performative Theology of Interreligious Encounter The Challenge of Religious Pluralism for Modern Pentecostalism The Spirit Poured Out on All Flesh: Pentecostal Perspectives toward a Pneumatological Theology of Religions The Spirit of Hospitality: Toward a Pneumatological Theology of Hospitality A Pneumatological Theology of Interreligious Hospitality: Performing Christian Mission in a Religiously Plural World Chapter 5-Missiology and the Interreligious Encounter (with Tony Richie) Pentecostal Theologies of Mission Pentecostal Theologies of the Religions Pentecostalism, Missions, and the Contemporary Interreligious Encounter Chapter 6-From Demonization to Kin-domization: The Witness of the Spirit and the Renewal of Missions in a Pluralistic World Demonization and the Religious Other: The Challenge for Renewal Missiology The Missiology of Renewal and the Renewal of Missiology: Apostolic Insights in a Pluralistic World Mission and Kin-domization: Pentecost and Mission in a Pluralistic World Part III-North American Missiology: Theology of Mission Post-Christendom Chapter 7-The Missiology of Jamestown 1607-2007 and Beyond: Toward a Postcolonial Theology of Mission in North America Theological Questions after Jamestown Missiological Prospects after Jamestown Toward a Postcolonial Theology of Mission in North America Chapter 8-The Buddhist-Christian Encounter in the USA: Reflections on Christian Practices The Buddhist-Christian Encounter in America: A Brief Overview Toward a Christian Theology of Interreligious Practices in Dialogue with Buddhism Chapter 9-The Church and Mission Theology in a Post-Constantinian Era: Soundings from the Anglo-American Frontier The Politics of Mission: Yoder's Post-Constantinian Proposals Resident Aliens: Hauerwas as a Colony Missiologist? Emergent Church: Missions Post-Christendom Part IV-Systematic Missiology: Notes for a Christian Missiological Theology Chapter 10-Primed for the Spirit: Creation, Redemption, and the Missio Spiritus Pneumatological Foundations for Christian Mission The Spirit of Creation: Missio Spiritus-Act 1 The Spirit of Redemption: Missio Spiritus-Act 2 The Spirit of the Eschaton: Missio Spiritus-Act 3 Pneumatological Prolepsis and Christian Mission Chapter 11-Christological Constants in Shifting Contexts: Jesus Christ and the Missio Spiritus in a Pluralistic World Christ the King: The Spirit Enables Proclamation and Confession of Jesus Prophetic Christ: The Spirit Empowers the Hands of the Body of Christ to Anticipate the Reign of God Christ the Priest: The Spirit Dialogically Engages Human Hearts and Lives with the Living Christ Missio Spiritu Christi in a Pluralistic World Chapter 12-God, Christ, Spirit: Christian Pluralism and Evangelical Mission in the Twenty-First Century Trinitarian Theology and Christian Mission in a Pluralistic World Mission as Relational: Interfaith Opportunities and Challenges Mission as Shalomic: Multi-Religious Ideals and Realities Mission as Transformational: Toward a New "Us" and "Them" Conclusion-Christian Mission Theology: Toward a Pneumato-Missiological Praxis for the Third Millennium The Missiological Spirit The Missiological Spirit Pneumato-Missiological Praxis for the Twenty-First Century Bibliography Scripture Index