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bullet Reviews will normally be of a maximum length of 600 words.

Contact : Dr Paul Kollman, csc, Book Review Editor, MISSION STUDIES, 
130 Malloy Hall, Department of Theology, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 USA.

Books Recently Received:


Abbott, Margery Post and Peggy Senger Parsons, eds.  2004. Walk Worthy of Your Calling: Quakers and the Traveling Ministry. Friends Press.

Albrecht, M, Veit Arlt, Barbara Müller, and Jürg Schneider. 2004. Getting Pictures Right: Context and Interpretation. Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag.

Anderson, Emma. 2007. The Betrayal of Faith: The Tragic Journey of a Colonial Native Convert. Harvard University Press.

Balisky, E. Paul. 2009. Wolaitta Evangelists: A Study of Religious Innovation in Southern Ethiopia, 1937-1975. Pickwick.

Bargiacci, Enzo Gualtiero. 2008. A Bridge Across Two Cultures: Ippolito Desideri S. J. (1684-1733), a Brief Biography. Istituto Geografico Militare, Florence (also an Italian language description of the research project itself, Progetto Desideri, also 2008)

Barton, Ruth Haley. 2006. Sacred Rhythms: Arranging Our Lives for Spiritual Transformation. InterVarsity Press.

Bascom, Tim. 2006. Chameleon Days: An American Boyhood in Ethiopia. Mariner Books.

Bauman, Chad M. 2008. Christian Identity and Dalit Religion in Hindu India, 1868-1947. Eerdmans.

Benson, Bruce Ellis and Peter Goodwin Heltzel, eds. 2008. Evangelicals and Empire: Christian Alternatives to the Political Status Quo. Brazos Press.

Bergrunder, Michael. 2008. The South Indian Pentecostal Movement in the Twentieth Century. Eerdmans.

Bessenecker, Scott A. 2006. The New Friars: The Emerging Movement Serving the World's Poor. InterVarsity Press.

Bevans, Stephen B. 2009. An Introduction to Theology in a Global Perspective. Orbis.

Bishwende, Augustin Ramazani. 2008. Pour une ecclésiolgie trinitaire dans la postmodernité et la mondialisation. 2 vols. Paris: L'Harmattan.

Blue, Kevin. 2006. Practical Justice: Living Off-Center in a Self-Centered World. InterVarsity Press.

Bock, Darrell L. and Mitch Glaser, eds. 2008. To the Jew First: The Case for Jewish Evangelism in Scripture and History. Kregel.

Bongmba, Elias K. 2007. Facing a Pandemic: The African Church and the Crisis of AIDS. Baylor University Press.

Borght, E. A. J. G. Van der, ed. 2006. Religion without Ulterior Motive. Brill.

Borup, Jørn. 2008. Japanese Rinzai Zen Buddhism: Myōshinji, a living religion. Brill.

Brownson, James V., Inagrace T. Dietterich, Barry A. Harvey, Charles C. West. 2003. Stormfront: The Good News of God. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans.

Budden, Chris. 2009. Following Jesus in Invaded Space: Doing Theology on Aboriginal Land. Princeton Theological Monograph Series. Pickwick

Burnett, David. 2006. The Spirit of Hinduism: A Christian Perspective on Hindu Life and Thought. Monarch Books.

Castle, Brian. 2004. Unofficial God? Voices from Beyond the Walls. SPCK: London.

Cavallato, Giuseppe. 2005. "Avançons au large!" La pensée missionaire de Jean-Paul II. Montreal: Missionnaires de la Consolata.

Chamberlain, Paul. 2005. Talking about Good and Bad without getting Ugly. InterVarsity Press.

Chilcote, Paul W. and Laceye C. Warner, eds. 2008. The Study of Evangelism: Explorying a Missional Practice of the Church. Eerdmans.

Claffey, Patrick. 2007. Christian Churches in Dahomey-Benin: A Study of Their Socio-Political Role. Brill.

Cole, Neil. 2008. Search & Rescue: Becoming a Disciple Who Makes a Difference. Baker.

Collins, Chuck and Mary Wright. 2007. The Moral Measure of the Economy. Orbis.

Corbitt, J. Nathan and Vivian Nix-Early 2003. Taking It to the Streets: Using the Arts to Transform Your Community. Grand Rapids, Michigan, US: Baker Books.

Cox, Baroness Caroline and Dr. John Marks. 2006. This Immoral Trade: Slavery in the 21st Century. Monarch Books.

Craig, William Lane and Paul M. Gould, eds. 2007. The Two Tasks of the Christian Scholar: Redeeming the Soul, Redeeming the Mind. Crossway.

Dahl-Bredine, Phil and Stephen Hicken. 2008. The Other Game: Lessons from How LIfe Is Played in Mexican Villages. Orbis

Dahlgren, Göran. 2007. La promotion de la littérature francophone de l'Afrique subsaharienne par l'État français 1960-1990. Missio No. 24, Swedish Institute of Missiological Research

Darch, John H. 2009. Missionary Imperialists? Missionaries, Government and the Growth of the British Empire in the Tropics, 1860-1885. Paternoster.

Daughrity, Dyron. 2008. Bishop Stephen Neill: From Edinburgh to South India. Peter Lang.

Dekar, Paul R. 2008. Community of the Transfiguration: The Journey of a New Monastic Community. Cascade Books.

Dickow, Helga and Andreas Heuser, eds. 2008. Religion on the Move: Exploring Passages in South African Christianity. Letters from Byblos, No. 23

Douglass, James W. 2008. JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters. Orbis.

Drane, John. 2008. After McDonaldization: Mission, Ministry, and Christian Discipleship in an Age of Uncertainty. Baker Books.

Dula, Peter and Alain Epp Weaver. 2007. Borders and Bridges: Mennonite Witness in a Religiously Diverse World. Cascadia

Dunson, Donald H. 2008. Child, Victim, Soldier: The Loss of Innocence in Uganda. Orbis.

Egan, Joe and Brendan McConvery, eds. 2005. Faithful Witness: Glimpses of the Kingdom. Dublin: Milltown Institute.

Ekka, Jhakmak Neeraj. 2007. Christ as Sacrament and Example: Luther's Theology of the Cross and Its Relevance for South Asia. Lutheran University Press.

Engelke, Matthew. 2007. A Problem of Presence: Beyond Scripture in an African Church. University of California Press.

Espín, Orlando, ed. 2009. Building Bridges, Doing Justice: Constructing Latino/a Ecumenical Theology. Orbis.

Everist, Norma Cook and Craig L. Nessan. 2008. Transforming Leadership: New Vision for a Church in Mission. Augsburg Fortress,

Fletcher, John. 2008. Unexampled Labours: Letters of the Revd John Fletcher to Leaders in the Evangelical Revival. ed. with an introduction by Peter S. Forsaith. Epworth.

Franke, John R. 2009. Manifold Witness: The Plurality of Truth. Abingdon.

Franzén, Ruth.  2008. Ruth Rouse among Students: Global, Missiological and Ecumenical Perspectives. Studia Missionalia Svecana CV

Frassetto, Sergio. 2002. Poètes du désert. Les missionaries de Consolata, Canada

Fredericks, James L. 2004. Buddhists and Christians: Through Comparative Theology to Solidarity. Orbis.

Frost, Michael. 2006. Exiles: Living Missionally in a Post-Christian Culture. Hendrickson

Furtwangler, Albert. 2005. Bringing Indians to the Book. Seattle, Washington:

Gailey, Charles R. and Howard Culbertson. 2007. Discovering Missions. Beacon Hill Press.

Gariepy, Henry. 2009. Christianity in Action: The International History of The Salvation Army. Eerdmans.

Gibbs, Eddie. 2005. LeadershipNext: Changing Leaders in a Changing Culture. InterVarsity press.

Gibbs, Eddie. 2009. ChurchMorph: How Megatrends Are Reshaping Christian Communities Baker Books.

Goheen, Michael and Margaret O'Hara, eds. 2006. That the World May Believe: Essays on Mission and Unity in Honour of George Vandervelde. University Press of America.

Götx, Thomas Josef and Thomas Gerold, eds. 2006 Die Mystick im Buddhismus un im Christentum und Aspekte des interreligiösen Dialogs. EOS Verlag St. Ottilien.

Grafton, David D. 2009. Piety, Politics, and Power: Lutherans Encountering Islam in the Middle East. PIckwick.

Gribble, Richard. 2008. Vincent McCauley, CSC: Bishop of the Poor, Apostle of East Africa. Ave Maria Press.

Gribble, Richard. 2009. The Implementation of Vatican II in Eastern Africa: The Contribution of Bishop Vincent McCauley, CSC. Edwin Mellen Press.

Greenlee, David H., ed. 2005. From the Straight Path to the Narrow Way: Journeys of Faith. Authentic Books

Greenstein, Howard R., Kendra G. Hotz, and John Kaltner. 2007. What Do Our Neighbors Believe? Questions and Answers on Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Westminster John Knox.

Gualtieri, Antonio. 2004. The Ahmadis: Community, Gender, and Politics in a Muslim Society. McGill-Queen's University Press.

Guillebaud, Simon. 2006. For What It's Worth: A Call to No Holds Barred Discipleship. Monarch Books.

Hackett, Rosalind I. J. , ed. 2008. Proselytization Revisited: Rights Talk, Free Markets and Culture Wars. Equinox.

Härtner, Achim and Holger Eschmann. 2004. Learning to Preach Today: A Guide for Communicators and Listeners. Sheffield, UK: Cliff College

Hawkins, MaryAnn and Juanita Evans Leonard, eds. 2009. A Thread of Hope: Church of God Women in Mission. Anderson University Press.

Hayes, Michael. 2004. Mission and Evangelization. New York: Burns & Oates.

Heim, Joseph A., ed. 2009. What They Taught Us: How Maryknoll Missioners Were Evangelized by the Poor. Orbis.

Heltzel, Peter Goodwin, ed. 2008. Chalice Introduction to Disciples Theology. Chalice Press.

Heslam, Peter, ed. 2004. Globalization and the Good. Eerdmans.

Hiebert, Paul G. 2009. The Gospel in Human Contexts: Anthropological Explorations for Contemporary Missions. Baker.

Hirsch, Alan 2007. The Forgotten Ways: Reactivating the Missional Church. Brazos Press.

Hirsch, Alan (with Darryn Altclass). 2009. The Forgotten Ways Handbook: A Practice Guide for Developing Missional Churches. Brazos.

Hoff, Marvin D., ed. 2009. Chinese Theological Education, 1979-2006. Eerdmans.

Hogan, Linda, ed. 2008. Applied Ethics in a World Church: The Padua Conference. Orbis.

Howell, Brian M. 2008. Christianity in the Local Context: Southern Baptists in the Philippines. Palgrave MacMillan

Howell, Brian M. and Edwin Zehner, eds. 2009. Power and Identity in the Global Church: Six Contemporary Cases. William Carey Library.

Hsu, Albert Y. 2006. The Suburban Christian: Finding Spiritual Vitality in the Land of Plenty. InterVarsity Press.

Ignatius, I. 2007. Religious Language and Historising Method. Delhi: Ishvani Kendra

Jaenike, William F.  2008. Black Robes in Paraguay: The Success of the Guarani Missions Hastened the Abolition of the Jesuits. Kirk House.

Jensen, L. Paul. 2009. Subversive Spirituality: Transforming Mission through the Collapse of Space and Time. Pickwick.

Jeong, Paul Yonggap. 2007. Mission from a Position of Weakness. Peter Lang.

Johnson, Samuel D. 2004. Schwarze Missionare -- weiße Missionaire: Beiträge westlicher Missionsgesellschaften und einheimischer Pioniere zur Entstehung der Baptistengemeinden in Kamerun (1841-1949). Kassel, Germany: Oncken Verlag.

Jones, Charles B. 2005. The View from Mars Hill: Christianity in the Landscape of World Religions. Cowley Publications.

Jongeneel, Jan A. B., Peter Tze Ming Ng, Chong Ku Paek, Scott W. Sunquist, and Yuko Watanabe, eds. 2009. Christian Mission and Education in Modern China, Japan, and Korea: Historical Studies. Peter Lang.

Jukko, Risto. 2007. Trinity in Unity in Christian-Muslim Relations: The Work of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. Brill.

Kalu, Ogbu, ed. and Alaine Low, associate editor. 2008. Interpreting Contemporary Christianity: Global Processes and Local Identities. Eerdmans.

Katongole, Emmanuel and Chris Rice. 2008. Reconciling All Things: A Christian Vision for Justice, Peace and Healing. InterVarsity Press. 

Keane, Webb 2007. Christian Moderns: Freedom and Fetish in the Mission Encounter. University of California Press.

Keifert, Patrick. 2007. We Are Here Now: A new Missional Era. Allelon Publishing.

Kelly, Anthony J. 2008. The Resurrection Effect: Transforming Christian Life and Thought. Orbis.

Kerr, Nathan R. 2009. Christ, History and Apocalyptic: The Politics of Christian Mission. Cascade Books.

King, Roberta R.  2009. Pathways in Christian Music Communication: The Case of the Senufo of Côte d'Ivoire. PIckwick.

Kleiderer, John, Paula Minaert, and Mark Mossa (general editor Dolores R. Leckey. 2006. Just War, Lasting Peace: What Christian Traditions Can Teach Us. Orbis.

Knighton, Ben. 2005. The Vitality of Karamajong Religion: Dying Tradition or Living Faith? Ashgate.

Korgen, Jeffry Odell. 2007. Solidarity Will Transform the World: Stories of Hope from Catholic Relief Services. Orbis.

Koschorke, Klaus, ed. 2009. Falling Walls: The Year 1989/90 as a Turning Point in the History of World Christianity. Harrassowitz Verlag. (articles in German and English)

Kriel, Lize. 2009. The 'Malaboch' Books: Kgaluši in the 'Civilization of the Written Word'. Franz Steiner Verlag.

Kuhn, Marko. 2008. Prophetic Christianity in Western Kenya: Political, Cultural and Theological Aspects of African Independent Churches. Peter Lang.

Kumar, P. Pratap, ed.  2006. Religious Pluralism in the Diaspora. Brill

Kunter, Katharina and Jens Holger Schjørring, eds. 2008. Changing Relations between Churches in Europe and Africa: The Internationalization of Christianity and Politics in the 20th Century. Harrossowitz Verlag.

Lado, Ludovic. 2009. Catholic Pentecostalism and the Paradoxes of Africanization: Processes of Localization in a Catholic Charismatic Movement in Cameroon. Brill.

Laing, Mark T. B., ed. 2005. Nationalism and Hindutva: A Christian Response. Papers from the 10th CMS Consultation. ISPCK: Delhi.

Leffel, Gregory P. 2007. Faith Seeking Action: Mission, Social movements, and the Church in Motion. Scarecrow Press.

Lierheimer, Linda (translator, editor). 2004. The Life of Antoinette Micolon. Milwaukee: Marquette University Press.

Livermore, David A. 2006. Serving with Eyes Wide Open: Doing Short-Term Missions with Cultural Intelligence. Baker Books.

Livermore, David A. 2009. Cultural Intelligence: Improving Your CQ to Engage Our Multicultural World. Baker Books.

Lovett, Brendan. 2008. For the Joy Set Before Us: Methodology of Adequate Theological Reflection on Mission. Peter Lang.

Luz, Ulrich and Axel Michaels. 2006. Encountering Jesus and Buddha: Their LIves and Teachings. Fortress press.

Madelung, Wilferd and Sabine Schmidtke. 2006. Rational Theology and Interfaith Communication: Abu l-Husayn al Basri's Mu'tazili Theology among the Karaites in the Fatimid Age. Brill.

Mahon, Leo (with Nancy Davis) 2007. Fire Under My Feet: A Memoir of God's Power in Panama. Orbis.

Marin, Catherine, ed. 2007. Les écritures de la mission en Extrême-Orient: Le choc de l'arriveée, XVIIIe-XXe siècles: de l'attente à la réalité. Brepols

Malek, Roman. 2004. Verschmelzung der Horizonte: Mozi & Jesus. Zur Hermeneutik der chinesishc-christlichen Begegnung nach Wu Leichuan (1869-1944). Brill.

Marks, Darren C., ed. 2008. Shaping a Global Theological Mind. Ashgate.

Mays, Rebecca Kratz, ed. 2008. Interfaith Dialogue at the Grass Roots. Journal of Ecumenical Studies.

McCarthy, Kate. 2007. Interfaith Encounters in America. Rutgers University Press.

Milne, Bruce. 2007. Dynamic Diversity: Bridging Class, Age, Race and Gender in the Church. InterVarsity Press.

Moodley, Edley. 2008. Shembe, Ancestors, and Christ: A Christological Inquiry with Missiological Implications. Wifp and Stock.

Moon, W. Jay. 2009. African Proverbs Reveal Christianity in Culture: A Narrative Portrayal of Builsa Proverbs Contextualizing Christianity in Ghana. Pickwick

Moore, R. York. 2005. Growing Your Faith by Giving It Away: Telling the Gospel Story with Grace and Passion. InterVarsity Press.

Murray, Pauli.  2006. Sermons and Writings. Selected and introduced by Anthony B. Pinn Orbis.

Msoka, Gabriel Andrew. 2007. Basic Human Rights and the Humanitarian Crises in Sub-Saharan Africa. Wipf and Stock.

Mukuka, George Sombe. 2008. The Other Side of the Story: The Silent Experience of the Black Clergy in the Catholic Church in South Africa (1898-1976). Cluster Publications.

Myers, Ched and Elaine Enns. 2009. Ambassadors of Reconciliation. Vol. 1. New Testament Reflections on Restorative Justice and Peacemaking. Orbis.

Nairn, Thomas A., ed. 2008. The Consistent Ethic of Life: Assessing Its Reception and Relevance. Orbis.

Nangle, Joseph. 2004. Birth of a Church. Orbis.

Neafsey, John. 2006. A Sacred Voice Is Calling: Personal Vocation and Social Conscience. Orbis.

Nelson, Dana K. 2007. Mission & Migration: Fifty-Two African and Asian Congregations in Minnesota. Lutheran University Press.

Newell, Quincy D. 2009. Constructing Lives at Mission San Francisco. University of New Mexico Press.

Noel, James A. and Matthew V. Johnson, eds. 2005. The Passion of the Lord: African American Reflections. Minneapolis: Fortress Press.

Noll, Mark. 2009. The New Shape of World Christianity: How American Experience Reflects Global Faith. InterVarsity Press.

Noll, Mark A. and James Turner (Thomas Albert Howard, ed.) 2008. The Future of Christian Learning: An Evangelical and Catholic Dialogue. Brazos.

Northcott, Michael S. 2007. A Moral Climate: The Ethics of Global Warming. Orbis Books.

Nouwen, Henri. 2006. Love in a Fearful Land: A Guatemalan Story. Orbis.

Nuessle, John Edward. 2008. Faithful Witnesses: United Methodist Theology of Mission. General Board of Global Ministries, Methodist Church (Study Guide by Diana L. Hynson.)

Nurminen, Anja. 2003. Lutheran Cooperation and Confrontation in Pakistan, 1958-1962: Church-mission relations from the perspective of the Finnish Missionary Society. Helsinki. Luther-Agricola-Society.

Nyenhuis, Jacob E., Robert P. Swierenga, and Lauren M. Berka, eds. 2009. Aunt Tena, Called to Serve: Journals and Letters of Tena A. Huizenga, Missionary Nurse to Nigeria. Eerdmans.

Oduro, Thomas. 2007. Christ Holy Church International: The Story of an African Independent Church. Lutheran University Press.

Orr-Ewing, Amy. 2005. Is the Bible Intolerant? Sexist? Oppressive? Homophobic? Outdated? Irrelevant? InterVarsity Press.

Orta, Andrew. 2004. Catechizing Culture: Missionaries, Aymara, and the "New Evangelization". Columbia University Press.

Oskarsson, Gunilla Nyberg. 2004. Le Mouvemente Pentecôtiste: Une Communauté Alternative au Sud du Burundi, 1935-1960. Swedish Institute of Missionary Research: Uppsala.

Ostien, Philip, Jamila M. Nasir, and Franz Kogelmann, eds. 2005. Comparative Perspectives on Shari'ah in Nigeria. Ibadan: Spectrum Books.

Paré, Jean, ed. 2001. Cent ans de Christianisme en Afrique: développement et promotion humaine?.   Les missionaries de Consolata, Canada.

Paré, Jean, 2007. Au Serivce des Plus Démunis. Consolata Canada

Paré, Jean. 2008. Réincarnation et Résurrection: Pour un Nouveau Message. Consolata, Canada.

Paul, Samuel A.  2009. The Ubuntu God: Deconstructing a South African Narrative of Oppression. Princeton Theological Monograph Series.

Paz, Lew. 2006. Pushing Ultimates: Fundamentals of Authentic Self-Knowledge. Plumbell Publishing.

Penyak, Lee M. and Walter J. Perry, eds. 2006. Religion in Latin America: A Documentary History. Orbis Books.

Pérennès, Jean-Jacques. 2007. A Life Poured Out: Pierre Claverie of Algeria. Orbis.

Peters, Ronald Edward and Marsha Snulligan Haney, eds. 2006. Africentric Approaches to Christian Ministry: Strengthening Urban Congregations in African American Communities. University Press of America

Peters, Ronald E. 2007. Urban Ministry: An Introduction. Abingdon.

Piedmont, R. L., ed. 2007. Research in the Scientific Study of Religion, vol. 18. Brill.

Pierson, Cheri, ed. 2006. Women Crossing Borders: Reflections on Cross-Cultural Ministry. Evangelism and Missions Information Service.

Piwowarczyk, Darius J. 2008. Coming Out of the "Iron Cage": The Indigenists of the Society of the Divine Word in Paraguay, 1910-2000. Studia Instituti Anthropos.

Priest, Robert J. and Alvaro L. Nieves, eds.  2007. This Side of Heaven: Race, Ethnicity, and Christian Faith. Oxford

Prové, Godelieve. 2004. Becoming Human: A Story of Transformation through Conflict and Healing. Eburon: Delft, Holland.

Rah, Soong-Chan. 2009. The Next Evangelicalism: Freeing the Church from Western Cultural Captivity. InterVarsity Press.

Raschke, Carl. 2008. GloboChrist: The Great Commission Takes a Postmodern Turn. Baker Books.

Redfield, John Wesley (Howard Snyder, ed.) 2006. "Live While You Preach": The Autobiography of Methodist Revivalist and Abolitionist John Wesley Redfield (1810-1863). Scarecrow Press.

Richard, H. L. 2005. Exploring the Depths of the Mystery of Christ: K. Subba Rao's Eclectic Praxis of Hindu Discipleship to Jesus. Bangalore: Centre for Contemporary Christianity.

Rivinius, Karl Josef. 2005. Im Dienst der Mission und der Wissenschaft: zur Entstehungsgeschichte der Zeitschrift Anthropos. Academic Press Fribourg.

Robinson, Dr. Martin. 2006. Planting Mission-Shaped Churches Today. Kregel Publications.

Roeber, A. G., ed. 2008. Ethnographies and Exchanges: Native Americans, Moravians, and Catholics in Early North America. Penn State Press.

Rogers, Glenn 2006. Evangelizing Immigrants: Outreach and Ministry Among Immigrants and Their Children. Mission and Ministry Resources.

Rosell, Garth M. 2008. The Surprising Work of God: Harld John Ockenga, Billy Graham, and the Rebirth of Evangelicalism. Baker Books.

Rostkowski, Marek A.  2007. La cooperazione dei laici all'attitivà missionaria della chiesa nell'insegnamento di Giovanni Paolo II. Varsavia 

Roxburgh, Alan J. and M. Scott Boren. 2009. Introducing the Missional Church: What it is, why it matters, and how to become one. Baker Books.

Russell, Craig H. 2009. From Serra to Sancho: Music and Pageantry in the California Missions. Oxford

Saayman, Willem. 2007. Being Missionary, Being Human: An Overview of Dutch Reformed Mission. Cluster Publications, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.

Schmidt-Leukel, Perry and Lloyd Ridgeon, eds. 2007. Islam and Interfaith Relations. SCM Press.
Schmidt-Leukel, Perry, ed. 2008. Buddhist Attitudes to Other Religions. St. Ottilien.

Schmit, Clayton J. 2009. Sent and Gathered: A Worship Manual for the Missional Church. Baker Books.

Schnabel, Eckhard J. 2008. Paul the Missionary: Realities, Strategies and Methods. InterVarsity Press.

Schultze, Andrea. 2005. "In Gottes Namen Hütten bauen": Kirchlicher Landbesitz in Südafrika: die Berliner Mission und die Evangelisch-Lutherische Kriche Südafrikas zwischen 1834 und 2005. Franz Steiner Verlag

Seiple, Robert A.  2004. Ambassadors of Hope: How Christians Can Respond to the World's Toughest Problems. Downers Grove, IL, USA: Inter Varsity Press.

Shore, Paul. 2007. Jesuits and the Politics of Religious Pluralism in Eighteenth-Century Transylvania: Culture, Politics and Religions, 1693-1773. Ashgate.

Sider, Ronald J., John M. Perkins, Wayne L. Gordon, and F. Albert Tizon. Linking Arms, Linking Lives: How Urban-Suburban Partnerships Can Transform Communities. Baker Books.

Sípos, Álmos Ete. 2007. 'Bittet den Herrn der Ernte': Guyla Forgács (1879-1941), Pionier der ungarischen reformierten Inneren Mission. Boekcentrum.

Sittser, Gerald L. 2007. Water from a Deep Well: Christian Spirituality from Early Martyrs to Modern Missionaries. InterVarsity Press.

Sledge, Robert W.  2005. "Five Dollars and Myself": The History of Mission of the Methodist Episcopal Chruch, South, 1845-1939. New York: General Board of Global Ministries, United Methodist Church.

Smilde, David. 2007. Reason to Believe: Cultural Agency in Latin American Evangelicalism. University of California Press.

Smith, A. Christopher. 2006. The Serampore Mission Enterprise. Centre for Contemporary Christianity: Bangalore.

Smith, Efrem and Phil Jackson. 2005. The Hip-Hop Church: Connecting with the Movement Shaping Our Culture. Inter Varsity Press.

Smith, James K. A. 2009. Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation. Vol. 1, Cultural Liturgies. Baker Books.

Soering, Jens. 2006. Convict Christ: What the Gospel Says about Criminal Justice. Orbis.

Soothill, Jane E. 2007. Gender, Social Change and Spiritual Power: Charismatic Christianity in Ghana. Brill.

Sorenson, Stephen W.  2005. Like Your Neighbor? Doing Everyday Evangelism on Common Ground. InterVarsity Press.

Ssettuuma, Benedict. 2006. La lumière à minuit. Montreal: Consolata.

Stanislaus, L. and Jose Joseph, eds. 2007. Migration and Mission in India. Delhi: Ishvani Kendra.

Stanley, Brian. 2009. The World Missionary Conference, Edinburgh 1910. Eerdmans.

Steffen, Tom and Lois McKinney Douglas. 2008. Encountering Missionary Life and Work: Preparing for Intercultural Ministry. Baker

Stockel, H. Henrietta. 2008. Salvation through Slavery: Chiricahua Apaches and Priests on the Spanish Colonial Frontier. University of New Mexico Press.

Stone, Bryan 2007. Evangelism after Christendom: The Theology and Practice of Christian Witness. Brazos Press.

Stultz, Donald Le Roy. 2009. Grasping Truth and Reality: Lesslie Newbigin's Theology of Mission to the Western World. James Clarke & Co.

Sunquist, Scott W. and Caroline N. Becker, eds. 2008. A History of Presbyterian Missions, 1944-2007. Geneva Press.

Swierenga, Robert P. and William Van Appledorn, eds. 2008. Old Wing Mission: Cultural Interchange as Chronicled by George and Arvilla Smith in their Work with Chief Wakazoo's Band on the West Michigan Frontier. Eerdmans.

Talmon-Heller, Daniella. 2007. Islamic Piety in Medieval Syria: Mosques, Cemeteries and Sermons under the Zangids and Ayyubids (1146-1260). Brill.

Tan, Jonathan Y. 2008. Introducing Asian American Theologies. Orbis.

Taylor, Gordon. 2008 (2nd ed.). Fever & Thirst: An American Doctor Among the Tribes or Kurdistan, 1835-1844. Academy Chicago Publishers.

Tenny-Brittian, Bill. 2008. Hitchhiker's Guide to Evangelism. Chalice Press.

ter Haar, Gerrie and Yoshio Tsuoruoka, eds. 2007. Religion and Society: An Agenda for the 21st Century. Brill.

Teuffel, Jochen. 2009. Mission als Namenszeugnis. Eine Ideologiekritik in Sachen Religion. Mohr Siebeck.

Tomkins, Stephen. 2007. William Wilberforce: A Biography. Eerdmans.

Troll, Christian W. 2009. Dialogue and Difference: Clarity in Christian-Muslim Relations. Orbis.

Tuttle, Robert G., Jr.. 2006. The Story of Evangelism: A History of the Witness of the Gospel. Abingdon.

Tyndale, Wendy R., ed. 2006. Visions of Development: Faith-Based Initiatives. Ashgate.

Vähäkangas, Auli. 2009. Christian Couples Coping with Childlessness: Narratives from Machame, Kilimanjaro. Pickwick. 

Vähäkangas, Mika. 2008. Between Ghambageu and Jesus: The Encounter between the Sonjo Traditional Leaders and Christianity. Luther Agricola Society

Van Gelder, Craig, ed. 2008. The Missional Church and Denominations: Helping Congregations Develop a Missional Identity. Eerdmans.

Veling, Terry A. 2005. Practical Theology: "On Earth as It Is in Heaven". Orbis.

Veneroso, Joseph R. 2007. God in Unexpected Places: Reflections on Faith and Life from Maryknoll Magazine. Orbis

Vickers, John A., ed.  2005. The Journals of Dr. Thomas Coke. Abingdon

Vilaça, Aparecida adn Robin M. Wright, eds. 2009. Native Christians: Modes and Effects of Christianity among Indigenous Peoples of the Americas. Ashgate.

Viljoen, Russel. 2006. Jan Paerl, a Khoikhoi in Cape Colonial Society, 1761-1851. Brill.

Vondey, Wolfgang. 2008. People of Bread: Rediscovering Ecclesiology. Paulist Press.

Voss, Barbara L. 2008. The Archaeology of Ethnogenesis: Race and Sexuality in Colonial San Francisco. University of California Press.

Vries, Hent de and Lawrence E. Sullivan, eds. 2006. Political Theologies: Public Religions in a Post-Secular World. Fordham University Press.

Währisch-Oblau, Claudia. 2009. The Missionary Self-Perception of Pentecostal/Charismatic Church Leaders from the Global South in Europe: Bringing Back the Gospel. Brill.

Ward, Edwina and Gary Leonard, eds.  2008. A Theology of HIV & AIDS on Africa's East Coast. Swedish Institute of Mission Research.

Ward, Haruko Nawata. 2009. Women Religious Leaders in Japan's Christian Century, 1549-1650. Ashgate.

Weber, Linda J. and Dotsey Welliver, eds. 2007. Mission Handbook, 2007-2009: U.S. and Canadian Protestant Ministries Overseas. Evangelism and Missions Information Service.

Wells, Harold. 2004. The Christic Center: Life-Giving and Liberating. Orbis.

Wells, Robin. 2006. Jesus Says Go. Kregel Publications.

Wendland, Ernst. 2008. Contextual Frames of Reference in Translation: a Coursebook for Bible Translators and Teachers. St. Jerome.

White, Randy. 2006. Encounter God in the City. InterVarsity Press.

Whiteman, Darrell L. and Gerald H. Anderson, eds. 2009. World Mission in the Wesleyan Spirit. Providence House Publishers.

Wilson, Jonathan R. 2006. Why Church Matters: Worship, Ministry, and Mission in Practice. Brazos Press.

Wong, Mary Shepard and Suresh Canagarajah, eds. 2009. Christian and Critical English Language Educators in Dialogue: Pedagogical and Ethical Dilemmas. Routledgs.

Workman, Dave. 2008. The Outward Focused Life: Becoming a Servant in a Serve-Me World. Baker Books.

Yancey, George. 2006. Beyond Racial Gridlock: Embracing Mutual Responsibility. InterVarsity Press.

Yandell, Keith and Harold Netland. 2009. Buddhism: A Christian Exploration and Appraisal. InterVarsity Press.

Young, Richard Fox, ed. 2009. India and the Indianness of Christianity: Essays...in Honor of Robert Eric Frykenberg. Eerdmans.

Zimmerman, Earl. 2007. Practicing the Politics of Jesus: The Origin and Significance of John Howard Yoder's Social Ethics. Cascadia

Zocca, Franco. 2007. Melanesia and Its Churches: Past and Present. Melanesian Institute.

Zocca, Franco, ed. 2009. Sanguma in Paradise: Sorcery, Witchcraft adn Christianity in Papua New Guinea. Melanesian Institute.

Books Still Available

Appleby, R. Scott, Patricia Byrne, and William L. Portier, eds.  2004. Creative Fidelity: American Catholic Intellectual Traditions. (American Catholic Identities: A Documentary History). Orbis.

Bartholomew, Craig and Fred Hughes. 2004. Explorations in a Christian Theology of Pilgrimage. Ashgate Press.

Roley, Scott (with James Isaac Elliott). 2004. God's Neighborhood: A Hopeful Journey in Racial Reconciliation and Community Renewal. Downers Grove, USA: InterVarsity Press.
Smith, Graeme. 2004. Oxford 1937: The Universal Christian Council for Life and Work Conference. Frankfurt: Peter Lang.

Thomas, Donna S.  2004. Becoming a World Changing Family: Fun and Innovative Ways to Spread the Good News. Baker Books.


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