The Witness of God
Flett, John G
The Witness of God The Trinity, Missio Dei, Karl Barth, and the Nature of Christian Community - Michigan William B.Eerdmans Publishing Co 2010 - 328p
includes index and biblioraphy
ONE: Introduction i A Problem of God i Missio Dei: The Problem of God in Answer to the Problem of Church and Mission 4 Earth and the Origins of Missio Dei 11 A Trinitarian Proposal 17 TWO: The Problem That Is Missio Dei 35 Introduction 35 Sent by a Missionary God 36 Oriented to the Kingdom of God 51 Missionary by Her Very Nature 61 The Problem of Missio Dei 76 THREE: German Missions and Dialectical Theology, 1928-1933 78 Introduction 78 Imperialism and Christianization 80 The Missionary Reception of Dialectical Theology 85 "Theology and Mission in the Present Situation" 105 Siegfried Knak and the Missionary Reception 112 Earth`s 1932 Lecture and Missio Dei Theology 120 FOUR: Tributaries to the IMC Willingen Conference, 1952 123 Introduction 123 Karl Hartenstein: Originator of Missio Dei 124 The North American Report: "Why Missions?" 136 Willingen, 1952 150 The Competing Forms of Missio Dei Theology 161 FIVE: The Missionary Connection 163 Introduction 163 The Ground of Mission 166 God Is God and the Creature the Creature 180 The Missionary End 195 six: The Trinity Is a Missionary God 196 Introduction 196 God In and For Himself Is a Missionary God 198 The Unity of the One Son 211 The Witness of the Spirit 226 SEVEN: The Calling of Witness 240 Introduction 241 Jesus Christ`s Prophetic Existence 242 Life in the Promise of the Spirit 251 Apostolic Community 262 Living in Service to God, She Is Sent in Service to the World 284 EIGHT: Missio Dei Revisited 286 The Problem of Missio Dei 286 Missio Dei Revisited 287 Joy 295
9780802864413 1685
C44 / F638
The Witness of God The Trinity, Missio Dei, Karl Barth, and the Nature of Christian Community - Michigan William B.Eerdmans Publishing Co 2010 - 328p
includes index and biblioraphy
ONE: Introduction i A Problem of God i Missio Dei: The Problem of God in Answer to the Problem of Church and Mission 4 Earth and the Origins of Missio Dei 11 A Trinitarian Proposal 17 TWO: The Problem That Is Missio Dei 35 Introduction 35 Sent by a Missionary God 36 Oriented to the Kingdom of God 51 Missionary by Her Very Nature 61 The Problem of Missio Dei 76 THREE: German Missions and Dialectical Theology, 1928-1933 78 Introduction 78 Imperialism and Christianization 80 The Missionary Reception of Dialectical Theology 85 "Theology and Mission in the Present Situation" 105 Siegfried Knak and the Missionary Reception 112 Earth`s 1932 Lecture and Missio Dei Theology 120 FOUR: Tributaries to the IMC Willingen Conference, 1952 123 Introduction 123 Karl Hartenstein: Originator of Missio Dei 124 The North American Report: "Why Missions?" 136 Willingen, 1952 150 The Competing Forms of Missio Dei Theology 161 FIVE: The Missionary Connection 163 Introduction 163 The Ground of Mission 166 God Is God and the Creature the Creature 180 The Missionary End 195 six: The Trinity Is a Missionary God 196 Introduction 196 God In and For Himself Is a Missionary God 198 The Unity of the One Son 211 The Witness of the Spirit 226 SEVEN: The Calling of Witness 240 Introduction 241 Jesus Christ`s Prophetic Existence 242 Life in the Promise of the Spirit 251 Apostolic Community 262 Living in Service to God, She Is Sent in Service to the World 284 EIGHT: Missio Dei Revisited 286 The Problem of Missio Dei 286 Missio Dei Revisited 287 Joy 295
9780802864413 1685
C44 / F638