The Open Secret: An Introduction to the Theology of Mission
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Manufacturer: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
EAN (European Article Number): 9780802808295
Number of Items: 1
Binding: Paperback
Author: Lesslie Newbigin
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Edition: Revised
Dewey Decimal Number: 266
Publication Date: 1995-02
Reading Level: 200
Description: In this book, an eminent missionary-scholar describes the Christian mission as the declaration of an open secret--open in that it is preached to all nations, secret in that it is manifest only to the eyes of faith. The result is a thoroughly biblical attempt to lead the church to embrace its Christ-given task of presenting the gospel in our complex modern world.
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Review Summary: The Open Secret: mission in a pluralist society
Date: 2000-11-28
Details: Is there still a place for mission in the late twentieth century? By what authority can we speak about God and the Christian message in our pluralist world? Newbigin brings his original and thoroughly biblical thoughts to these questions. He places missions in a Trinitarian context: Mission is the proclamation of the Kingdom of the Father, sharing in the life of Jesus, doing the work of the Spirit. He discusses the ideas of the school of Church Growth, of liberation theology and John Hicks (from "the myth of Christianity"), and develops his theology of mission in discussion with these voices. I have one reservation, and that is his discussion of election. Election, in Newbigin's view, is - and is being limited to - being called to witness. I cannot see how with this limitation he can avoid the danger of Pelagianism, which he rejects earlier on in the book. (This topic, however, is developed more extensively in "The Gospel in a Pluralist World"). Overall, though, an excellent read.
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