03461cam a2200397 i 4500 23001348 OSt 20260427140722.0 230306s2023 miu b 001 0 eng 2023010644 9780802848970 (paperback) 9781467467636 (epub) 23001348 DLC eng rda DLC DLC pcc n-us--- BV 3700 .W237 2023 266.00973 23/eng/20231012 REL045000 REL067080 bisacsh Walls, Andrew F. (Andrew Finlay), author. 59268 The missionary movement from the West : a biography from birth to old age / Andrew F. Walls ; edited by Brian Stanley. xxi, 271 pages ; 24 cm. Studies in the history of Christian missions Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-257) and index. "An overview of the Western, Protestant, modern missionary movement, from its birth with the Puritans and Pietists to its end in the twentieth century"-- "A long-awaited culmination of scholarship by a pioneer of missiology and global ChristianityThe history of the missions is complex and fraught. Though modern missions began with European colonialism, the outcome was a largely non-Western global Christianity. Highly esteemed scholar Andrew Walls explores every facet of the movement, including its history, theory, and future.Walls locates the birth of the Protestant missionary movement in the West with the Puritans and Pietists and their efforts to convert the Native Americans they displaced. Tracing the movement into the twentieth century, Walls shows how colonialism and missionary work turned out to be essentially incompatible. Missionaries must live on another culture's terms, and their goal-the establishment of churches of every nation-depends on accepting new, indigenous Christians as equals. Now that Christianity has become primarily an African, Latin American, and Asian religion rather than a European one, the dynamics of the church's mission have transformed. Sensitive to this shift, Walls indicates new areas of listening to and learning from this new center of Christianity and speculates on the theological contributions from a truly global church.Throughout his long and fruitful career, Walls told the story of missions as a dedicated Christian scholar, teacher, and mentor. Prior to his passing in 2021, he entrusted the editing of his lectures to his friends and students. The result of this labor of love, The Missionary Movement from the West is a must-read for scholars of missiology, world Christianity, and church history"-- Missionaries United States History. 59269 RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Missions bisacsh 59270 RELIGION / Christian Theology / History bisacsh 59271 United States Territorial expansion. 59272 Stanley, Brian, 1953- editor. 4810 Online version: Walls, Andrew F. (Andrew Finlay). Missionary movement from the West Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2023 9781467467636 (DLC) 2023010645 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 68899 68873 0 0 lcc 0 0 GEN CPL CPL GEN 2026-04-24 Donation- ACTEA (Through Joshua Barron) 23.00 0 BV 3700 .W237 2023 T17645W3232 2026-04-27 14:09:00 1 23.00 2026-04-27 BK