Contemporary missiology : an introduction / 

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prolegomena: -- The term "missiology" -- Meaning of the term -- The place of missiology in the Encylopedia of Theology -- The relationship between missiology and other disciplines -- The position of missiology within theological education -- Protestant missiology prior to the nineteenth century: -- The sixteenth-century reformer's views on missions and missiology -- Sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Dutch missionary projects -- Fragments of missiological reflection during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the pioneer period of missions -- Bibliography -- The history of missiology during the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries: -- German missiology -- Dutch missiology -- English missiology -- Scandanavian missiology -- Swiss missiology -- French protestant missiology -- Missiology in the United States -- A general look at Asian, African, and Latin American missiology -- Asian missiology -- A contribution from Sierra Leone -- South African missiology -- Latin American missiology -- Sources for the study of Roman Catholic missiology -- International association for mission studies -- The Biblical foundation for the worldwide mission mandate: -- The increased urgent need for a Biblical foundation -- The "how" of a Biblical foundation -- The significance of the Old Testament -- The intertestamental period -- The New Testament: book of world mission -- Bibliography -- The communication of the gospel to the church and the Jewish people: -- The New Testament "people of God" and the Old Testament "people of the promise" in Romans 9-11 -- Jews and Christians in Europe until the close of the second World War -- The World Council of Churches, the Roman Catholic church, and Judaism after the Second World War -- New ideas developed on the relationship of Jews to churches -- Who must communicate the gospel to the Jewish people? -- Changes in Judaism which affect the communication of the gospel -- How to communicate the gospel to the Jews -- Zionism -- The state of Israel -- The Palestinian question -- Theological interpretations of the modern state of Israel and the Middle East -- Reconciling Israelis and Palestinian Arabs -- Motives for fulfilling the missionary task: -- Pure motives -- Impure motives -- The goal and purpose of mission: -- The goal of saving individual souls -- Ecclesiocentric goals -- The "three-self" formula -- The goal of church growth -- The goal of forming a Christian society -- The goal of the "social gospel" -- The goal of improving macrostructures -- The goal of God's mission and ours as seen in the Bible -- Ways and means: -- Means of proclaiming the gospel of God's kingdom -- Means of fulfilling diaconal responsibility -- Means of communicating the gospel through fellowship (koinonia) -- Means of contributing to justice -- Bibliography -- The study of Asian, African, and Latin American countries: -- The trend toward decolonizing historiography -- Replacing the histories of Western missions with studies of young churches -- Bibliography -- A brief survey of ecumenical organizations in Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Pacific islands: -- The Christian conference of Asia -- The Pacific conference of churches -- The Middle East Council of Churches -- The Union Latino Americana provisoria pro unidad evangelica -- The Caribbean conference of churches -- Bibliography -- A brief guide to the literature on black theology and on the theological developments in Asia, Africa, and Latin America: -- The meaning of indigenous theological subjects -- Theological trends in Asia -- Africa -- Latin America -- Introduction to the Literature of black theology -- Bibliography -- The vision of missions in all six continents and the summons to mutual assistance among the churches: -- The need for a new relationship between churches -- The Bible on the relations between churches -- Reforming the patterns of relationship between the churches -- Criteria for matching needs to missionary and diaconal resources -- Personnel assistance -- Financial assistance -- Assistance in altering the work patterns -- Administrative assistance -- Mutual assistance -- In search of mature relationships between churches to complete the task -- Synchronizing mission with evangelism in all six contintents -- Trends in the theology of religions: types of contemporary dialogue: -- The need for a fresh approach -- Changes in the Roman Catholic theology of religions -- Trends in protestant theology of religions -- Toward a rough draft of a theology of religions -- Theology of religions and science of religions -- Theology of religions and missiology -- Varieties of dialogue -- Bibliography -- A study and evaluation of ideologies in the developing countries: -- The role of ideologies today -- The meaning of the term "ideology" today -- The rise and function of ideologies -- The influence of ideologies in developing countries -- Transforming religion into an ideology of the state -- The ideology of the state in Indonesia: the pantjasila -- The ideology of the secular state -- The ideology of African socialism -- Techno-fascist ideology in Latin America -- Evaluation the ideologies -- Missio Politica Oecumenica -- Bibliography -- Epilogue: -- The vision of Jesus Christ who calls us to mission -- The breadth and depth of salvation -- The scope of the missionary task -- Setting priorities -- Evaluation of programs and projects -- Planning and promoting to fulfill the missionary task -- Rousing Christians to participate in the task.