Constants in Context
Constants in Context
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"No course in mission will be without this work. No theologian should miss it!" --Frederick W. Norris, Professor of World Christianity Emmanuel School of Religion
Traces the history and theology of mission from the origins of Christianity to the present providing the most up-to-date and complete book of its kind. Constants in Context possesses a depth and structure that make it the standard account of both the history and theology of Christian mission.
Stephen B. Bevans, SVD is Louis J. Luzbetak, SVD Professor of Mission and Culture, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago. He is author of Models of Contextual Theology; An Introduction to Theology in Global Perspective; and most recently Community of Missionary Disciples: The Continuing Creation of the Church (all Orbis Books). He is co-author with Roger P. Schroeder of Prophetic Dialogue: Reflections on Christian Mission Today and also serves as editor of Mission Studies and contributing editor of International Bulletin of Missionary Research. In 2021 Bevans was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Missiology.
Roger P. Schroeder, SVD is professor of intercultural studies and ministry, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago. His many books include What Is the Mission of the Church?; Christian Mission in Global Perspective (names one of Ten Outstanding Books in Mission Studies by the Overseas Ministry Study Center of Princeton Theological Seminary) and , with Maria Cimperman, Engaging Our Diversity: Interculturality and Consecrated Life Today (all Orbis Books). An associate editor of the International Bulletin of Mission Research he has also served as president of the American Society of Missiology, the Association of Professors of Mission, and the Midwest Fellowship of Professors of Mission. He is currently serving as Coordinator of Anthropos Institute, an international network of specialists in the social and religious sciences.
