Against the Tide: Mission Amidst the Global Currents of Secularization
Ebook
With increased globalization and modernization reaching into the furthest corners of the earth also comes the influence of secularization. These three tides of influence impact traditional religious beliefs, practices, and institutions in significant ways. Some modernizing societies see religion on the decline, while others find it thriving in surprising ways. This collection of essays presents the opportunities and the challenges of secularization for the mission of the Church, with hopeful signs and reassurance that God is still at work in a secularizing world. Readers will find both analysis and guidance that will assist the Church in an informed, missional engagement with secularization in a variety of contexts—starting with North America, then Europe, Asia, and Africa. Each local church and mission organization must discern the appropriate missional response for evangelism, discipleship, congregational life, and social involvement. To be Against the Tide means regaining your voice, as a church on mission, informed by your context and inspired by the responses of others in theirs.
This edited volume addresses a very timely topic and, thankfully, includes international perspectives. Most of us are aware that our world has changed socially, politically, and culturally, but we might find ourselves overwhelmed by the challenge of engaging effectively in this transformed environment. Against the Tide helps us understand what is happening and how we might “do mission” in this disruptive milieu. Rich Starcher, PhD, editor-in-chief, Missiology: An International Review; professor of intercultural education & missiology, Biola University
- Title: Against the Tide: Mission Amidst the Global Currents of Secularization
- Authors: W. Jay Moon, Craig Ott
- Publisher: William Carey Publishing
- Print Publication Date: 2019
- Logos Release Date: 2023
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781645081791, 9781645081760, 1645081761, 1645081796
- Resource ID: LLS:9781645081791
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-06-06T00:54:21Z