{"product_id":"the-missionary-movement-from-the-west-a-biography-from-birth-to-old-age-9780802848970","title":"The Missionary Movement from the West: A Biography from Birth to Old Age","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Gospel Coalition\u003c\/b\u003e Book Award in Missions \u0026amp; the Global Church (2023) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA long-awaited culmination of scholarship by a pioneer of missiology and global Christianity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e The 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Missionary Movement\u003c\/i\u003e from the West is a must-read for scholars of missiology, world Christianity, and church history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew F. Walls\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/26\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 295\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802848970\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe late \u003cb\u003eAndrew F. Walls\u003c\/b\u003e (1928-2021) towers over the study of Protestant missions ending with the new era of the globalized church. He was a devoted participant-observer and learner in the work of world evangelization, and he was teacher and mentor to many current missiologists. He authored landmark books such as \u003ci\u003eThe Missionary Movement in Christian History\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Cross-Cultural Process in Recent History\u003c\/i\u003e but above all was a teacher whose lectures were legendary in his field. Before his death he invited trusted students and colleagues to edit his renowned lectures into this book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":41261852524659,"sku":"9.7808E+12","price":32.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_b97f2208-89e0-4c5a-a626-5873d6312bb1.jpg?v=1705502163","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-missionary-movement-from-the-west-a-biography-from-birth-to-old-age-9780802848970","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}