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Mission after Christendom

by David Smith April 29, 2008

Published 2003144 pagesISBN 978-0-2325-2483-3

"Mission after Christendom discovers 'new frontiers' for witness in a globalised world. It describes and analyses the crisis in mission and proposes a new way forward in the light of a series of studies of relevant biblical narratives." "The discussion is illustrated by reference to paintings by Bosch, Holbein, Blake, Rouault and Stanley Spencer."--Jacket.

Beyond its central premise, the book can be read through the connected lenses of Philosophy. Those themes offer useful points of attention as the characters, ideas, or world develop, especially where the book complicates the expectations of its primary category.

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Themes to notice

Philosophy

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Reading experience

Dark tone · Measured pace

Works well for a focused weekend or a few concentrated sittings.

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Reading lengthA shorter read144 pages in this edition
Publication eraModernFirst published or edition dated 2003
Primary categoryPhilosophyExplore similar books below
ISBN-13
978-0-2325-2483-3
Language
English
Edition record
OL9461261M
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Good to know

Works well for a focused weekend or a few concentrated sittings.

Begin with its place in Philosophy, then notice where the book resists that label.

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Read for connection, not completion.

Mark one passage that sharpens the book's central concern and one that complicates it. That tension often reveals more than a quick summary.

Three questions to carry with you

  1. What question is the author really asking beneath the book’s main argument?
  2. Which claim challenges one of your familiar assumptions?
  3. What remains unresolved—and is that uncertainty useful?

Editorial framework by Wesley Bryan, BookenDeX Founder and Editor.