{"product_id":"understanding-christian-mission-participation-in-suffering-and-glory-9780801098413","title":"Understanding Christian Mission: Participation in Suffering and Glory","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 2014 Book Award Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNamed one of Ten Outstanding Books of 2013 for Mission Studies, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eInternational Bulletin of Mission Research\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThis comprehensive introduction helps students, pastors, and mission committees understand contemporary Christian mission historically, biblically, and theologically. Scott Sunquist, a respected scholar and teacher of world Christianity, recovers missiological thinking from the early church for the twenty-first century. He traces the mission of the church throughout history in order to address the global church and offers a constructive theology and practice for missionary work today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSunquist views spirituality as the foundation for all mission involvement, for mission practice springs from spiritual formation. He highlights the Holy Spirit in the work of mission and emphasizes its trinitarian nature. Sunquist explores mission from a primarily theological--rather than sociological--perspective, showing that the whole of Christian theology depends on and feeds into mission. Throughout the book, he presents Christian mission as our participation in the suffering and glory of Jesus Christ for the redemption of the nations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eScott W. Sunquist\u003c\/b\u003e (PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary) is dean of the School of Intercultural Studies and professor of world Christianity at Fuller Theological Seminary at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. He previously served as professor of world Christianity at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. Sunquist is author of \u003ci\u003eThe Unexpected Christian Century\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2015 Book Award for Excellence in Missiology from The American Society of Missiology. He is also coauthor of the multivolume \u003ci\u003eHistory of the World Christian Movement\u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eA Dictionary of Asian Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Baker Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50413053935890,"sku":"9780801098413","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ac528ad7-e093-4beb-b88b-4c9c58139db3.jpg?v=1729342796","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/understanding-christian-mission-participation-in-suffering-and-glory-9780801098413","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}