Communicating Christ in Asian Cities (SEANET 6)
Paul H. de Neui is an ordained minister with the Evangelical Covenant Church. He and his wife served as missionaries with church planting and community development organizations in northeast Thailand from 1987–2005. He completed his PhD in Intercultural Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary. Paul has been involved in SEANET for many years, dedicated to seeing the writings of emerging non-Western and other practitioners in print for the benefit of the global church. Presently he is the professor of missiology and intercultural studies and the director of the Center for World Christian Studies at North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago, IL.
This book is divided into three sections with the first focused on foundational issues of ministry within the framework of Asian Buddhist cities. The second section includes four chapters addressing several contextual issues specific to peoples within Asian Buddhist cities. The final section includes three chapters on the topic of strategic means of evangelization found useful in specific Asian urban Buddhist contexts.
Introduction
Contributors
Section One: Foundational Factors
1. Some Historical Views on Asian Urban Extension: Complexities of Urban and Rural Relationships by Alex G. Smith
2. Media’s Role in (Re)Shaping the Values of Today’s Urban Buddhist and Its Impact on Gospel Proclamation by A. Steven Evans
Section Two: Contextual Issues
3. Ethnic Crisis and Christianity in Buddhist Cities by M.S. Vasanthakumar
4. Understanding Sri Lankan Urban Buddhists by Santha Lal De Alwis
5. Addressing the Challenge of Reaching the Neo-Buddhists in Urban India by J.N. Manokaran
6. The Urbanization of Buddhism in Sri Lanka and its Impact on the Christian Church by G.P.V. Somaratna
Section Three: Strategic Means
7. Reaching the Cities as Means to Reaching the Nations by Steven Spaulding
8. Filipino Urban Missions in the Buddhist World Today by David S. Lim
9. Buddhadasa, Tamma, Jesus, and the Promise of New Creation: A Holistic Contextualized Gospel for Urban Buddhists in Thailand by David Von Stroh
References
Index
Editor
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Paul H. De Neui
Paul H. De Neui
Paul H. de Neui is an ordained minister with the Evangelical Covenant Church. He and his wife served as missionaries with church planting and community development organizations in northeast Thailand from 1987–2005. He completed his PhD in Intercultural Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary. Paul has been involved in SEANET for many years, dedicated to seeing the writings of emerging non-Western and other practitioners in print for the benefit of the global church. Presently he is the professor of missiology and intercultural studies and the director of the Center for World Christian Studies at North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago, IL.
- Pages: 314
- Publisher:
William Carey Publishing
William Carey Publishing
- Binding: Paperback
- Publish Year: 2009
- Vendor: William Carey Library
