Understanding Insider Movements
Harley Talman lived for almost two decades in the Arab world and Africa, culminating in God using him to help dozens of Muslim village chiefs become followers of Christ. Having served in church planting, field leadership, theological education, and humanitarian aid, he now directs a center for Islamic studies, writes, and teaches internationally on ministry among Muslims. His education includes a ThM (Dallas Theological Seminary) and a PhD in Islamic Studies.
John Jay Travis has lived extensively in Muslim communities, twice with Muslim families. With experience in church planting, community development projects, and Bible translation, he has written on the topics of cross-cultural ministry, contextualization, and healing prayer. John and his wife Anna, train and teach throughout the Muslim world. John holds a PhD in intercultural studies and is an affiliate faculty member at Fuller Theological Seminary's School of Intercultural Studies.
This long-awaited anthology brings together some of the best writings on the topic of insider movements. Diverse voices explore this phenomenon from the perspectives of Scripture, history, theology, missiology, and the experience and identity of insider believers. Those who are unfamiliar with the subject will find this book a crucial guide to a complex conversation. Students and instructors of mission will find it useful as a reader and reference volume. Field workers and agencies will discover in these chapters welcome starting points for dialogue and clearer communication.
The first book to provide a comprehensive survey of the topic of insider movements, Understanding Insider Movements, is an indispensable companion for those who want to glimpse the creative, unexpected, boundary-crossing ways God is at work among the peoples of the world in their diverse religious communities.
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— Craig S. KeenerEnlightening... This crucial work encourages us to critically embrace what God is doing beyond our historic boundaries.
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— Christopher J.H. WrightA treasure chest of biblical and theological reflection and critique, along with diverse lived experiences. ...To be warmly welcomed and commended.
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— Melba Padilla MaggayI heartily recommend this book to all who wish to catch the fresh wind of the Spirit that is now at work among their own peoples.
Contributors
Abbreviations
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Read This First!
Part 1- Setting the Stage
Chapter 1- Insider Movements: Coming to Terms with Terms
Chapter 2- Historical Development of the Insider Paradigm
Chapter 3- Muslim Followers of Jesus?
Chapter 4- When God's Kingdom Grows Like Yeast: Frequently Asked Questions about Jesus Movements within Muslim Communities
Chapter 5- Myths and Misunderstands about Insider Movements
Chapter 6- Seeing Inside Insider Missiology: Exploring Our Theological Lenses and Presuppositions
Part 2- Examples, Testimonies, and Analysis
Section 1- Examples and Testimonies
Chapter 7- Jesus Movements: Discovering Biblical Faith in the Most Unexpected Places
Chapter 8- When "Christian" Does Not Translate
Chapter 9- Living and Discipling in the Hindu World
Chapter 10- "Why I Am Not a Christian": A Personal Statement
Chapter 11- The New Buddhists: How Buddhists Can Follow Christ
Chapter 12- Comments on the Insider Movement
Chapter 13- My Enemy...My Brother: A Palestinian Christian Meets His Muslim Brothers
Chapter 14- And the Spirit Fell upon Them: Testimonies of the Holy Spirit's Activity in One Insider Movement
Section 2- Case Study Analysis
Chapter 15- Jesus Movement: A Case Study from Eastern Africa
Chapter 16- Insider Movements among Muslims: A Focus on Asia
Chapter 17- Pandita Ramabai and the Meanings of Conversion
Chapter 18- Christ Followers in India Flourishing- but Outside the Church: A Review of Herbert E. Hoefer's Churchless Christianity
Chapter 19- Ecclesial Indentities of Socioreligious "Insiders": A Case Study of Fellowship among Hindu and Sikh Communities
Part 3- Biblical and Theological Perspectives
Chapter 20- The Kingdom of God: A Biblical Paradigm for Mission
Chapter 21- The Old Testament and Insider Movements
Chapter 22- Conversion in the New Testament
Chapter 23- Jesus Living and Discipling among the Lost
Chapter 24- Jesus in Samaria: A Paradigm for Church Planting among Muslims
Chapter 25- The Key to Insider Movements: The "Devoted" of Acts
Chapter 26- The Incarnational Model of Jesus, Paul, and the Jerusalem Council
Chapter 27- Acts 15: An Inside Look
Chapter 28- The Integrity of the Gospel and Insider Movements
Chapter 29- The Supremacy of Scripture: The Transcultural and Timeless Authority for Local Theology in Global Conversation
Chapter 30- Church in Context
Chapter 31- All Things Are Yours
Part 4- Contextualization, Religion, and Syncretism
Section 1- Contexualization
Chapter 32- Liberating Christ from Christians, Christianity, and the Church
Chapter 33- The Gospel as Prisoner and Liberator of Culture
Chapter 34- A Necessarily Wary Enterprise?: North American Evangelicals and Contextualization
Chapter 35- A Third Reformation? Movements of the Holy Spirit beyond Christendom
Chapter 36- The Incarnation, Communication, and Insider Movements
Section 2- Religion and Syncretism
Chapter 37- Reflections on Religion
Chapter 38- (De) Franchising Missions
Chapter 39- Considering Religion(s): What Does the Word Really Mean?
Chapter 40- Religious Syncretism as a Syncretistic Concept: The Inadequacy of the "World Religions" Paradigm in Cross-cultural Encounter
Chapter 41- Contextualization, Syncretism, and the Demonic in Indigenous Movements
Chapter 42- Avoiding Syncretism: The Testimony of a Jesus-following Buddhist
Part 5- Approaches in Witness
Chapter 43- Shall We Try Unbeaten Paths in Working for Moslems?
Chapter 44- An Approach to Witness
Chapter 45- Contextualization among Muslims: Reusing Common Pillars
Chapter 46- Christian Attitudes toward Islam and Muslims: A Kerymatic Approach
Chapter 47- Roles of "Alongsiders" in Insider Movements: Contemporary Examples and Biblical Reflections
Chapter 48- Become Like, Remain Like (Take Two)
Chapter 49- Evangelizing Whole Families
Chapter 50- Planting Churches: Learning the Hard Way
Part 5 Study Questions
Part 6- Concerns and Misunderstandings
Chapter 51- The C1-C6 Spectrum after Fifteen Years: Misunderstandings, Limitations, and Recommendations
Chapter 52- Responding to Christian Concerns
Interview with Brother Yusuf
Chapter 53- Muslim Followers of Jesus and the Muslim Confession of Faith
Chapter 54- "Is Allah God?": Five Reasons I Am Convinced
Chapter 55- In the World but Not of It: Insider Movements and Freedom from the Demonic
Chapter 56- Possible Pitfalls fo Jesus Movements: Lessons from History
Chapter 57- Where We Agree...And Don't?
Part 7- Identity
Chapter 58- Insider Movements: Honoring God-given Identity and Community
Chapter 59- Dual Identity and the Church in the Book of Acts
Chapter 60- Consuming Peanuts in the USA and India: Reflecting on the Controversy over Insider Movements
Chapter 61- Heart Allegiance and Negotiated Identity
Chapter 62- Searching for Models of Individual Identity
Chapter 63- Societal Factors Impacting Socioreligious Identities of Muslims Who Follow Jesus
Chatper 64- God's Creativity in Drawing Muslims to Jesus
A Look into the Future
Appendix 1- The Samaritan Religion
Appendix 2- World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) Evangelical Relationships Commitment
Appendix 3- Review of A Theological Analysis of the Insider Movement Paradigm from Four Perspectives by Doug Coleman
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Editors
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Harley Talman
Harley Talman
Harley Talman lived for almost two decades in the Arab world and Africa, culminating in God using him to help dozens of Muslim village chiefs become followers of Christ. Having served in church planting, field leadership, theological education, and humanitarian aid, he now directs a center for Islamic studies, writes, and teaches internationally on ministry among Muslims. His education includes a ThM (Dallas Theological Seminary) and a PhD in Islamic Studies.
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John Jay Travis
John Jay Travis
John Jay Travis has lived extensively in Muslim communities, twice with Muslim families. With experience in church planting, community development projects, and Bible translation, he has written on the topics of cross-cultural ministry, contextualization, and healing prayer. John and his wife Anna, train and teach throughout the Muslim world. John holds a PhD in intercultural studies and is an affiliate faculty member at Fuller Theological Seminary's School of Intercultural Studies.
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- Publisher:
William Carey Publishing
William Carey Publishing
- Binding: Paperback
- Publish Year: 2015
- Vendor: William Carey Library
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