Table of Contents
Abbreviations
Chronology
Foreword
Preface
Introduction
Part 1- History of Maritime Mission
Section 1- Early/Premodern Era (Until 1920)
Chapter 1- Pre-organiztional Phase
Biblical Foundations
Earlier Endeavors
"The Set Time"
Chapter 2- British Formative Phase
The Bethel Movement
New Configurations
Chapter 3- American Formative Phase
From Boston to Shanghai
Old Salts and Sailor Missionaries
Chapter 4- Transitional Phase
Continental Expansion
Programmatic Change
Section 2- Ecumenical/Modern Era (1920-1974)
Chapter 5- Catholic Regeneration: AOS
Pre-History of a New Apostolate
The Anson Era (1920-1924)
The Gannon Era (1924-1961)
Chapter 6- Protestant Consolidation: NAMMA
The North American Scene
Nationally Oriented Maritime Ministry
British Maritime Ministry
Chapter 7- Ecumencial Collaboration: ICMA (1969)
Renewal in Rome
Repercussions in Rotterdam
Section 3- Global/Postmodern Era (From 1974)
Chapter 8- The Shipping Revolution
Technology and Trade
Current-Day Ship Types
The Downside of Deregulation
Whatever Happened to the Seafarer?
Chapter 9- The Prophetic Challenge
Ethnic Revolution at Sea
The Seafarers' Right Movement
Chapter 10- The Discipleship Challenge
Religious Pluralism and Human Rights
A Partnership Paradigm From Below
The Quest for Implementation
Chapter 11- Other Current Challenges
Indigenization: New Partners
Transformation: A Changing West
Chapter 12- Other Current Challenges (Continued)
Integration: All People of the Sea
Cooperation: Other Organizations
Education: Tools for Maritime Ministry
The End of the Beginnings
Part 2- Overview of Maritime Mission
Chapter 13- Theoretical Foundations
Motives for Maritime Mission
Dimensions of Maritime Mission
Chapter 14- Practical Aspects
Impediments to Maritime Mission
Strategies for Maritime Mission
Summary: The Wave of the Future
Part 3- Perspectives on Maritime Mission
1. Miriam Adeney: Dancing with the Elephant
2. António Barbosa da Silva: Religious Pluralism in the Maritime World
3. Thomas Batong: Maritime Ministry and Maritime Ecology
4. William Choi: Multi-cultural Communication
5. David Cockroft: Maritime Industry and Maritime Ministry
6. Barbara Crafton: Holding Onto Justice and Hope
7. James Dillenburg: The Apostleship of the Sea
8. William R. Douglas: A Mariner’s Voice
9. Stephen Friend: The Role of Research In Maritime Ministry
10. Jacques Harel: Ecumenicity in the Maritime World
11. He Qi: Art, the Gospel and the Sea
12. Paul Hiebert: Worldviews and Nomads of the Sea
13. Tom Holmer: The Seafarers’ Trust
14. Peter Ibrahim: Out of Africa
15. Buzz Kahn: Seafaring Disciples—Then and Now
16. Ruth Kverndal: The Scourge of Addiction
17. Karen Lai: Shipvisiting and Follow-up
18. Per Lönning: The Challenge of Fundamentalism
19. Efthimios Mitropoulos: Shipping and the Human Element
20. Kjell Nordstokke: The Diaconal Dimension
21. Kjell Bertel Nyland: Maritime Mission and Nationality
22. James O’Halloran: Small Christian Communities
23. Carl Osterwald: Hope Regained
24. Irette Ramoelinina: Women On the Waterfront
25. Ricardo Rodriquez-Martos Dauer: The Merchant Ship
26. Helen Sampson: Seafarers International Research Centre
27. Darrell Schoen: Living Temples At Sea
28. Anita Trondsen Spilling: Oilrig Chaplaincy
29. Douglas Stevenson: Seafarers Jand ustice
30. Gérard Tronche: Ministry Among Fishers
31. Desmond Tutu: Truth and Reconciliation
Appendices
1. The Seafarers’ Covenant
2. NAMMA’s Statement of Mission
3. Shipvisiting Guidelines
4. A Port Chaplain’s “Survival Kit”
5. Volunteer Chaplain Brings Comfort to Crews
6. “The Greatest of These…”
Selected Bibliography
Index of Subjects
Index of Persons