Includes bibliographical references and indexes at the end of each chapters.

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Introduction: a paradigm shift in mission studies today -- Part I: Biblical and theological reflection on mission -- Scripture as a narrative record of God's mission -- Theology of mission and missional theology -- Part II: Historical and contemporary reflection on mission -- Historical paradigms of mission -- An emerging ecumenical paradigm of mission -- A survey of the global church -- Part III: Current issues in mission today -- Holistic mission: witness in life, word and deed -- Faithful contextualization: church, gospel and culture(s) -- Toward a missiology of western culture -- A missionary encounter with world religions -- Urban mission: the new frontier -- Missions: a witness to the gospel where there Is none.