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A Reader's Guide to Transforming Mission (American Society of Missiology)

Author: Stan NUSSBAUM

Price: £6.64 
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Year: 4 May 2005
Publisher: Orbis Books
Brief Description: Meticulously faithful to Bosch's great work, Nussbaum offers readers a companion to bring into relief the issues of this great classic in missionary history and theology.
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Meticulously faithful to Bosch's great work, Nussbaum offers readers a companion to bring into relief the issues of this great classic in missionary history and theology. The book is a chapter-by-chapter introduction, complete with page references to 'Transforming Mission' for every theme developed.

 

In "A Reader's Guide . . ." Stan Nussbaum does a superb job of briefly, clearly and accurately presenting the thought of David Bosch as found in his "Transforming Mission (TM)." Bosch's book, published nearly twenty years ago (1991), is said to be the most widely used mission text. It is; however, quite a weighty read. Nussbaum, the former student of Bosch, has done us a favor with this guide. His respect for his former mentor is clear and he has taken care to remain true to Bosch's thought while not always being in total agreement. Nussbaum realizes; however, that it is Bosch's ideas that interest readers and not his own. That kind of humility is rare and refreshing. It's interesting that this Reader's Guide was published fourteen years after TM. I do wish it had been available back in the day when I first picked up Bosch but if this book helps introduce new people to TM it will be performing a valuable service. I must say that after reading this guide I want to go back and read sections of TM again. The fact that Nussbaum has a system referencing TM to his guide makes it all the more useful and easy to use alongside Bosch's book. Bosch's emerging paradigm of mission and Nussbaum's presentation of it here is just as on point now as it was when first published. Perhaps more so. Mission trainers and all those who give thought to where it is all headed will do themselves a favor by getting this book. It's that helpful.

Paperback, 2005, internally clean, owner's inscription but otherwise clean.