Constants in Context

"No course in mission will be without this work. No theologian should miss it!" --Frederick W. Norris, Professor of World Christianity Emmanuel School of Religion    Traces the history and theology of mission from the origins of Christianity to the present providing the most up-to-date and complete book of its kind. Constants in Context possesses a depth and structure that make it the standard account of both the history and theology of Christian mission. Stephen B. Bevans, SVD is Louis J. Luzbetak, SVD Professor of Mission and Culture, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago. He is author of Models of Contextual Theology; An Introduction to Theology in Global Perspective;  and most recently Community of Missionary Disciples: The Continuing Creation of the Church (all Orbis Books). He is co-author with Roger P. Schroeder of Prophetic Dialogue: Reflections on Christian Mission Today and also serves as editor of Mission Studies and contributing editor of International Bulletin of Missionar