In this volume Scott Sunquist helps us understand this trinitarian perspective more deeply." --Stephen Bevans, SVD, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago "No mere pragmatic missiology, Scott Sunquist's book is replete with theology.

The book concludes by expanding upon David Bosch's proposition that theology ceases to be theology if it loses its missionary character.

Leading evangelical mission experts offer a comprehensive theology of mission text, providing biblical, historical, and contemporary perspectives.

Toward that goal, the book holds three major sections: God's mission, the church's mission, and the church's mission to the nations.

This full-scale text incorporates the keen missional insights of Lesslie Newbigin, David Bosch and other formative thinkers.

As the editors state in their preface, "those who have followed Yoder?s work over the years will find this book to be some of his most striking unpublished material since The Politics of Jesus.

Here is a clear, stimulating, and challenging conversation among five well-known scholars. All followers of Jesus involved in Christian mission today will find this work very helpful.

Wright has expertly updated the original book and demonstrates the continuing relevance of Stott's prescient thinking.

In this text, Paul E. Pierson, Dean Emeritus of the School of Intercultural Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary, guides the reader through a missiological view of history from Christ to the present.