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They touch upon the spirituality and motivation for mission, the relation of secular and sacred in the development of the divine plan, the meaning of God's activity in history, and our destiny within it, and the intertwining of justice and salvation as biblical themes.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e--From the Foreword by Robert J. Schreiter, C.PP.S., Catholic Theological Union\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLegrand examines the Bible's attitude to faith and culture in three parts: Israel and the nations; the cultural world of Jesus; and Paul and beyond. 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This is a book for theologians, missionaries, and church leaders who want a trustworthy overview of the fundamentals of mission from someone attuned to Catholic Conciliar and Post-Conciliar on mission.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOborji's book embodies the principles of Robert Schreiter's \"new catholicity.\" It sheds light on how a faith that is missionary in nature can be faithful to the Catholic heritages concern for unity while nurturing cross-fertilization from the many cultures in which it has grown and from the riches of other religious traditions among which it lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrancis Anekwe Oborji,\u003c\/strong\u003e was a Nigerian diocesan priest, and a professor of missiology at the Pontifical Urban University in Rome, one of the founding officers of the International Association of Catholic Missiologists, and author of \u003cem\u003eTowards a Christian Theology of African Religion.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":23984056598592,"sku":"978-1-57075-663-4","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Concepts.jpg?v=1747248228"},{"product_id":"church-community-for-the-kingdom","title":"Church: Community for the Kingdom","description":"\u003cp\u003eIntegrating missiology and ecclesiology in a vision of a church in mission made up of all the world's peoples, Fuellenbach explores the church's life as worshipping community, as communion, and as Body of Christ working to make the world reflect Kingdom values.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":23984143433792,"sku":"978-1-57075-416-6","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/products\/Church-Community-for-the-Kingdom.jpg?v=1747248235"},{"product_id":"christ-all-merciful","title":"Christ All Merciful","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eWhile twenty-one beautiful, glowing icons lead us to encounter Jesus face-to face, the accompanying reflections by Megan McKenna call us to become ourselves this image of God, to put on the new life of Christ. As they have throughout the centuries, icons lead us, teach us, inspire us, and draw us into the presence of the divine. The full color images by modern iconographer William Hart McNichols include portraits of Jesus and Mary, of canonical saints and modern martyrs and witnesses.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e*Christ Emmanuel, Flowering Cross * St.John the Forerunner * The Nativity of Our Lord*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e*St. Joseph, Shadow of the Father * Jesus Christ Morningstar* \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e*Nuestro Salvador de las Sandias * Christ All Merciful * Christ the Holy Silence* \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e*Jesus Christ Extreme Humility * The Passion of Matthew Shepard*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e*Jesus Christ Holy Forgiveness * The Crucified Lord l The Risen Christ* \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e*The Mandylion (The Face Not Made by Human Hands) * Santo Martir Rutilio Grande*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e*Hagia Hesychia * Jesus Christ Seraphic Guardian of the Blood* \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e*Mother of God, Soothe My Sorrows * Sainte Therese de l'Enfant-Jesus* \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e*Holy New Martyr Sister Mary Antionette, Daughter of Wisdom*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eDr. Megan McKenna\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e is an internationally known author, lecturer, and retreat leader. She received her doctorate from Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California, and has taught at colleges and universities in Chicago, Dublin, Dayton, and San Antonio. Her many books include \u003ci\u003eAnd Morning Came: Scriptures of the Resurrection, Prophets: Words of Fire,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eParables: The Arrows of God\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRites of Justice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLeave Her Alone, On Your Mark \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNot Counting Women and Children\u003c\/i\u003e. 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Suddenly I feel the urgent need to cast aside all theories and discussions, all efforts at strategy and simply go to these people and do the work among them for which I came to Africa. I would propose cutting myself off from the schools and the hospital and just go and talk to them about God and the Christian message. Outside of this, I have no theory, no plan, no strategy, no gimmick, no idea of what will come. I feel rather naked. I will begin as soon as possible. . . .\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003eWhat happens when an American missionary priest leaves behind all his old familiar structures to enter the world of the nomadic Masai people of Tanzania? That is the subject of Vincent J. Donovan's beloved classic, \u003cem\u003eChristianity Rediscovered\u003c\/em\u003e. Donovan learned what the gospel looked like, shorn of its Western packaging. 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