Overview
"When we speak of mission as dialogue, then, we are about as far away from imagining mission as conquering the world for Christ and missionaries as marines of the Catholic Church as we probably can get. There has indeed been a radical shift, both in the world in which the church does mission and within the church's own consciousness of the goodness and even holiness of that world." These words from one of the essays in this superb collection clearly demonstrate the changing view of mission today.
In this volume, Fathers Bevans and Schroeder address a primary challenge faced by Christians missioners today: How can they bring the Christian tradition to interact respectfully and effectively with members of other cultures and traditions from around the globe and still be prophetic?
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 Missionary Research. In 2021 Bevans was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Missiology.
Roger P. Schroeder, SVD is professor of intercultural studies and ministry, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago. His many books include What Is the Mission of the Church?; Christian Mission in Global Perspective (names one of Ten Outstanding Books in Mission Studies by the Overseas Ministry Study Center of Princeton Theological Seminary) and , with Maria Cimperman, Engaging Our Diversity: Interculturality and Consecrated Life Today (all Orbis Books). An associate editor of the International Bulletin of Mission Research he has also served as president of the American Society of Missiology, the Association of Professors of Mission, and the Midwest Fellowship of Professors of Mission. He is currently serving as Coordinator of Anthropos Institute, an international network of specialists in the social and religious sciences.
