C. René Padilla

Faces of Latin American Protestantism

History & Biography

“A masterful presentation of a key to understanding the Protestant movement in its various expressions in Latin America.”

Jesus and Pocahontas

History & Biography

“In this book, Howard Snyder has succeeded in showing how under the spell of ethnocentrism, Pocahontas (1596-1617) became a nationalistic American myth that goes back to the English colonists who arrived in Virginia and founded Jamestown in 1607. Beyond that, however, he has succeeded in making of the Pocahontas story an insightful case study in the close interrelation that there is between the Christian mission and culture. I wholeheartedly recommend this book as a very good incentive to reflect on a subject that is oftentimes overlooked by people involved in missionary work.”

Mission as Transformation

Evangelism & Missions

“Without ignoring the important role that Western Christians leaders have played, this book provides a necessary corrective by presenting a series of brief portraits of outstanding Christian mission catalysts from around the world.”

Power and Poverty

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Poverty is an endemic problem, unnecessary in a world where there are sufficient resources to satisfy everyone's needs, though not everyone's greed. In Power and Poverty: Divine and Human Rule in a World of Need, Dewi Hughes has succeeded in showing that if there are people who are poor, that is because there are people who are able to use power to oppress them. In other words, the root of poverty is the misuse of power. At the same time, the author has convincingly argued that the best antidote to poverty is provided in terms of the biblical narrative that begins in Genesis and culminates in Jesus Christ. I can hardly think of a call more urgently needed today than the call he makes to Christians to express their faith in God by doing what is right and just and by letting the Spirit of God use them to overcome poverty. I wholeheartedly recommend this book!”

The Forgotten Jesus and the Trinity You Never Knew

Theology

“All too often Christology has . . . failed to give proper account of the spiritual basis for Jesus' life and ministry as well as for his death and resurrection. This book provides a necessary corrective for this failure and shows the relevance of a Trinitarian Christology to the life and mission of the church in today's world. I wholeheartedly recommend this work by one of the most capable theologians from the Majority World.”

Understanding the Atonement for the Mission of the Church

Theology

Foreword

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