William R. Burrows

A Light to the Nations

Evangelism & Missions

“A Light to the Nations is a superb book, collecting the insights of women and men who have thought long and hard about the mission of the Church and its empowerment by the Holy Spirit. It also brings together profound reflections on the many aspects of Gary McGee's professional and spiritual legacy, aspects that are, indeed, a catalogue of the important ways in which the Pentecostal Movement is now a force enriching the entire church. Gary knew that the Pentecostal and Charismatic movements would reach their full potential only when they began to bring the Spirit's power into all the churches and not merely spawn new denominations. And the authors deepen that insight as they bring to the fore its truth from a variety of perspectives. A Light to the Nations is a must-read book for anyone seeking to better understand the Spirit as the dynamic principle revealing Christ in all genuine Christianity.”

Embodied Cross

Theology

“Arata Miyamoto's Embodied Cross is the finest and most concrete example I know of for moving beyond prescriptions that Asian and other contextual theologies should move beyond the limits of Western theological categories. This is a profound book of constructive Christian theology that only a Japanese could have written, and it enriches the entire world.”

Explaining the Practice of Elevating an Ancestor for Veneration

World Religions

“Shakwelele’s book is a real masterpiece of anthropological research. It supplies missiologists, theologians, and church leaders with a readable account of why ancestor veneration needs to be taken seriously in the interpretation of Christianity. In a carefully and deeply researched study, Shakwelele shows the ways in which African traditions offer insights into the unity of creation and the relationship between living ancestors and today’s human race. A truly exciting book.”

Explorations in Asian Christianity

History & Biography

“Explorations in Asian Christianity cements Scott Sunquist's reputation as one of the most reliable and insightful storytellers of the many dimensions of Christianity in Asia. From first page to last, he brings into relief the reality that Christian history cannot be divorced from the study of mission, and that both the study of Scripture and Christian history as a whole are the story of Jesus-followers finding their identity in mission. Writing history in Sunquist's hands becomes profoundly theological. There is nothing like it to reveal to readers the depth and breadth of Asian Christianity and the way in which Asians have made it a vital Asian religion with many faces, not a remnant of Western colonialism. Of special value is the nuanced way in which Sunquist takes account of Catholic, classic Protestant, Evangelical, and Pentecostal strands, and the ways in which they develop differently in different contexts.”

Faiths in Conflict?

World Religions

“Faiths in Conflict? is a powerful, enlightening book which explodes the myth that religion has been and continues to be the major cause of conflict. . . . Christians of all denominations and men and women of good will of all religious traditions must read it. It brings interreligious interchange and the challenge of Christian mission to an entirely new level of maturity with honesty, love and insight.”

Gift and Promise

Theology

“This book is living testimony to the relevance today of the Reformation of the church begun in 1517 and shows the many rich dimensions of Luther and Lutheran theology for world Christianity. The authors have breathed deeply in the Spirit who guided Luther and his followers to retrieve the deepest meaning of the Gospel and the centrality of Jesus for our Trinitarian Christian life. Gift and Promise is a wonderful gift to the entire church as we commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation.”

Mission Shaped by Promise

Evangelism & Missions

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)

The Founding of the Roman Catholic Church in Oceania, 1825 to 1850

History & Biography

Foreword

(wrote a foreword)

The Gospel in Human Contexts

Evangelism & Missions

“The Gospel in Human Contexts is something that only Paul Hiebert could have written in his mature years. This is a book designed to help us grapple with what it means to be human in any culture and how Christian mission is on solid footing only if it is fully engaged in exegeting what it means to be human in our new globalizing context. Both as a review of anthropological and theological theory, on the one hand, and as a sensitive meditation on becoming the sort of person who can be a genuine bridge builder, on the other, The Gospel in Human Contexts should be required reading in every course on mission and ministry.”