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Missions in the American and Western Contexts

Religious and Non-Religious Spirituality in the Western World (“New Age”)
by Philip Johnson, Anne C. Harper, and John W. Morehead (eds)
This is the paperback book version of the paper produced by the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization issue group addressing postmodern and alternative spiritualities. It is available for a donation of $6 through Neighboring Faiths Project.

The Celtic Way of Evangelism: How Christianity Can Reach the West...Again
by George G. Hunter

Cultural Change & Biblical Faith
by John Drane

The McDonaldization of the Church: Consumer Culture and the Church's Future
by John Drane

Faith In a Changing Culture
by John Drane

The Shaping of Things to Come: Innovation and Mission for the 21 Century Church
by Michael Frost & Alan Hirsch

The Gospel in a Pluralist Society
by Lesslie Newbigin

Foolishness to the Greeks: The Gospel and Western Culture
by Lesslie Newbigin

The Open Secret: An Introduction to the Theology of Mission
by Lesslie Newbigin

Postmission: World Mission by a Postmodern Generation
by Richard Tiplady (Editor)

Post-Christendom: Church and Mission in a Strange New World
by Stuart Murray

Emerging Churches: Creating Christian Community in Postmodern Cultures
by Eddie Gibbs & Ryan Bolger

Theology and Spiritual Disciplines in a Postmodern Cultural Context

The Challenge of Jesus
by N. T. Wright

Following Jesus
by N. T. Wright

The New Testament and the People of God
by N. T. Wright

Jesus and the Victory of God
by N. T. Wright

The Resurrection of the Son of God
by N. T. Wright

What Saint Paul Really Said
by N. T. Wright

The Divine Conspiracy
by Dallas Willard

The Spirit of the Disciplines
by Dallas Willard

Cross-Cultural Missions

Ministering Cross-Culturally: An Incarnational Model for Personal Relationships
by Sherwood G. Lingenfelter

Communicating Christ Cross-Culturally, Second Edition
by David J. Hesselgrave

Contextualization: Meanings, Methods, and Models
by David J. Hesselgrave & Edward Rommen

Communicating Jesus' Way
by Charles H. Kraft

Transforming Mission: Paradigm Shifts in Theology of Mission (American Society of Missiology Series, No. 16)
by David J. Bosch

Reader's Guide To Transforming Mission (American Society of Missiology Series)
by Stan Nussbaum

Anthropological Reflections on Missiological Issues
by Paul Hiebert

Missiological Implications of Epistemological Shifts: Affirming Truth in a Modern/Postmodern World (Christian Mission and Modern Culture)
by Paul Hiebert

Understanding Folk Religion: A Christian Response to Popular Beliefs and Practices
by Paul Hiebert, Daniel Shaw & Tite Tienou

Missions
by Gailyn Van Rheenen

Communicating Christ in Animistic Contexts
by Gailyn Van Rheenen

New Wine into Fresh Wineskins: Contextualizing the Early Christian Confessions
by Richard N. Longenecker

The Bible in Cross-Cultural Perspective
by Jacob A. Loewen

Christianity in Culture
by Charles H. Kraft

Mission in the Old Testament: Israel As a Light to the Nations
by Walter C. Kaiser, Jr.