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Mission from the cross : the Lutheran theology of mission / [manuscript] : Klaus Detlev Schulz. - St. Louis, MO : Concordia Pub. House, 2009. - xii, 339 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-339) and indexes.

Part I: The nature and study of mission today -- An appraisal of Lutheran mission -- Synonyms and concepts of mission -- Missiology as a discipline and setting priorities -- The Reformation -- Justification : the organizing principle of mission -- Part II: The mission of the Triune God -- The trinitarian structure of mission -- Creation and preservation in God's mission -- The foundation and goal of God's mission -- The dynamism of God's mission -- The projection of God's mission -- Part III: The church, her task, and context -- Mission and the Word of God -- The missionary goal -- Building a new community -- Mission as ethics -- The missionary office -- The Christian witness in the interreligious context -- Conclusion.

ISBN: 9780758613509 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2009015257

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Missions.
Lutheran Church--Doctrines.
Lutheran Church--Missions.

LC Class. No.: BV2061.3 / .S33 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 266