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International Review of Mission, 2023
AbstractFrom 1958 to 1965, J. E. Lesslie Newbigin worked for the International Missionary Council and then the World Council of Churches, specifically leading the integration of the organizations. Newbigin had a profound impact on the importance and role of mission within the ecumenical movement during the early transition of decolonialism around the ...
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AbstractFrom 1958 to 1965, J. E. Lesslie Newbigin worked for the International Missionary Council and then the World Council of Churches, specifically leading the integration of the organizations. Newbigin had a profound impact on the importance and role of mission within the ecumenical movement during the early transition of decolonialism around the ...
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2000
Abstract This book offers an intellectual and spiritual biography of Lesslie Newbigin, a figure of patristic proportions in the twentieth-century history of the Church. Drawing on thirty-five years of personal and literary acquaintance with his subject and on a thorough examination of the Newbigin archives, Geoffrey Wainwright crafts a ...
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Abstract This book offers an intellectual and spiritual biography of Lesslie Newbigin, a figure of patristic proportions in the twentieth-century history of the Church. Drawing on thirty-five years of personal and literary acquaintance with his subject and on a thorough examination of the Newbigin archives, Geoffrey Wainwright crafts a ...
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Lesslie Newbigin: A Postmodern Missiologist?
Mission Studies, 2004AbstractParticularly through his study of the postcritical philosophy of Michael Polanyi, Lesslie Newbigin engaged in a critique of postmodernity and a Christian postmodern apologetics before postmodernity ever "arrived" in contemporary missiological thought.
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Lesslie Newbigin and Edinburgh’s Common Call
The Ecumenical Review, 2019AbstractIn a world where pluralism is the norm, interfaith encounter and dialogue are essential parts of the Christian experience. Lesslie Newbigin reflected extensively on a theological understanding of the Christian encounter with those of other faiths, emphasizing the importance of both a humble orientation toward God and others and a firm ...
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Is Lesslie Newbigin's Model of Contextualization Anticultural?
Mission Studies, 2002AbstractNewbigin's understanding of contextualization has been criticized as being countercultural, even anticultural. Is this a fair criticism? There are a number of reasons that this critique has been made: Newbigin's theoretical expression of contextualization stresses the judging character of the gospel; at certain points he lacks a well ...
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Lesslie Newbigin's Missional Approach to the Modern Workplace
Missiology: An International Review, 2011In the vast collections of secondary literature related to Lesslie Newbigin's life, ministry, and thought, writers have reflected very little on his enduring passion for a missional approach to the modern secular workplace. This article examines the formative characters and experiences that shaped his groundbreaking thought on the theological nature ...
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Biography as Missiology: The Case of Lesslie Newbigin
Missiology: An International Review, 1999Aspects of the biography of Lesslie Newbigin illustrate the variety of ways that missional vision and the practical details of life have bearing on each other. These include defining moments, such as his vision of the cross during university years; context as the backdrop against which ideas are expressed; choices made in consistency with fundamental ...
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Unfinished dialogue? The reception of Lesslie Newbigin's theology
Theology, 2008The inadequate recognition of the theological concepts of significant 20th century missiologist Lesslie Newbigin are discussed in light of his marginalisation among Christians, church and academic theology. It is suggested that Newbigin's theology is relevant presently for his efforts to establish an authentic missionary engagement with Western culture
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