Lesslie Newbigin (1909-1998) was a renowned theologian, missionary, and church leader. Born and educated in England, he later ministered for several decades in India. Over the course of his career, he held leadership roles in the International Missionary Council and the World Council of Churches. In recognition of his accomplishments in missiology and ecclesiology, he was awarded honorary doctorates from numerous institutions, including the University of Cambridge and the University of Edinburgh. He published more than twenty books, including Foolishness to the Greeks: The Gospel and Western Culture and The Gospel in a Pluralist Society.
Myron S. Augsburger
--in Mission Focus
"This is an extraordinary book on contemporary missiology. Writing
from four decades of experience in Christian mission, Lesslie
Newbigin applies the same discernment involved in contextualizing
the gospel in another culture to the issues involved in
contextualizing the gospel in our Western culture. He lays bare the
pervasive and subtle synergism that alters the gospel, and he calls
us to a thorough critique of our culture and of the way in which we
understand or misunderstand the gospel of Christ. . . Important
reading for a stimulating perspective on the gospel and Western
culture." Tim Stafford
--in Christianity Today
"Newbigin's analysis is the best part of this stimulating book. I
do not know of another such brilliantly comprehensive treatment of
Western society." Gottfried Oosterwal
--in Missiology
"The central question posed by Bishop Newbigin in this stimulating
book is: What would be involved in a genuinely missionary encounter
between the gospel and Western culture? . . . The result is a very
profound study. . . Newbigin has given us a masterful analysis of
the essential features of Western culture and has pointed the way
for an effective missionary encounter." David Heim
--in The Christian Century
"Newbigin's missionary enthusiasm and his experience in
cross-cultural missions make this book far more invigorating than
the usual disquisition on the problems of belief in the modern age.
. . With his vast learning worn very lightly and, above all, with a
deep commitment to the gospel, Newbigin pierces some holes in the
secular plausibility structure that Christians have come in large
part to accept."
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