What Is the Mission of the Church? : A Guide for Catholics

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ISBN: 9781570758102 | 1570758107
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 10/30/2008

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The essential guide to the "who, what, where and why" of mission and its meaning for the local and universal church. In this book, Roger Schroeder offers an up-to-date and inspiring overview of the mission of the church and its members. He distills the essentials of Scripture, the lessons of history, and church teaching since Vatican Council II. Book jacket.

Abbreviations	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
How the Concept of Mission Has Changed: An Introduction	p. 1
From Ransoming Pagan Babies to Mission on Every Continent	p. 1
New Understanding of Mission	p. 2
Mission and Table Fellowship	p. 6
Additional Considerations and Challenges	p. 8
Aim and Structure of This Book	p. 10
Questions for Reflection	p. 11
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 11
Starting with the Big Picture: God's Mission, the Reign of God, and Christ the Savior	p. 13
God's Mission and the Spirit	p. 14
Jesus and the Reign of God	p. 15
The Mission of Jesus and Table Fellowship	p. 16
Jesus Christ, the Savior	p. 19
Mission to All Peoples	p. 20
Jesus Encounters the Samaritan Woman at the Well	p. 21
Mission as Seeds and Weeds	p. 24
Sketching the Big Picture	p. 25
Questions for Reflection	p. 26
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 26
The Spirit Leads the Disciples in New Directions: The Biblical Portrait of a Church Missionary by Nature	p. 28
Before Pentecost (Acts 1): Disappointment and Expectation	p. 29
Pentecost (Acts 2-5): Receiving Power to Bear Witness	p. 30
Stephen and the Hellenists (Acts 6-7): Jewish Disciples Pushed beyond Their Comfort Zone	p. 32
Samaria and the Ethiopian Eunuch (Acts 8): To the Ends of the Earth?	p. 33
Cornelius and His Household (Acts 10:1-11:18): Peter and the Gentile Mission	p. 34
Antioch (Acts 11:19-29): Mission Matures	p. 37
Universal Mission (Acts 12-28): Missional and Church Self-Consciousness Spreads	p. 38
A Tiny Church with a Universal Mission	p. 41
Questions for Reflection	p. 42
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 42
Mission from the Early Church to the Fall of Constantinople (100-1453): House Churches, Monks, Mendicants, and Beguines	p. 44
Mission in the Early Church (100-301): Individual Christians in a Variety of Situations	p. 48
Mission and the Monastic Movement (313-907): From Constantine to the Fall of the T'ang Dynasty	p. 53
Mission and the Mendicant Movement (1000-1453): Preachers, Third Orders, and Beguines	p. 59
Questions for Reflection	p. 65
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 65
Mission from Columbus to the Fall of the Berlin Wall (1492-1989): Prophets, Jesuits, Missionary Societies, and New Approaches	p. 66
Mission in the Age of Discovery (1492-1773): Conquistadors, Prophets, and Jesuits	p. 67
Mission in the Age of Progress (1792-1914): Civilizers, Evangelizers, and Volunteer Societies	p. 75
Mission in the Twentieth Century (1919-1989): The Emergence of World Christianity	p. 81
Icons of the Transformation of Mission	p. 82
Emergence of World Christianity: Christianity as a World Religion	p. 85
Questions for Reflection	p. 87
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 87
Three Documents as Sign Posts for Mission Today: The Why, Who, and Where of Mission	p. 89
Mission before Vatican II: Saving Souls and Establishing the Church	p. 90
Mission as Participation in the Mission of the Triune God	p. 92
Implications of the Three Missional Principles of Vatican II	p. 94
Mission as Liberating Service of the Reign of God	p. 96
Mission as Proclamation of Jesus Christ as Universal Savior	p. 99
The Why, the Who, and the Where of Mission	p. 101
The Wedding Banquet as a Parable of Mission	p. 108
Questions for Reflection	p. 110
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 111
A Single but Complex Reality: The What of Mission	p. 112
Witness and Proclamation	p. 113
Liturgy, Prayer, and Contemplation	p. 115
Pursuit of Justice, Peace, and the Integrity of Creation	p. 117
Interreligious and Secular Dialogue	p. 119
Inculturation	p. 121
Reconciliation	p. 123
Integrating the Single but Complex Reality of Mission	p. 125
Questions for Reflection	p. 126
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 127
The Mission-Driven Parish and Diocese: The Spirituality and Practice-the How-of Mission	p. 128
The Spirituality of Mission	p. 129
Prophetic Dialogue: Discerning the Already and the Not Yet	p. 130
Practice of Mission	p. 132
Once Again, Mission as a Single but Complex Reality	p. 135
Table Fellowship as the Goal of Mission in Its Fullness	p. 138
Summing Up: What Is the Mission of the Church?	p. 139
Questions for Reflection	p. 140
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 141
A Sample Parish Assessment Tool	p. 143
Resources and Contact Information	p. 147
Bibliography/Reference List	p. 149
Official Catholic Church Documents Related to Mission after 1960 (in chronological order)	p. 149
Basic Resources on Mission and for Mission Education	p. 150
Index	p. 155
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