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Evangelical, Ecumenical, and Anabaptist Missiologies in Conversation: Essays in Honor of Wilbert R. Shenk. Edited by James R. Krabill, Walter Sawatsky, and Charles E. Van Engen. Maryknoll, New York, US, Orbis 2006. Pp. xiv + 336. $25.00.

Evangelical, Ecumenical, and Anabaptist Missiologies in Conversation: Essays in Honor of Wilbert... 114 Book Reviews / Mission Studies 27 (2010) 91–138 Evangelical, Ecumenical, and Anabaptist Missiologies in Conversation: Essays in Honor of Wilbert R. Shenk. Edited by James R. Krabill, Walter Sawatsky, and Charles E. Van Engen. Maryknoll, New York, US, Orbis 2006. Pp. xiv + 336. $25.00. Anabaptism and Mission: A Bibliography 1859–2000. Edited by Chad Mullet Bauman and James R. Krabill. Elkhart, Indiana, US, Mennonite Mission Network 2002. Pp. 249. James R. Krabill directs the Mennonite Mission Network in Indiana, Walter Sawatsky is director and associate professor of church history and mission at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, and Charles E. Van Engen is Glasser Professor of Biblical Th eology of Mission at Fuller Th eological Seminary. Th ey have edited this volume, bringing together writings of twenty-six missiologists from nearly every family of mission studies to refl ect on how Wilbert Shenk has infl uenced their understanding of missions. Th e authors are espe- cially concerned to understand the role of all Christians in world mission and to overcome hostility that has at times characterized relations between Evangelical and Ecumenical Prot- estantism. Fortunately, they fi nd a model for this in the life and work of Mennonite mis- siologist Wilbert Shenk. Following Sawatsky’s biographical introduction to Shenk, the editors organize the volume around fi ve characteristics of Shenk’s ministry: 1) Shenk as mission historian, 2) Shenk as mission theologian, 3) Shenk as churchman, 4) Shenk as concerned about Western missions, and 5) Shenk as facilitator of missiological ecumenism. Th e essays in part one expand Shenk’s emphases on missions in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, particularly from a Lukan perspec- tive. Th e second part focuses on the contextualization of Anabaptist missions, the advocacy of peace in those missions, and knowing God in multiple contexts, all emphases derived directly or indirectly from Shenk’s writings. Th e contributions in part three refl ect on Shenk’s theology of the church, especially in relation to other faiths, a particular focus being Indone- sia and other Muslim areas. Part four contains essays that dialogue with postmodernism, a practice that reconceptualizes the gospel in attempts to re-evangelize the West. Essays in part fi ve consider the task of contextualizing missions in the twenty-fi rst century, particularly in Africa in dialogue with African Independent Churches (AICs), building upon Shenk’s life- style of conversing with and maintaining ties with people of other traditions. Th e second volume under review here is a focused bibliography of both primary and secondary sources on Anabaptist-Mennonite missions and missionaries from the late nine- teenth through the end of the twentieth century. It includes nearly four thousand sources originally found in various Anabaptist publications, thus forming a rather comprehensive bibliography. A point of further expansion could be to include resources from outside the North American context, something the editors claim that they are in the process of doing. Taken together, these two volumes show the extent and vibrancy of Anabaptist- Mennonite missions in the world, yesterday and today. I would recommend them to grad- uate students working in evangelism as well as historical theology. Bradford McCall Regent University, Virginia, USA © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2010 DOI: 10.1163/157338310X498404 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Mission Studies Brill

Evangelical, Ecumenical, and Anabaptist Missiologies in Conversation: Essays in Honor of Wilbert R. Shenk. Edited by James R. Krabill, Walter Sawatsky, and Charles E. Van Engen. Maryknoll, New York, US, Orbis 2006. Pp. xiv + 336. $25.00.

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114 Book Reviews / Mission Studies 27 (2010) 91–138 Evangelical, Ecumenical, and Anabaptist Missiologies in Conversation: Essays in Honor of Wilbert R. Shenk. Edited by James R. Krabill, Walter Sawatsky, and Charles E. Van Engen. Maryknoll, New York, US, Orbis 2006. Pp. xiv + 336. $25.00. Anabaptism and Mission: A Bibliography 1859–2000. Edited by Chad Mullet Bauman and James R. Krabill. Elkhart, Indiana, US, Mennonite Mission Network 2002. Pp. 249. James R. Krabill directs the Mennonite Mission Network in Indiana, Walter Sawatsky is director and associate professor of church history and mission at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, and Charles E. Van Engen is Glasser Professor of Biblical Th eology of Mission at Fuller Th eological Seminary. Th ey have edited this volume, bringing together writings of twenty-six missiologists from nearly every family of mission studies to refl ect on how Wilbert Shenk has infl uenced their understanding of missions. Th e authors are espe- cially concerned to understand the role of all Christians in world mission and to overcome hostility that has at times characterized relations between Evangelical and Ecumenical Prot- estantism. Fortunately, they fi nd a model for this in the life and work of Mennonite mis- siologist Wilbert Shenk. Following Sawatsky’s biographical introduction to Shenk, the editors organize the volume around fi ve characteristics of Shenk’s ministry: 1) Shenk as mission historian, 2) Shenk as mission theologian, 3) Shenk as churchman, 4) Shenk as concerned about Western missions, and 5) Shenk as facilitator of missiological ecumenism. Th e essays in part one expand Shenk’s emphases on missions in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, particularly from a Lukan perspec- tive. Th e second part focuses on the contextualization of Anabaptist missions, the advocacy of peace in those missions, and knowing God in multiple contexts, all emphases derived directly or indirectly from Shenk’s writings. Th e contributions in part three refl ect on Shenk’s theology of the church, especially in relation to other faiths, a particular focus being Indone- sia and other Muslim areas. Part four contains essays that dialogue with postmodernism, a practice that reconceptualizes the gospel in attempts to re-evangelize the West. Essays in part fi ve consider the task of contextualizing missions in the twenty-fi rst century, particularly in Africa in dialogue with African Independent Churches (AICs), building upon Shenk’s life- style of conversing with and maintaining ties with people of other traditions. Th e second volume under review here is a focused bibliography of both primary and secondary sources on Anabaptist-Mennonite missions and missionaries from the late nine- teenth through the end of the twentieth century. It includes nearly four thousand sources originally found in various Anabaptist publications, thus forming a rather comprehensive bibliography. A point of further expansion could be to include resources from outside the North American context, something the editors claim that they are in the process of doing. Taken together, these two volumes show the extent and vibrancy of Anabaptist- Mennonite missions in the world, yesterday and today. I would recommend them to grad- uate students working in evangelism as well as historical theology. Bradford McCall Regent University, Virginia, USA © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2010 DOI: 10.1163/157338310X498404

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