Engaging Globalization – The Poor, Christian Mission, and Our Hyperconnected World

Bryant L. Myers (PhD, University of California at Los Angeles) is professor of transformational development in the School of Intercultural Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. A veteran leader in global development work, he served in senior management roles with World Vision International for three decades and has served with the Lausanne Committee on World Evangelization. Myers is the author or editor of several books, including Working with the Poor and Walking with the Poor.

• ContentsSection 1: Setting the Stage1. Introduction and the Path Forward2. Twin FoundationsSection 2: Introducing Globalization3. Understanding Globalization4. The Ambiguities of GlobalizationSection 3: The Two Eras of Globalization5. The First Era of Globalization: Going Global by Migration, Conquest, and Mission6. The Second Era of Globalization: Globally Connected and Closer TogetherSection 4: The Impact of Globalization7. The Impact of Two Hundred Years of Globalization8. Assessing the Second Era of GlobalizationSection 5: Globalization and the Poor9. Globalization's Response to Poverty10. Contemporary Thinking on DevelopmentSection 6: Globalization and the Church11. Globalization and World Christianity12. The Theological Limitations of Globalization13. The Christian Engagement with Globalization14. The Missiological Challenge of GlobalizationIndex