The Oxford Handbook of Mission Studies

Kirsteen Kim first taught mission studies at Union Biblical Seminary, Pune, India (1993-1997). She also taught in the Cambridge Theological Federation, University of Birmingham, and University of Leeds before becoming a full professor at Leeds Trinity University in 2011. Since 2017 she has been professor of World Christianity at Fuller. She has published five monographs, several edited works, and 150 chapters and articles. She has been a consultant for the World Council of Churches and other organizations, edited the journal Mission Studies (2012-2020), and currently edits the book series, Theology and Mission in World Christianity (Brill).Knud Jørgensen (1942 - 2018) was a journalist and theologian. He was Dean of Tao Fong Shan, Hong Kong until 2010 and then adjunct professor at the MF Norwegian School of Theology. He published several books and articles on journalism, communication, leadership and mission, and was one of the editors of the Regnum Edinburgh Centenary Series. He also had a long career as a broadcaster in Europe, Africa, and Asia, including for the Lutheran World Federation, Geneva.Alison Fitchett-Climenhaga is a Research Fellow in the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry at Australian Catholic University in Melbourne, Australia. Her research focuses on Christianity in Africa, missiology, and world Christianity, with emphases on popular religion, lay leadership, and conflict and peacebuilding. She has published on the history and anthropology of mission, and she serves on the American Society of Missiology's board of publications and Scholarly Monograph Series editorial committee.

• I. Mission Studies as a Discipline1: Kirsteen Kim and Alison Fitchett-Climenhaga: Introduction to Mission Studies: Analyzing Missiology's Current Configuration and Charting Future Prospects2: Brian Stanley: The Changing Face of Mission Studies since the Nineteenth Century3: Paul Kollman, CSC: Defining Mission Studies for the Third Millennium of Christianity4: Dorottya Nagy: Theory and Method in Mission Studies/MissiologyII. Mission Studies and Theology5: van Thanh Nguyen, SVD: Mission and Biblical Studies: Convergences, Challenges and Prospects6: Sandra Mazzolini: Mission and Evangelization in Christian Doctrine7: Stephen Bevans, SVD: Theologies of Mission8: Gheorghe Petraru: Mission and Ecclesiology: An Orthodox Contribution9: Henning Wrogemann: Mission Studies as Intercultural TheologyIII. Studies of Mission Practice10: John Mansford Prior: Practical Theology and Mission Studies11: Michael W. Goheen: Structures and Agents of Mission12: Edmund Kee-Fook Chia: Spirituality, Mission and Liturgy: A Sacramental Perspective13: Marie-Hélène Robert: Proselytism in Christian churches: Insights from the European scene14: Val Ogden: Ears still tingling? Mission Communication Explored15: Tomas Sundnes Drønen: Christian Mission and International Development16: Lap Yan Kung: Christian Mission and Social Action17: Septemmy E. Lakawa and Alison Fitchett-Climenhaga: Mission and Healing: Witnessing in the Aftermath of TraumaIV. Christian Mission and History18: Seija Jalagin: Christian Mission in World History: Out of Sight, out of Mind19: Kyo Seong Ahn: Christian Mission and Colonialism20: J. Jayakiran Sebastian: Christian Mission and Postcolonialism: Re-reading the Bible, the Theology, and the Call21: Pavol Bargár: Christian Mission and Communism: A Protestant Perspective from Former Czechoslovakia22: Dana L. Robert: Mission Studies and World ChristianityV. Christian Mission and Cultures23: Karen Lauterbach: Mission and the Anthropology of Christianity: Africanist Perspectives24: Peter C. Phan: Mission As Inculturation: Contextualizing God's Message in Local Cultures25: Gina Colvin and Rosemary Dewerse: Christian Mission and Indigenous Peoples26: Miikka Ruokanen and Chen Yongtao: Christianity in Chinese Soil27: J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu: Christian Mission and African Traditions28: Mechteld Jansen: Christian Mission and SecularismVI. Christian Mission and Religions29: Atola Longkumer: Christian Mission and Religious Studies: The Case of Indigenous Religions30: Annemarie C. Mayer: Christian Mission, Religious Pluralism and Inter-religious Dialogue31: Edward Kessler: Christian Mission and the Jewish People32: Samuel Nwokoro with John Azumah: Christian Missions and Muslims33: Muthuraj Swamy: Christian Missionary Constructions of Hinduism: Issues and Implications for Contemporary Mission Studies34: Pan-chiu Lai: Christian Mission and BuddhistsVII. Christian Mission and Society35: Joanildo Burity: Christian Mission and the Social Sciences: A Latin American View36: Nico A. Botha and Eugene Baron: The Protestant World Mission and Race Discourse: Edinburgh 1910--Ghana 195837: Gemma Tulud Cruz: Women in Mission38: Martha Th. Frederiks: Mission and Migration: Mapping Methodological, Historical and Theological Perspectives39: Mika Vähäkangas: Mission, Money, and Power40: Kapya J. Kaoma: Christian Mission and Ecology Amidst Global Warnings41: Gina A. Zurlo and Todd M. Johnson: Global Mission Statistics and Religious Demography

Both an empirical study of Americans dropping out of their religions and an interesting snapshot and analysis of the shiling Christian terrain in the U.S. Even those who take issue with Bullivant's diagnosis of American secularization will learn a great deal from his study of "nonverts" -- those who have disaffiliated from religion.