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Visions of the Good Life
Salvation, Church, and Mission in the Secular West
Series: - Theology and Mission in World Christianity, Volume: 36
There is something wrong with us and the world we find ourselves in. In the Christian tradition, the concept of God's salvation describes the divine intervention to overcome this brokenness. However, such language might easily be misunderstood in the increasingly secular West. To make the reality of the doctrine of salvation understandable, relevant, and attractive for Europeans in the West, we might begin to think of it more in terms of relationship, well-being, and wholeness. Using a Biblical term, salvation is about the Shalom of the Reign of God. This volume explores the lived salvation practices of faith communities and missions, and their conceptualisations in the West: how is the good life perceived and practiced?
Contributors are Clive Marsh, Jan Martijn Abrahamse, Dejan AždajiÄ, K. Francis Adebayo, Philip Bartholomä, Janel Kragt Bakker, Nigel Rooms, Karen Zwijze-Koning, Hans Schaeffer, Berdine van den Toren-Lekkerkerker, Jack Barentsen, Chris James, Sake Stoppels, Annemieke de Jonge, Bert Roor, Evelien van Duffelen, Harvey Kwiyani, James Butler, Kathy Ross, Ross Lockhart, and Stefan Paas.
Contributors are Clive Marsh, Jan Martijn Abrahamse, Dejan AždajiÄ, K. Francis Adebayo, Philip Bartholomä, Janel Kragt Bakker, Nigel Rooms, Karen Zwijze-Koning, Hans Schaeffer, Berdine van den Toren-Lekkerkerker, Jack Barentsen, Chris James, Sake Stoppels, Annemieke de Jonge, Bert Roor, Evelien van Duffelen, Harvey Kwiyani, James Butler, Kathy Ross, Ross Lockhart, and Stefan Paas.
Hans Schaeffer is Professor of Practical Theology and Research Director at Theologische Universiteit Utrecht (TUU). He is director of the Centre for Church and Mission in the West at the TUU and Editor-in-Chief of Ecclesial Practices (Brill).
Jan Martijn Abrahamse is Associate Professor of Theology at Ede Christian University of Applied Sciences (CHE) and a visiting fellow at the Centre for Church and Mission in the West (Theological University Utrecht).
Karen Zwijze-Koning is a postdoctoral researcher in Practical Theology at the Theologische Universiteit Utrecht (TUU). She holds a Ph.D. in organizational communication and works with churches in the Netherlands on church renewal and collaborative goal deployment.
Stefan Paas is Professor of Missiology at Theologische Universiteit Utrecht and Professor of Missiology and Public Theology at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. In his recent work he has studied the relationship between missiology and soteriology, specifically in the secular West.
Jan Martijn Abrahamse is Associate Professor of Theology at Ede Christian University of Applied Sciences (CHE) and a visiting fellow at the Centre for Church and Mission in the West (Theological University Utrecht).
Karen Zwijze-Koning is a postdoctoral researcher in Practical Theology at the Theologische Universiteit Utrecht (TUU). She holds a Ph.D. in organizational communication and works with churches in the Netherlands on church renewal and collaborative goal deployment.
Stefan Paas is Professor of Missiology at Theologische Universiteit Utrecht and Professor of Missiology and Public Theology at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. In his recent work he has studied the relationship between missiology and soteriology, specifically in the secular West.
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
1 Salvation, Church, and Mission: Visions of the Good Life and the Why of Christian Faith in the Secular West
âHans Schaeffer
2 Why Salvation Matters ⦠for Church, in Mission and for Society
âClive Marsh
3 Does God Do Anything Novel? The Shape of Salvation in Late Modern Religious Literature
âJan Martijn Abrahamse
4 Why Should I Get Saved? The Secular Contribution to a More Holistic Understanding of Salvation
âDejan AždajiÄ
5 Mediating the Good Life: Reflections on Materiality and Material Prosperity in African Pentecostal Soteriological Discourse
âK. Francis Adebayo
6 From Acceleration to Resonance: Hartmut Rosaâs Sociology of the Good Life and the Mission of the Church
âPhilipp Bartholomä
7 White Christian Nationalism, Salvation, and the Kingdom of God
âJanel Kragt Bakker
8 Participating in the Flow of God: Church Development and Salvation
âNigel Rooms
9 Salvation and Church Renewal: Evaluating Church Practices to Foster Reflexivity and Experiences of Salvation
âKaren Zwijze-Koning and Hans Schaeffer
10 Godly-Worldly Salvation in Bunia, and in Groningen: Indicators for a Missional Ecclesiology
âBerdine van den Toren-Lekkerkerker
11 Exploring the Dynamics between Practices of Church Leadership and Visions of Salvation
âJack Barentsen
12 Salvation as Life Together in the Neighbourhood
âChristopher James
13 The Missional Mindset of Pastors and Pioneers in the Protestant Church in the Netherlands
âSake Stoppels
14 Soteriological Views of Practitioners in Missional Practice in the Netherlands
âAnnemiek de Jonge
15 Mapping Experiences of Salvation and Good Life in Pioneering Faith Communities
âBert Roor and Evelien van Duffelen
16 Europeâs New Evangelists: Exploring African Pentecostal Soteriologies in Europe
âHarvey Kwiyani
17 Who Then Can Be Saved? Perspectives on a Lived Theology of Salvation among Fresh Expressions in the UK
âJames Butler and Cathy Ross
18 Ruler of All Nature? Environmentalism, Soteriology and Mission in Vancouver, Canada
âRoss A. Lockhart
19 The Ministry of Peace: Contours of a Post-Christendom Soteriology
âStefan Paas
Index
Notes on Contributors
1 Salvation, Church, and Mission: Visions of the Good Life and the Why of Christian Faith in the Secular West
âHans Schaeffer
part 1: Salvation in Societal and Cultural Perspective: Mirroring Contexts
2 Why Salvation Matters ⦠for Church, in Mission and for Society
âClive Marsh
3 Does God Do Anything Novel? The Shape of Salvation in Late Modern Religious Literature
âJan Martijn Abrahamse
4 Why Should I Get Saved? The Secular Contribution to a More Holistic Understanding of Salvation
âDejan AždajiÄ
5 Mediating the Good Life: Reflections on Materiality and Material Prosperity in African Pentecostal Soteriological Discourse
âK. Francis Adebayo
6 From Acceleration to Resonance: Hartmut Rosaâs Sociology of the Good Life and the Mission of the Church
âPhilipp Bartholomä
7 White Christian Nationalism, Salvation, and the Kingdom of God
âJanel Kragt Bakker
part 2: Salvation and Inherited Churches: Renewing Present Practices
8 Participating in the Flow of God: Church Development and Salvation
âNigel Rooms
9 Salvation and Church Renewal: Evaluating Church Practices to Foster Reflexivity and Experiences of Salvation
âKaren Zwijze-Koning and Hans Schaeffer
10 Godly-Worldly Salvation in Bunia, and in Groningen: Indicators for a Missional Ecclesiology
âBerdine van den Toren-Lekkerkerker
11 Exploring the Dynamics between Practices of Church Leadership and Visions of Salvation
âJack Barentsen
part 3: Salvation and Mission: Crossing Boundaries
12 Salvation as Life Together in the Neighbourhood
âChristopher James
13 The Missional Mindset of Pastors and Pioneers in the Protestant Church in the Netherlands
âSake Stoppels
14 Soteriological Views of Practitioners in Missional Practice in the Netherlands
âAnnemiek de Jonge
15 Mapping Experiences of Salvation and Good Life in Pioneering Faith Communities
âBert Roor and Evelien van Duffelen
16 Europeâs New Evangelists: Exploring African Pentecostal Soteriologies in Europe
âHarvey Kwiyani
17 Who Then Can Be Saved? Perspectives on a Lived Theology of Salvation among Fresh Expressions in the UK
âJames Butler and Cathy Ross
18 Ruler of All Nature? Environmentalism, Soteriology and Mission in Vancouver, Canada
âRoss A. Lockhart
part 4: Salvation as Ministry of Peace: a Way Forward?
19 The Ministry of Peace: Contours of a Post-Christendom Soteriology
âStefan Paas
Index
Workers in Mission and Church in the West, theologians, pioneers, practical theologians, educators for ministry, systematic theologians, missiologists.