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The Influence of Faith: Religious Groups and U.S. Foreign Policy.

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Proceedings of academic conferences, this with the increase of religion as a factor in its forms being favorable to democracy one sponsored by the Ethics and Public the identity and legitimacy of states. In and religious freedom), but that scenario, Policy Center, based in Washington, D.C., additionto Islamic countries,he citesIsrael, he thinks, is improbablewithout"a global are seldom so pertinent or instructive as India, and China as instances in which war of religions." Fourth is interreligious this volume. Although the essays were religion is seen as an increasing threat dialogue and the encouragement of more written prior to the terrorist attacks of to-orsourceof-statelegitimacy, leading tolerant religious traditions, notably in September 11, Habib Malik anticipates to state control or repression of religious Islam. That, he writes, "would at best be a the present crisis in his extended and groups. Huntington entertains four long, slow process, but it may be the only somewhat polemical analysis, "Political possible ways in which the persecution of practical one" (p. 63). Islam and the Roots of Violence." Also of religion might be reduced. First, there is Inboththeiranalyticalanddescriptive particularinterestisSamuelHuntington's the still recent elevation of religious force, thesenineessaysmakean important reflection on religious persecution and persecution as a priority concern in U.S. contribution to understanding "the the "desecularization" of world politics, foreign policy, which he welcomes but influence of faith" in the shaping of U.S. as well as Mark R. Amstutz and Andrew from which he does not expect any foreign policy. Natsios on the influence of religious dramatic increase in religious freedom. -Richard John Neuhaus organizations, including missionary Second, states can attempt to reduce the enterprises, in U.S. foreign policy. influence of religion, but such attempts Richard John Neuhaus is Founder and Director, Huntington, whose "clash of are likely to be futile and to entail further Institute on Religion and Public Life, New York, civilizations" argument has been much religious persecution. Third is the more or and Editorin Chief, First Things. debated, contends that religious less universal triumph of Christian persecutionnaturallyincreasesin tandem evangelization (Christianity in almost all

Hope for the World: Mission in a that "christianization" of the world Global Context. ("winning the world for Christ") can no longerserveas the goal ofmission. Instead, Edited by Walter Brueggemann. Louisville, "Christians must now be prepared to Ky.:Westminster John Knox, 2001. Pp. 177. listen, to wait andto serve.... Throughthe Paperback $18.95. pursuitofjustice, peaceandthe well-being of creation[Christians] will winthe gospel Mission in the Third Millennium. of Jesus Christ a hearing in ways seldom achieved by sheer 'proclamation'" (p. 15). EditedbyRobertJ. Schreiter. Maryknoll, N. Y.: The spiritual condition of humankind in OrbisBooks, 2001.Pp.x, 166. Paperback $22. diverse contexts is described as despair, the negation of hope. The nature of These two timely works, the former the common appeal to a missioDeirather than Christian mission is to confess "hope in product of an international panel of a church-centric orientation, and their action," not merely transcendently but in Reformed scholars and the latter a commonanxietyaboutthe negativeimpact and for this world. The Christian compilation of global trends as seen by of globalization. movement is "one of the vehicles of God's representatives of Roman Catholic The centerpiece of the Reformed transforming work in the world" (p. 16), religious congregations, presentpowerful reportis ahard-hitting"consensus paper" but it needs to act in solidarity with other statements of missiological issues at the drafted by Douglas John Hall. Under the agentsof God'smission. AffluentWestern opening of the third millennium. The rubric "despair/ hope" Hall sets forth nations must develop a critical awareness Reformed symposium had its genesis in issues confronting Christian mission that will liberate them from imperialist the Campbell Seminar at Columbia today. This list is supplemented by eight pretensions, while Christians inthe South Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia, context statements by participants (three are"challengedto resist the'christianizing' where eight international church leaders from the United States and one each from tendencies of triumphalistic forms of the convened for eight weeks of intense Canada, Cuba, South Africa, Sri Lanka, faith" (p. 21). Brueggemann's own essay interaction during September, October, and Hungary) and eight more detailed contains a devastating critique of the and November 2000. The Catholic report expositions of the theme by the same "negative, destructive impact of U.S. originated in a regular meeting of the participants. hegemony" (p. 154) upon the less­ Documentation and Research Center The centralthesisis thatChristendom developed world and an appeal to (SEDOS) held at Rome in April 2000. At as a historical phenomenon is dead; that Christians to "refuse participation in the many points the two reports complement mission in a pluralistic, postimperial age extremities of imperialism" (p. 157). Not or reinforce one another, especially their must be profoundly reconsidered; and all readers will identify themselves with

132 INTERNATIONAL BULLETIN OF MISSIONARY RESEARCH this analysis or with the new definition of Under the Influence: How mission. Christianity Transformed The Catholic 2000 SEDOS mission Civilization. congress, by contrast, sought to explore missionchallengesof thenew millennium By Al vin T. Schm idt. Grand Rapids: in more conventional ways. Building on Zondervan,2001.Pp.423.$24.99/Can $36.95. findings ofthe1981SEDOS seminar, which defined future directionsof missionunder This book is written by a Lutheran not only theologians but also a whole the headings proclamation, dialogue, clergyman who spent most of his range of laypeople inside and outside the inculturaiion, and liberation, the 2000 professionallife as a professorof sociology academy. seminar reaffirmed and updated these at Illinois College in Jacksonville, Illinois. Each of the book's fifteen chapters emphases whileadding fresh nuances and His book is characterized by clarity and examines one of the many fields of contextual applications. Six speakers easy reading and will, therefore, attract civilization that Christianity has entered presented regionalperspectivesfrom Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and North America. MichaelAmaladossoflndia, speaking ENGAGING THEOLOGY AND MISSION from a missioDeiperspective and strongly Rollin Armour, Sr. ad vocatingdialogue, viewsotherreligions QSlfit\. as collaborators: "The religions then are CNRlsnftnlH. Islam, Christianity, our allies in our pursuit of the kingdom of and the West God" (p. 33). German theologian Peter finD TN Huenerrnann, documenting a steep A Troubled History decline in western European ordinations, baptisms, weddings, and attendance at A discerning account of how the Christian and mass, comments that "the European Islamic worlds have misunderstood each oth­ church as institution is in a state of ers ideal's, traditions, and ways of life through­ dissolution" (p . 58). He declares its institutional structure to be obsolete and out history. 1-57075-407-1 pb $25.00 calls for "a new vision of the church as the community of the faithful constituted .. . by the Word of God and the dynamism of Miguel A. De La Torre Anthony J. Gittins the Holy Spirit" (p . 74). Religious congregations in Latin America are Reading the Bible Ministry at described as embracing incarnation­ from the Margins the Margins sharing the hopes, sorrows, and anxieties of the urban poor-as the new How to read the Bible from the per­ Strategy and Spirituality forMission postconciliar mission paradigm and as spective of the poor and how issues of Spiritual insights on cross-cultural min­ acknowledging the world as the place race. class , and gender influence our istry and mission that combine theology where the kingdom of God must be understanding of the Bible. and cultural an thropology. established; they themselves are in the 1-57075-410-1 ph $20.00 1-57075-417-9 ph $25.00 world as servants of God's kingdom (p. 93). Robert Schreiter's own contribution ,.------New in the AmericanSocietyof MissiologySeries: ----­-t--, focuses on the "downside" of globalization, namely, 80 percent of the John Fuellenbach world's population do not benefit from Church globalization but actually have their Community for the Kingdom condition worsened by it (p. 125). He Contemporary and classical understandings illuminate the church as worship­ ad vocates a "spiritualityof reconciliation" ping community, communion, and Body of Christ. 1-57075-416-0 ph $30.00 (p. 142) for the rebuilding of broken societies. A common feature is the quest Dana 1. Robert, editor for noninstitutional, nonhierarchical Gospel Bearers, Gender Barriers solutions. MissionaryWomen in the Twentieth Century Readers of thesetwoforward-looking symposia will find much to stimulate their A fascinating look at the lives of women who bore the heat of day in Christian mis­ thinking, along with a good deal that may sion, but who were often forgotten by history. 1-57075-425-X ph $25.00 also call forth their reservations. -James A. Scherer Samuel Escobar Changing Tides James A. Scherer is Professor Emeritus, Lutheran Latin Americaand World Mission Today School ofTheology, Chicago.Hewasamissionaryin ChinaandJapan andhasserved in variouseditorial Explains the history of Christianity in Latin America and draws a picture of capacities with theAmerican Society ofMissiology. "popular Protestantism" as it is emerging today. 1-57075-414-4 ph $28.00

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July 2002 133 and transformed. In successive chapters, Christian commitment present and past. (with fifteen summary charts, many the following transformationsofpaganism My second questionis connectedwith illustrations, andan index). Itis an excellent into Christianityare analyzedhistorically: the scope of this volume. Schmidt has tool with which to reflect upon the rich sanctification of human life, elevation of written a book that can be regarded as an historyof Christianity'simpacton Western sexual morality, freedom and dignity for antidote to secularism: in numerous ways civilization and to rethink its women, charityand compassion,hospitals it makesbothWesternChristians andnon­ contemporary mission. The author did and health care, education, labor and Christians aware of Christ's impact on not link his study with the contemporary economic freedom, science, liberty and nearly all sectors of life. Still, the risk that "Gospel and Culture" projects fathered justice for all, the abolition of slavery, art accompanies Schmidt's enterprise is by Lesslie Newbigin, but it no doubt can and architecture, music, literature, and, triumphalism, and the author has not contribute to their success. The main finally, holidays, words, symbols, and entirely avoided this danger. Perhaps his significance of this book, however, is that expressions.The authormakesit veryclear conservative view is rooted in a strong it offers inspiration to all Christians, that nearly everything in Western belief in Jesus Christas Victor. For instance, ministers and laypeople, who in one way civilization is connected with, and rooted his condemnation of male and female or another are concerned with Western in, Christianity. homosexuality lacks nuance. The and global society and culture, evenwhen The first question is whether the ecumenicalmovement, as represented for they disagree with some views of the author has forgotten some areas and/or example by the World Council of author. Christianity has transformed insufficiently dealt with others. The book Churches, which tries to provide such Western and global civilization and will deals mainly with Western civilization nuances, is bypassed. Another indication transform it in the future: this is the and thus pays very little attention to other of conservatism may be the author's messageofSchmidt to Christiansandnon­ civilizations and to the enormous impact dealing sympathetically with Dietrich Christians alike. of Christian missionaries on these Bonhoeffer but ignoring Karl Barth, who -Jan A. B. Jongeneel civilizations (for instance, the names of took the measure of Hitler's national the great foreign missionaries Francis socialism before anybody else. Radical Jan A. B.Jongeneel, acontributingeditor, isProfessor Xavier and William Carey are lacking). feminism is negatively referred to in ofMissions, UniversityofUtrecht, Netherlands. He Furthermore, the political arena is passing, but Christian feminism is not isauthorofthetwo-part Philosophy, Science, and marginally explored: democracy, mentioned. Theology of Mission in the Nineteenth and parliament, and the like are hardly These questions do not keep me from Twentieth Centuries: A Missiological addressed as areas of considerable wholeheartedly recommending this book Encyclopedia (1995-1997).

Messianic Judaism. Messianic movement" but does not mention the names of any proponents of By Dan Cohn-Sherbok. New York: Cassell, this model. Since modern Jewry is no 2000. Pp. xii, 234. $85; paperback $29.95. longer united by belief and practice, "pluralists maintain that the exclusion of Voices of Messianic Judaism: Messianic Judaism from the circle of Confronting Critical Issues Facing legitimate expressions of the Jewish a Maturing Movement. heritageis totallyinconsistent" (p. 210).In many respects, he says, "Messianic Jews Edited by Dan Cohn-Sherbok. Baltimore: are more theistically oriented and more Lederer Books/Messianic Jewish Publishers, Torah-observant even than their 2001. Pp. xx, 236. Paperback $17.99. counterparts withinthe Conservativeand Reform movements" (p. 212). In this GraduallysomeJewishscholars are giving development of Messianic Judaism from model, using the image of the seven­ serious academic attention to Messianic its origins in ancient times, then by branched menorah, he says, "Messianic Judaism. Perhaps this is because the assessing the movement's claim to Judaism should be seen merely as one Messianic Jewish movement is growing represent an authentic interpretation of among many expressions of the Jewish and gaining recognition-once again-as the Jewish faith, and finally by describing faith, [alongside] Hasidism, Orthodox a significant religious community that three alternative models of viewing the Judaism, Conservative Judaism, Reform cannotbe ignored, despiteoppositionfrom relationship between Messianic Judaism Judaism, Reconstructionist Judaism, and the Jewish religious establishment. and the Jewish community (p. xii). Humanistic Judaism" (p. 212). Cohn­ These are two important volumes The first model is Orthodox Sherbok concludes that the pluralist from Rabbi Dan Cohn-Sherbok, a well­ exclusivism. OrthodoxJudaismrejects not model, in which Messianic Judaism is knownAmericanscholarwhois professor only Messianic Judaism but all non­ included, "is the only reasonable starting of Judaism at the University of Wales in OrthodoxJewishmovementsin the world, point for inter-community relations Lampeter. They are groundbreaking since it believesthereis onlyone legitimate [among Jews] in the twenty-first century" studies that deserve attention and form of the faith: Orthodox Judaism. (p.213). appreciation by missiologists for the The second model is non-Orthodox In Voices of MessianicJudaism, Cohn­ author's willingness to treat this exclusivism. Despite their own rejection Sherbok brings together essays by thirty controversial movement in an open, fair, by the Orthodox, all other branches of leading representatives and friends of the balanced, informed, even sympathetic, modern Judaism "are united in their movement, including Barry Rubin, John fashion. rejection of Messianic Judaism as an Fischer, StuartDauermann,Joel Chernoff, In Messianic Judaism Cohn-Sherbok authentic expression of the Jewish faith" Daniel Juster, Ruth Fleischer, Jim Sibley, seeks to provide"an objective account of (p.208). RussellResnik, MitchGlaser, DavidStern, this important development in modern Third is the pluralist model. Here the Arnold Fruchtenbaum, and Arthur Jewish life," first by tracing the author offers"a more tolerant view of the Glasser. In his introduction, Cohn-Sherbok

134 INTERNATIONAL BULLETIN OF MISSIONARY RESEARCH describes Messian ic Judai sm as an understan d; then tell them their story, but Engaged stude nts like those in Chan g's "important d evel opment in modern tell it deeper, bett er, and more sensitively Harvard cam pus ministry will find thi s an Judaism" and "a significant force on the tha n they tho ught it could be told ; then tell import ant introduction to Christian Jewish scene," and he cha lle nges th e it agai n, exposing its convergence with persuasion . Engaged theologians, pastors, Jewish religious establishme nt to reflect the story of hum an sin we see revealed in and missiologists will be reminded of seriously on this movement (pp. xii-xiii, the Ch ristian stor y and showing where them es too easily forgotten. xx). both we and they might be open to - Wes Avram The authors address a wi de range of tran sfor mation in Christ. iss ues currently facin g th e Messianic Schola rs will quarrel with Cha ng on Wes Avram is the Clement-Muehl Assistant Jewi sh community, such asJewish liturgy, some poi nts, an d the book may suffer Professorof CommunicationatYaleDivinity School, authority of Scripture, relations to Gentile from trying to do so much that it does no having served as senior pastor of the First churches, ed ucation of th eir chi ld re n, one thing thoroughl y. Yet the main point PresbyterianChurch ofWilmette, Illinois.andcollege intermarri age, the role of wome n, Gentile is we ll taken and worth our attention . chaplain at Bates College. involvement, ou treach to th e Jewi sh community, and escha tology. A r th u r Gl asse r co ncludes h is observations on the Messianic movement by saying, "God is doing a 'new thing' in Jewry in our day!" We can also say it is a The Sixth Bound Volume of new day whe n a Reform Jewish rabbi is instru me ntal in bringing together lead ing representatives of Messian ic Judaism to publish such a rem arkable volume. MISSIONARY GOLD - Gerald H . Anderson INTERNATIONALBULLE1lN OFMI SSIONARY REsEARCH, 1997-2000 299 Contributors • 325 Book Reviews • 119 Doctoral Dissertations Gerald H. Anderson, senior contributing editor, is Director EmeritusoftheOverseas Ministries Study Center, New Haven, Connecticut. ere is mo re gold for every theological library and exploring scho lar H of mission studies- with all 16 issues of 1997- 2000- boun d in red buck­ ram, with vellum finish and embossed in gold lettering. It matches the ear­ lier bound vol ume s of the International Bu lletin Engaging Unbelief: A Captivating of M issionary Research (all of which are sold out) . Strategy from Augustine and .---- At your fingertips, in one Aquinas. volume: T he Ann ual Sta­ tis tical Tab le of Global By Curtis Chang. Downers Grove, Ill.: Mission , t he Editors' InterVarsity Press, 2000. Pp. 187, $11.99. annual selection of Fifteen O ut standing Books, and Lesslie Newbigin tau ght us that the West the four-year cum ulative in­ must be considered a mission field . Curtis dex. Here is an essential vol­ Chang's Engaging Unbelief deserves to be ume for your personal or in­ placed among res po nses to thi s insight. sti tutiona l library. No t content to Simply comment on or criticize our cultu ral condition, however, Ch an g grapples with what must now Limited edition of 350 volumes. Each volume is numbered and signed per­ become of serious apo logetics. He does so sonally by the editors, admirably, and surp risingly,by recovering rhetorical strategies from Aug us tine's City ofGod and Thomas Aquinas's Summacon tra Gentiles.Thei r differences are as important as their similari ties, for they show how Send me __ bound volu me(s) of the International Bulletin ofM issionary di ffer ent rh et ori cal crises can call for Research, 1997- 2000, at $68.95 . O rders outside the U.S.A. add $7.00 per differentapo logeticemphases, eve n while volume for postage and handling. Payment must accompany all orders. Pay in maintainin g a co m mon structu re of U.S. dollars only, by check dr awn on a U.S. bank , International Money ev an gelical faithfulness. And Ch ang Order, or VISA/Ma sterCard. Allow 5 weeks for delivery with in U.S. points out how the accomplishme nts of D Enclosed is my check in the amount of $__made out to "IBMR." Augu stine and Tho mas might yield new D Charge $__ to my VISAor MasterCard: fruit, not becau se their situations or their Card # Expires _ arguments are directly applicable to our own, but because they are ana logous Signature _ enough to mod el a way.Their willing ness NAME _ to render th e Gospel in words both ADDRESS _ pa ssionate for conversion and resp ectful of difference makes the point. Mail to: Overseas Ministries Study Ce nter Chang finds a way of avoid ing Publications Office ex tremes of eithe r fea rfu l retreat or 490 Prospect St., New Haven, CT 06511 flirtation wi th rhe to rica l or political Visit usat wwuJ. OMSC.org violence . Enter the imagina tions of your hearers with both respect and reason to

July 2002 135 From Mission to Church: The for women, one college, and one Reformed Church of America theological school. There was also the Mission in India. world-famous Christian Medical College and Hospital at Vellore, then still directed By Eugene P. Heideman. Grand Rapids: by Dr. Ida S. Scudder, along with three Eerdmans, 2001.Pp.xix, 748. Paperback $50. hospitals and two dispensaries. Finally, there were agricultural and industrial This fact-filled chronicle is rich in detail. It Churches. Yet throughouttheseyears, the institutes at Katpadi, each with branches tracesRCA missionariesfrom theirarrival mission never lost its distinctly Dutch for men and boys and women and girls. in [affna (Ceylon) in 1819 and from their Reformed character. Beyond all this was the now world­ founding of the American Arcot Mission Among ironies that abound one renowned Kodaikanal International in 1853 (and Classis in 1854) to beyond stands out. How commitment to the School, originally opened in 1901 by Mrs. their departure from India in 1987. It is ABCFM's "three-self" formula M. L. Eddy for American missionary also the story of the famous Scudder (indigenouscongregationsshouldbe"self­ children from Arcot and Madura. family; thirty-eight Scudders are listed in propagating, self-supporting, and self­ This work is an "in-house" the index. The book traces this family governing"), as set by Rufus Anderson, denominational history. As such, it can from John and Harriet (1819) to beyond led to perhaps the most ponderously satisfy its American constituency. It can the death of "Dr. Ida" (1961)/when Ida B. institutionalized missionin India is never also provide information to missiologists "stayedon." Ecumenicityis stressed. RCA adequately explained. By the time of andhistoriansof missions. But, alas, lapses missionaries initially went to India under India's independence, the mission in understandings of India and Europe­ the American Board of Commissioners consisted of forty-five American of their culture, history, literature, and for Foreign Missions (ABCFM), but then, missionaries, twenty-one Indianministers, historiography-abound. Nevertheless afterthe RCA establishedits ownBoardof and over five hundred male and female this book serves its purpose as a history Foreign Missions in 1857, successive staff serving 283 congregations. Eighteen the American Arcot Mission. mergers followed-with the South India "pastorates" served a community of -Robert Eric Frykenberg United Church in 1902/ with the Student 32,020. There were 135 village schools, 13 Volunteer Movement in the 1920s, with boarding schools (elementary and high; Robert Eric Frykenberg is Professor Emeritus of the Church of South India in 1947, and, six for boys, seven for girls), one separate History and South Asian Studies, University of finally, with the World Council of teacher-training school each for men and Wisconsin, Madison.

In the Light of the Word: Divine between men's and women's religious Word Missionaries of North ordersin crossingthe colorline in Catholic America. parishes and schools decades before the civil rights movement of the 1950s. By ErnestBrandewie. Maryknoll,N. Y.:Orbis -Ellen Skerrett Books, 2000. Pp. vii, 408. Paperback $40. EllenSkerrettisaresearch scholarfor theNearWest Ernest Brandewie's carefully researched of [im Crow attitudes in the Catholic Project, UniversityofIllinois atChicago. Sheedited volume on the Society of the Divine Word Church. Brandewie provides a more At the Crossroads: Old Saint Patrick's and the (S.V.D.) missionaries makes a clear and complex view, noting that "when Chicago Irish (Loyola Press, 1997) and was a convincing case that the archives of Americanbishops had entrusted the local coauthor ofKeeping Faith: European and Asian religious orders can enrich the writing of clergy with Negro missions or parishes, Catholic Immigrants (Orbis Books, 2000). history in crucial ways. The letters and they had failed" (p. 198). Hence, the records left by German-born priests and hierarchy called in the specialists, priests brothers who in 1899 established the of the Society of the Divine Word. One of Divine Word headquarters in Techny, the most famous of these priests on Illinois, north of Chicago, shed new light Chicago's South Side was Joseph Eckert, on issues of immigration, ethnicity, class, looked on by many as warm and selfless Evangelicals and Politics in Asia, race, and place. In his lively narrative, and by others as authoritarian and Africa, and Latin America. Brandewie discusses the growth and paternalistic. In the end, Brandewie development of Techny as the center of suggests, he was all this and more-"He By PaulFreston. New York: Cambridge Univ. the society in North America, a "sacred was German" (p. 202). Press, 2001. Pp. xiii, 344. $60. space" thatconnected"generationsacross HowdidDivineWord priests suchas the years and miles." Eckertsucceedso spectacularlyin making Paul Freston provides readers with the Especially provocative is his converts? While their training as first systematic account of evangelical discussion of the S.V.D. apostolate to missionaries was helpful, Brandewie also Christians and politics in the developing African-Americans and the creation of St. acknowledges the value that African­ world. Freston has been studying Augustine Seminary in Bay St. Louis, American parents placed on being able to Protestantism in Brazil since research on Mississippi, "by far the most important send their children to "a good schooL" his doctoral dissertation some years ago and radical emblem of the Society's However, he never mentionsby name the and has been lecturer in sociology at the emerging character" (p. 82). Historians Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, whose FederalUniversity of Sao Carlos in Brazil. have regarded Cardinal George pioneering work in St. Monica, St. He widenedhis researchonProtestantism Mundelein's decision in 1917 to transfer Elizabeth, and St. Anselm parishes in worldwide while teaching at the Oxford St. Monica and then St. Elizabeth and St. Chicago datesto 1912.Hereis a subjectfor Centrefor MissionStudies.PewCharitable Anselm parishes to the order as evidence Brandewie to tackle next: the cooperation Trusts later funded the opportunity for

136 INTERNATIONAL BULLETIN OF MISSIONARY RESEARCH him to assess the wide range of materials Cub a were and are deeply intertwined langu age to offer a solid and selective on evangelicalism and politics in sub­ with the presence and role of the United record of books and articles on the topi c. Saharan Africa, major countries in Asia, Sta tes in Cuban society durin g the Second, his main focus on the eastern part and eight Latin American countries. twentieth century. of Cub a, so impor tant in the religious and The result is a valuable publication Yaremko's efforts deserve praise for political li fe of th e cou n try , ad ds that pushes discussion of a controversial two reasons. First, his careful analysis of immeasurably to the quality of this book. topic mu ch further along than current primary sou rces in Cuban archives, Yaremko makes no attempt to discuss deb at es often d o. Interpret ers of location of unpublished material, and the Pentecostal churches present in Cuba eva ngeli cal politics have ran ged from direct interviews with key leaders and by the late 1930s. His major interest is th ose who presume evangelicals are scholars in Cuba and the United States are clearly in the mainline Protestantchurches otherworldly folk who disdain th is­ invaluable.He also demonstrates firsthand planted by U.S. missions. worldly approaches to politics to those kn owledge and access to important The book ends with a solid chapter on who attrib u te evangelicals' newl y secondary sources. The bibliography is the situa tion of Protestant missions and discovered political activism largely to perh aps the first serious attempt in any the national churches in Cuba and Ll.S, outside sources, principally money and missionaries from the United States . Pe ntecos ta lis m h as become th e leading sector of evangelicalism in many 2003-2004 countries and a majorexpression of wo rld Christianity.Contrary to many portrayals, Anderson International Scholarships Pentecostalism often hasdecades-old roots in the countries that are labeled as Third Overseas Ministries Study Center World countries.Pentecostalism'scoming New Haven, Connecticut of age in society and politics needs the kind ofstudy Freston provides.The author The Overseas Ministries wisely omits countries about which scanty Study Center announces informa tion on his themes is available.He the Gerald and Joanne further acknow ledges the unevenness of Anderson International information from country to country. Scholarships for 2003­ Where possible, Freston brings the 2004 . Scholarships are details of evangelical politics into sharper designated for interna ­ focus , provid ing a map of diver sity tional Christian workers between countries and a guide to views of (citizens of nations other leaders and followe rs within countries. than the U.S.), especially The study of religion and politics within a those engaged in cross­ global perspective is thu s emerging as a cultural ministries. credible scholarly enterprise. Freston has opened a window to a comprehensive Scholarships require a view . residency at OMSC of - Edward L. Cleary, o.r. eight to ten months. Fur­ nished accommodations Edward L. Cleary, G.P., is Professor of Political and a modest living stipend are provided. Scholarships are granted on a Science and Director of Latin American Studies, competitive basis and are awarded on the condition that recipients com­ Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island. He plete a minimum of twenty-two of OMS C 's weekly seminars in cross­ servedasamissionaryin BoliviaandPeru, 1958--63 cultural mini stry. At the end of their year ofresidence awardees must pro­ and 1968- 71. duce a written evaluation of their experience at OMSC, indicating how they expect the program to affect their future ministry. Applicants must meet the follow ing requirements: A minimum of four years' experience in Christian ministry u.s. Protestant Missions in Cuba: Endorsement by their mission agency or church denomin ation From Independence to Castro. Residence at OMS C for eight to ten months Enrollment in OMS C' s Certificate in Mission Studies program, By ]asonM. Yaremko . Gainesv ille:Un iv. Press requiring participation in at least 22 weekly seminars ofFlorida, 2000 . Pp. xiv, 200. $49.95. Commitment to return to their place of ministry Applications should be submitted as far in advance as possible.The schol­ Jason M. Yarernko, a historian with the arship stipend will be distributed on a monthly basis after recipient is in History Departmen t at the University of Manitoba, Canada, has made an excellent residence. Fam ilies with children are welcome . Successful applicants will cont ribution to Cuban Protestant history. be responsible for their own travel costs and medical insurance (required). His diligent research makes this book an Application deadline: January I, 2003. For application and further infor­ indispe nsable source for any serious mation contact: missiological and historical analysis of Jonathan J. Bonk, Executive Director Protestant mission in Cub a. 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Introducing the Mission und Gewalt: Der Umgang christlicher Missionen mit Gewalt Dictionary of African und die Ausbreitung des Christentums in Afrika und Asien Christian Biography in der Zeit von 1792 bis 1918/19. Edited by Ulri ch van der Heyden and Jiirgen Recording the Becher. Stuttg art:Franz Steiner Verlag, 2000 . histories and Pp. 557. €81. vision of Thi s collection of papers was presented at the leading the second quadrennial congress of the personalities of Berlin Society of Mis sion History. The ove rall theme is th e role that force or African churches violence played in the modernmissionary across the mov ement, although th e rubric as applied centuries. is quite elastic, as, al so , is the time framework. There are thirty-nine essays, twen ty inGermanand nineteenin English. The p articipants hail from eleven countries, mainly in Europe and Africa, Read the stories ofpioneer African although India, Israel, Canada, and the United States are represented. The first Christian leaders by visiting section focuses on the tensions between Islam and Christianity in the Near East, www.DACB.org East Africa, and central Africa. The next group of writers addresses a wide range An international team of scholars and church leaders is of qu estions regarding mi ssions in Africa, now engaged in the creation of the DACE. Broadly m ainly in the south and ea st. Several interconfession al, historically descriptive, and contributors deal with matter s in India exploiting the full range of oral and written records, the DACB will cover the and China, and the final section whole field of African Christianity from earliest times to the present, over the concentrates on issues in the pre-World entire continent. It is being produced electronically in English first. Translation War I German colonies and actions of of the website into French has recently begun with plans for translation into German missionaries elsewhere. Portuguese, Swahili, and Arabic. As a database, the DACB constitutes a uniquely It is impossible to summarize the dynamic way to maintain, amend, expand, access, and disseminate information content of each essay, as they vary in vital to an understanding of African Christianity as something more than simply a quality and range over a great variety of footnote to the story of European tribes. Being non-proprietary, it is possible for topics. Some are quite insightful, such as material within it to be freely reproduced anywhere in Africa in printed form. Alex Carmel's account of the kaiser's Being electronic, both on the World Wide Web and in an annually updated junket to the Holy Land in 1898, Werner CD- ROM version, the material will be accessible to readers around the world. Ustorf' s th eoretical asse ssment of the violent side of the missionary enterprise, DACB is an African initiative facilitated by the Irving Hexham's inci sive critique of the Overseas Ministries Study Center. postmodernist historiographyof missions andSouthAfrica,ChristoffPauw'saccount To receive the DACB newsletter, contact us at: of the little-known mission of the South A fri can Dutch Reformed Church in 490 Prospect Street , New Haven , CT 06511 Nyasaland (today Malawi), KarlaPoewe's (203) 624-6672 [email protected] treatment of the spell that National Socialism heldoverBerlin MissionSociety

138 I NTERNATIONAL B ULLETIN OF MiSSIONARY REsEARCH figures who really were notNazis, Michael Ten chapters di scu ss modern need for a propheticvoice, a servantspirit, Bergunder's analysis of proselytism in Protestantand CatholicCh ristianity.Ryan a sincere dialogue, and a tolerant spirit. Indian Christianity, and Vera Mielke's Dunch describes the Protestant churches Philip Wickeri concurs, noting that such portrayal of women workers of the as fragile, fragmented , and hopeful, an approach is important for scholarship Liebenzell Mission in China.All in all, this divided among the Three-Self churches about Christianity everywhere in the new book would be a good addition to an and the house churches and sects and millennium (p. 358). academic library's missions collection. between urban and rural. Nevertheless, - Alvyn Au stin -Richard V. Pierard Protestantismflourishes withbewildering diversity and ha s a place in China and AlvYIl Austill teaches Asian Studiesat University Richard V. Pierard, Professorof History Emeritus, among the Chinese dia spora. ofToronto . Organizerof theYork Missions Studies Indiana State University, Terre Haute, lectures These papers represent astute Seminars, the Canadian node of the Currents in regularly at Gordon College, Wenham , thinking at the end of the last century. World Christianity project, he is author of The Massachusetts,andMoscow TheologicalSeminary. ZhuoXinpingconcludes tha t for the future Wordless Book: The China Inl and Mission and In 2002 he is Visiting Lecturer at the University of of Christianity in China, there is still a Chi nese Folk Religion (forthcoming). Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.

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This book, th e most comprehensive synthesi s of recent scholarship on Christianity in China, moves chronologicallyand thematically from the Nestorians in the 600s to the cultural Christians in China of today (Chinese intellectuals influenced by Christian culture who do not join the church). Xiaoxin Wu is Director of the Ricci Institute, where Stephen Uhalley, [r., is a Distinguished Fellow. Compiled from a conference, "Reflections on the New Millennium," held at the institute in 1999, the bookis dedicated to EdwardMalatesta for his pa ssionate goodness and deep commitment to Christianity in China. Twenty-oneleadingscholarsexamine Christianity within Chinese culture. Uhalley writes that th e power of the message itself, whether accepted or not, is astonishing. This astonishment-that indigenous Chinese Christianity has survived 1,400years-isechoedby others. John Witek, S.J., provides a broad introductionof Christianity as a universal teaching from the West, while Zhang Kai yuan discusses research done by scholars in the People's Republic of China since 1978. The historical papers discuss revelation (Paul Rule'sbrilliant critiqueof Jean Gernet) and cultural transmission (Nicolas Standaert, S.J.). The papers on the Je suits are strong, particularly complementary papers on the di ssemination of Chinese philosophy through the AcademieRoyale des Sciences in Catholic France (Han Qi) and via Protestants like Leibniz in Germany (Claudia Von Collani). Dinara Doubrovskaia's 300-year history of the RussianOrthodox Churchas a diplomatic missioncontrastswiththe Europeanfocus .

Jul y 2002 139 Studies in Asian Mission History, evalua tion of the role of the Portugu ese 1956-1998. padroadosystem, the popes, and Propaganda fide mi ssion history in Asia . By ArnulfCamps. Leiden: Brill, 2000. Pp. xii, The chapter on Chinese mission is 337. $115.501f 196. particularly in te resting, an d the interpretation of events is carefully done. Studies in Asian Mi ssion History covers from tran smi ssion-history to reception­ Itdeals with the probl ems of the recep tion several m ajor "miss ionary periods in history (pp.3-4).Itrightly emphasizesthe of the Gospel in China, although wha t is Asia": the Mogul mission in India, the evident impact of mission history upon said in this chapter is equally va lid for the Chinese and Japanese mission, and the the motivation, methods, and scope of rest of Asia. Reception-history (p.187)can m issions in Afghanista n, Sri Lanka, mission today (p. 8). The seco nd part of have import ant implications for th e Turkey, Cochi nc hine, an d Tibet. The the introduction gives a brief summary of missionary approach to Ch inese culture int roductory cha pter deals with the new the mod ernmissionary movement during and politics and may suggest a way out of me tho do logy of mission history, a shift the last five centuries and an objective the p resent p olitical, cu lt u ral, an d missionary impasse facing the church in China.The cha pter on Fran ciscan mission to Asia is also particul arly interes ting, si n ce th e Fra nciscan contribution to mission in Asia has not received th e attention it deser ves from histori an s. Pro fessor Camps d eserves ou r g ra tit u de fo r making this m aterial available to mi ssionaries and scho lars alike. Th e volume gives in sight into Kuzmic Wright Guder Shorter motivation, methods, andscope ofmission in Asia. Unfortu nately, the p rice puts it beyond the reach of many Asian libraries STUDY WITH THESE and scho lars. - Sebastian Karotemprel, S.o.B.

SENIOR MISSION SCHOLARS Sebastian Karotemprel, S.D.B., a Contributing Editor, is Professor of Mission Theology at the Pontifical Urban University, Rome, anda member FALL 2002 of the International Theological Commission. Dr. Peter Ku zmic is Professor of World Missions and European Studies at Gordon-Conwell Seminary, South Hamilton, Massachusetts, and President of Evan­ gelical Seminary, Osijek , Croatia. He is an authority on Christian response to Marxism and on ministry in post-Communist contexts. The Bible and the Third World: Dr. Christopher Wright is International Ministry Director of Langham Partner­ Precolonial, Colonial, Postcolonial ship, London, a network of ministries associated with John Stott. He was assistant Encounters. professor of Old Testament, Union Biblical Seminary, Pune, India, and Principal, All Nations Christian College, Hertfordshire, U.K. By R. S.Sugir tharajah. New York:Cambridge Un iv. Press, 2001. Pp. x, 306. $65; paperback SPRING2003 $23 .

Dr. Darrell L. Guder is Professor of Missional and Ecumenical Theology at The open ing phrases o f this boo k Princeton Theological Seminary, New Jersey, and author of The Continuing command attention: "Along w it h Conversion of the Church. He was Professor of Evangelism and Church Growth, gunboats, opium, slaves, and treaties, the Columbia Theological Seminary, Georgia. Ch ristian Bible bec ame a defining symbol of Eu ropean expansion" (p. 1). To place Dr. Aylward Shorter, M.Afr., a U.K. citizen and since 1961, a member of the the Bible in thi s less than illu strious line Missionaries of Africa, is Principal of Tangaza College, Catholic University of may set one 's teeth onedge, yetthe author East Africa, Nairobi. He is known for his pioneering work among the Kimbu of is not a member of that tiresome group Tanzania and for his writings on African culture and the church in East Africa. whose chief delight is to expose the evils of all things colonial and Western. His account is balanced indeed, a pan oply of In addition to providing leadership in OMSC's Study Program, light and dark as the colonis ts and the the Senior Mission Scholars are available to OMSC residents Bible im pacted the conquered with here a fo r counsel regarding their own mission research interests. h ea vy h and and there a tender compassion. Overseas Ministries Study Center The defining moment in this odyssey was th e formation of the Brit ish and 490 Prospect St., New Haven, CT 06511 USA Foreign Bible Society in 1804. The BFBS (203) 624-6672 study@ OMSC.org became the focu s of evangelical passion, Visit www.OMSC.org and Bible tran slati on brought the book to millions. The society's reports brought glowing accounts of changed lives amid

140 I NTERNATIONAL B ULLETIN OF MISSIONARY R ESEARCH ... cruel. degraded societies. Putting the integrated and powerful ways. Liberation ANDOVER. NEWTON triumphalism aside, it is clear that the theology is studied from the viewpoint of Bible gave the peoples pride in their "common people's reading." The Word Theological School languages and so also gave them an wasbothpowerfullyused and powerfully identity. Particularly inspiring are the misused in the quest for freedom. Judson-DeFreitas Chair accounts of the colporteurs, who emerge The author, reader in biblical of World Christianity as the real heroes of the story. hermeneutics at the University of Thus the book once inaccessible to Birmingham, presents us with a solid Andover Newton Theological School most of the world's peoples became historical journey adorned along the way invites applications to fill a new available by means either honorable or with rich personal vignettes. position to begin as soon as January dubious. The text is replete with accounts -Eugene Rubingh 2003. Applicants should have a PH.D. of those who carried the Word to the or equivalent in a relevant field. peoples of the world-who then often Eugene Rubinghwasa missionary in Nigeria and Faculty will teach in an innovative new usedit to resist the imperialiststhemselves. later taught missiology at Calvin Theological curriculum, work collegially in a A final sectionrelates the influence of Seminary, GrandRapids, Michigan. Most recently multicultural, multi-ethnic, ecumenical the Bible in reclaiming lost culturalvalues he served as Vice President for Bible Translation setting in the Boston area, and join the in a postcolonial world. Freed from its with theInternational Bible Society. school in its commitment to the imperial ties, the Bible impacts society in renewal of the church both locally and globally. Rank is open. Completejob description is available at www.ants.edu/aboutJemployment. Women, members of under-represented Religious Encounter and the groups, and scholars from outside Making of the Yoruba. North America are encouraged to apply. Send dossiers and three letters By J. D. Y. Peel. Bloomington: IndianaUniv. ofreference to: Press, 2000. Pp. xi, 420. $49.95. Professor Mark Heim 210 Herrick Road Since the era of European colonialism, instrumental view of religion to a quest Newton Centre, MA 02459. anthropologists have been numbered for salvation; second, to the personal Deadline: October 1, 2002 among the fiercest critics of Christian articulation of faith, especially by African missions. One great exception has been evangelists. Christianity was made real J. D. Y. Peel, an anthropologist-turned­ among the Yoruba by example, by historianwho is presentlyassociatedwith individualChristians demonstratingboth the School of Oriental and AfricanStudies the material and spiritual power of Live and Learn in London. Peel's most recent book, Christian faith. Religious Encounter and the Making of the -Andrew Barnes at the Yoruba, is arguably the first great piece of historical writing on the implantation of Andrew Barnes is Associate Professor of History, Overseas Ministries Christianity in Africa of the twenty-first Arizona State University, Phoenix. He conducts Study Center century. Making use of the letters and research onChristian missions in northern Nigeria. reports of Church Missionary Society agents, Peel constructs a narrative of the first fifty years of the Yoruba encounter "~~~'~::':i~;lU;I~ with Christianity with the twin goals of explaining, first, Christianity'sappeal and, second, the initial stages of Christian The Bible in Africa: Transactions, Fully furnished apartments assimilation. Trajectories, and Trends. Cross-eultural mission seminars Trained as an anthropologist, Peel is Certificate in Mission Studies most sensitive to the symbolic/ cognitive Editedby Gerald o. West andMusa W.Dube. 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Part 4, Villanova, Pennsylvania. INTERNATIONAL BULLETIN t/ Browse through Special Book Features t/ Learn about scholarships Touching the Heart: Xhosa Missionaries to Malawi, 1876-1888. t/ Meet Senior Mission Scholars ByT.Jack Thompson. Pretoria: Univ. ofSouth Africa Press, 2000. Pp. ix, 215. Paperback Overseas Ministries $20. Study Center The handful of Xhosa evangelists who of Christian mission. But it is a booknotto 490 Prospect Street accompanied the Scottish missionaries in be missed by anyone interested in either. New Haven, CT 06511 the early years of the Blantyre and Rigorous in scholarship and beautifully Tel (203) 624-6672 Livingstonia Missions in Malawi have crafted, it not only will enlighten the Fax (203) 865-2857 tended to be regarded as shadowy figures understanding but also will touch the E-mail [email protected] oflittle lastingsignificance.Jack Thompson heart. contests this view by vividly describing -Kenneth R. Ross the role exercised by the Xhosa men, graduates of the Lovedale Institution in KennethR. Rossis General Secretary oftheChurch the Eastern Cape region. Their identity ofScotland Board ofWorldMission.Hewasformerly was always ambiguous (stranger or professor of theology at the University of Malawi, brother?), but they were thus able to enter wherehe taughtfrom 1988 to 1998. with great sensitivity into the liminal area wheretraditionallife and culture metwith Christian conviction and practice. In showingthatChristianfaithwasan option The American Theological Library for Africans and in intuitively Association and the editors of the understanding how it might be The Cross in the Land of the INTERNATIONAL BULLETIN OF MIS­ inculturated, William Koyi in particular Khukuri. SIONARY RESEARCH (IBMR) are laid foundations on which Ngoni pleased to announce that the Christianity would be built in the years ByNormaKehberg. 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