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Christianity Encountering World Religions: The Practice of Mission in the Twenty-First Century is unavailable, but you can change that!

Given the unique religious climate of the twenty-first century and the challenges to Christian mission it poses, Christianity Encountering World Religions proposes a new, albeit very biblical, model for mission. Specifically, it is a model for interacting with people of other faiths. The authors term this model “giftive mission,” as it is based on the metaphor of free gift. They suggest that...

character of religious belief must somehow be controlled. Whether intended or not, the free marketplace of religious ideas seems to reduce the overall value level of all religions. If no single religion is the ultimate truth, then all are less important. A relative approach to truth inevitably reduces commitment to a single truth. SIDEBAR 1.3 NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE TOLERANCE NEGATIVE TOLERANCE: TOLERANCE TO SURVIVE POSITIVE TOLERANCE: ACCEPT REAL DIFFERENCES • Trade-off: Tolerate views of others so
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