Lesslie Newbigin : a theological life / Geoffrey Wainwright.

By: Wainwright, Geoffrey, 1939-2020
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press, c2000Description: xiii, 459 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 0195101715 (alk. paper); 6610528497; 9786610528493Subject(s): Newbigin, Lesslie | Church of South India -- Bishops -- Biography | Ecumenical movement -- BiographyDDC classification: 287.9/4/092 | B LOC classification: BX7066.5.Z8 | N499 2000Online resources: Publisher description
Partial contents:
Introduction: A man in Christ -- The confident believer -- The direct evangelist -- The ecumenical advocate -- The pastoral bishop -- The missionary strategist -- The religious interlocutor -- The social visionary -- The liturgical preacher -- The scriptural teacher -- The Christian apologist -- Conclusion: The man in history.
Summary: This book offers an intellectual and spiritual biography of Lesslie Newbigin, a figure of patristic proportions in the twentieth-century history of the Church. Drawing on thirty-five years of personal and literary acquaintance with his subject and on a thorough examination of the Newbigin archives, Geoffrey Wainwright crafts a portrait of this outstanding witness to the Gospel.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 411-451) and index.

Introduction: A man in Christ -- The confident believer -- The direct evangelist -- The ecumenical advocate -- The pastoral bishop -- The missionary strategist -- The religious interlocutor -- The social visionary -- The liturgical preacher -- The scriptural teacher -- The Christian apologist -- Conclusion: The man in history.

This book offers an intellectual and spiritual biography of Lesslie Newbigin, a figure of patristic proportions in the twentieth-century history of the Church. Drawing on thirty-five years of personal and literary acquaintance with his subject and on a thorough examination of the Newbigin archives, Geoffrey Wainwright crafts a portrait of this outstanding witness to the Gospel.

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