Michael W Goheen
Biographic Data
| ID | 6000810 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael W Goheen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael W |
| FAMILY NAME | Goheen |
| SIGNATURE | GOHEEN M W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Western University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Reading the Bible Missionally
Over the past half century, it has become clear that mission is a central theme in the Bible's narrative and, moreover, is central to the very identity of the church. This book significantly widens and deepens the emerging conversation on missional hermeneutics. Essays from top biblical and missiological scholars discuss reading the Scriptures missionally, using mission as a key interpretive lens. Five introductory chapters probe various elements…
The Urgency of Reading the Bible as One Story
This article argues that it is urgent for the church to recover the Bible as the one true story of the world. The first section explores what it means to confess that the Bible is one story. The second section argues that reading the Bible as one story is urgent for three reasons: it is only in reading the Bible as one story that we can understand the Bible's authority, that we can understand our identity as God's people as missional, and that we…
Globalization and the Good
The Future of Mission in the World Council of Churches
In this article, Michael W. Goheen summarizes and evaluates a debate between ecumenical pioneer Lesslie Newbigin and former WCC general secretary Konrad Raiser. Raiser exemplifies a trinitarian approach to ecumenism and mission that recognizes the universal presence of the Holy Spirit among all peoples and religions, and so would cease to have a Christocentric focus. For Newbigin, while a trinitarian approach to ecumenism and mission is of paramo…
Is Lesslie Newbigin's Model of Contextualization Anticultural
Newbigin's understanding of contextualization has been criticized as being countercultural, even anticultural. Is this a fair criticism? There are a number of reasons that this critique has been made: Newbigin's theoretical expression of contextualization stresses the judging character of the gospel; at certain points he lacks a well-articulated doctrine of creation; and his missionary experience in India and in Britain led to the emphasis on the…
The Urgency of Reading the Bible as One Story
This article argues that it is urgent for the church to recover the Bible as the one true story of the world. The first section explores what it means to confess that the Bible is one story. The second section argues that reading the Bible as one story is urgent for three reasons: it is only in reading the Bible as one story that we can understand the Bible's authority, that we can understand our identity as God's people as missional, and that we…
Is Lesslie Newbigin's Model of Contextualization Anticultural
Newbigin's understanding of contextualization has been criticized as being countercultural, even anticultural. Is this a fair criticism? There are a number of reasons that this critique has been made: Newbigin's theoretical expression of contextualization stresses the judging character of the gospel; at certain points he lacks a well-articulated doctrine of creation; and his missionary experience in India and in Britain led to the emphasis on the…
The Future of Mission in the World Council of Churches
In this article, Michael W. Goheen summarizes and evaluates a debate between ecumenical pioneer Lesslie Newbigin and former WCC general secretary Konrad Raiser. Raiser exemplifies a trinitarian approach to ecumenism and mission that recognizes the universal presence of the Holy Spirit among all peoples and religions, and so would cease to have a Christocentric focus. For Newbigin, while a trinitarian approach to ecumenism and mission is of paramo…
Globalization and the Good
The Urgency of Reading the Bible as One Story
This article argues that it is urgent for the church to recover the Bible as the one true story of the world. The first section explores what it means to confess that the Bible is one story. The second section argues that reading the Bible as one story is urgent for three reasons: it is only in reading the Bible as one story that we can understand the Bible's authority, that we can understand our identity as God's people as missional, and that we…
Reading the Bible Missionally
Over the past half century, it has become clear that mission is a central theme in the Bible's narrative and, moreover, is central to the very identity of the church. This book significantly widens and deepens the emerging conversation on missional hermeneutics. Essays from top biblical and missiological scholars discuss reading the Scriptures missionally, using mission as a key interpretive lens. Five introductory chapters probe various elements…
Philosophy (5 works) · Christian Theology and Mission (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Art (3 works) · History of religions (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Literature (3 works)