Tag: Jesus

• June 19, 2026

  Mission Studies and Critical Theories – A Response to the Liberation Trend from a Communitarian and Narrative Ethics Perspective

  Lin, Khee-Vun. “Missions from the Perspective of Communitarian and Narrative Ethics.” Mission Studies 43, no. 2 (June 5, 2026): 201–20. doi:10.1163/15733831-12342086. This article addresses the increasing prominence of critical theories within mission studies. The rationale behind my writing is rooted in my academic journey. I pursued my postgraduate studies in mission at Trinity College Bristol…
• May 15, 2012

  Lesslie Newbigin

  The church could have escaped persecution by the Roman Empire if it had been content to be treated as a cultus privatus—one of the many forms of personal religion. But it was not. Its affirmation that “Jesus is Lord” implied a public, universal claim that was bound eventually to clash with the cultus publicus of the empire. The…