Scott W. Sunquist (PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary) is dean of the School of Intercultural Studies and professor of world Christianity at Fuller Theological Seminary at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. He previously served as professor of world Christianity at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. Sunquist is author of The Unexpected Christian Century, winner of the 2015 Book Award for Excellence in Missiology from The American Society of Missiology. He is also coauthor of the multivolume History of the World Christian Movement and coeditor of A Dictionary of Asian Christianity.

• ContentsIntroductionPart 1: Suffering and Glory in History: The Mission Movement1. Ancient and Medieval Mission2. Colonial Missions, Part 1: Globalization of Roman Catholicism3. Colonial Missions, Part 2: Orthodoxy, the Americas, and Modernity4. Western Missions: Christianization, Civilization, and Commerce (1842 to 1948)5. The Waning and Reconception of Christian Mission: Postcolonial Missiologies (1948 to present)Part 2: The Suffering and Glory of the Triune God: Trinitarian Mission in Scripture6. The Creator God as the Sending Father: Missional Scripture, Missional God7. Jesus, Sent as the Suffering and Sacrificing Son: The Centerpiece of Christian Mission8. Holy Spirit in Mission: Presence, Participation, and PowerPart 3: The Suffering and Glory of the Church: The Church in Mission Today9. Church: The Community of Worship and Witness10. Witnessing Community: Evangelism and Christian Mission11. Urban Community: Mission and the City12. Global Community: Partnership in Mission13. Spirituality and Mission: Suffering and GloryAppendix: Twentieth-Century Ecumenical CouncilsIndexes

Scott W. Sunquist (PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary) is dean of the School of Intercultural Studies and professor of world Christianity at Fuller Theological Seminary at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. He previously served as professor of world Christianity at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. Sunquist is author of The Unexpected Christian Century, winner of the 2015 Book Award for Excellence in Missiology from The American Society of Missiology. He is also coauthor of the multivolume History of the World Christian Movement and coeditor of A Dictionary of Asian Christianity.

• ContentsIntroductionPart 1: Suffering and Glory in History: The Mission Movement1. Ancient and Medieval Mission2. Colonial Missions, Part 1: Globalization of Roman Catholicism3. Colonial Missions, Part 2: Orthodoxy, the Americas, and Modernity4. Western Missions: Christianization, Civilization, and Commerce (1842 to 1948)5. The Waning and Reconception of Christian Mission: Postcolonial Missiologies (1948 to present)Part 2: The Suffering and Glory of the Triune God: Trinitarian Mission in Scripture6. The Creator God as the Sending Father: Missional Scripture, Missional God7. Jesus, Sent as the Suffering and Sacrificing Son: The Centerpiece of Christian Mission8. Holy Spirit in Mission: Presence, Participation, and PowerPart 3: The Suffering and Glory of the Church: The Church in Mission Today9. Church: The Community of Worship and Witness10. Witnessing Community: Evangelism and Christian Mission11. Urban Community: Mission and the City12. Global Community: Partnership in Mission13. Spirituality and Mission: Suffering and GloryAppendix: Twentieth-Century Ecumenical CouncilsIndexes

Scott W. Sunquist (PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary) is dean of the School of Intercultural Studies and professor of world Christianity at Fuller Theological Seminary at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. He previously served as professor of world Christianity at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. Sunquist is author of The Unexpected Christian Century, winner of the 2015 Book Award for Excellence in Missiology from The American Society of Missiology. He is also coauthor of the multivolume History of the World Christian Movement and coeditor of A Dictionary of Asian Christianity.

• ContentsIntroductionPart 1: Suffering and Glory in History: The Mission Movement1. Ancient and Medieval Mission2. Colonial Missions, Part 1: Globalization of Roman Catholicism3. Colonial Missions, Part 2: Orthodoxy, the Americas, and Modernity4. Western Missions: Christianization, Civilization, and Commerce (1842 to 1948)5. The Waning and Reconception of Christian Mission: Postcolonial Missiologies (1948 to present)Part 2: The Suffering and Glory of the Triune God: Trinitarian Mission in Scripture6. The Creator God as the Sending Father: Missional Scripture, Missional God7. Jesus, Sent as the Suffering and Sacrificing Son: The Centerpiece of Christian Mission8. Holy Spirit in Mission: Presence, Participation, and PowerPart 3: The Suffering and Glory of the Church: The Church in Mission Today9. Church: The Community of Worship and Witness10. Witnessing Community: Evangelism and Christian Mission11. Urban Community: Mission and the City12. Global Community: Partnership in Mission13. Spirituality and Mission: Suffering and GloryAppendix: Twentieth-Century Ecumenical CouncilsIndexes