{"title":"Jewish Bible Translations: Personalities, Passions, Politics, Progress","authors":"P. Noss","doi":"10.1177/23969393221114168","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/23969393221114168","url":null,"abstract":"Jewish Bible Translations, by the renowned Jewish scholar Leonard Greenspoon, is a classic study of the translation of the Bible. The first of its kind, it is an informative and instructive model for Bible translation studies. It describes the Bible’s translations by a people who were nationless over three millennia. Living in a plethora of different settings, experiencing an infinite variety of conditions, they have rendered their sacred document in many languages, upholding their belief in one God, and maintaining their religious practices up to the present time.","PeriodicalId":43117,"journal":{"name":"International Bulletin of Mission Research","volume":"47 1","pages":"121 - 128"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45031239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Where the Dewdrops Fall: Shalom International Ministry and the Cultivation of a Twenty-First-Century Missionary Movement","authors":"Jennifer L. Aycock, Gad Mpoyo","doi":"10.1177/23969393221124347","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/23969393221124347","url":null,"abstract":"In our roles as lead pastor (Gad Mpoyo) and worshiping member/lay preacher (Jennifer L. Aycock), we have conducted a case study of Shalom International Ministry, a New Worshiping Community in the Presbyterian Church USA. The present and future religious vitality of the United States may be more clearly assessed through measures of participation, leadership, and ownership of congregational and community life by African immigrants and refugees aged twelve to twenty-seven. As African immigrant young adults’ spirituality and personal capacities are cultivated within the life of the church, it empowers them to contribute to American religious life in potentially transformative ways.","PeriodicalId":43117,"journal":{"name":"International Bulletin of Mission Research","volume":"47 1","pages":"262 - 273"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45929219","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Review: Journeys of Asian Diaspora: Mapping Originations and Destinations, volume 1","authors":"Steven Ybarrola","doi":"10.1177/23969393221112880","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/23969393221112880","url":null,"abstract":"transnationalism (217) as he prioritized the plurality of peoples and a panoply of means to reach them (226), bringing the peoples he shepherds together into the shared space of Anglican church life and apostolic ministry (220 ff.). Wild-Wood demonstrates how Kivebulaya chose to expand where others dared not venture, centering the marginalized, most notably groups commonly labeled “pygmy” deep in the Congo forest (201ff.). Though Kivebulaya performs a transnational, heavenly vision of universal belonging, Wild-Wood helps the reader understand that Kivebulaya was a product of his time, that his preoccupation with racial harmony disallowed him from countenancing the gross racial inequalities meted out by colonial policy (255). Important also, WildWood responds to the concern of Christianity as a “hegemonic force” complicit in imperialistic aims with a balanced and nuanced view, acknowledging missionary entanglements with colonial projects (275) while also demonstrating a genuine Christian concern and love for different people groups in the Great Lakes region, notably demonstrated by Kivebulaya and his colleagues (see 225, 235, 245 for a few examples). Wild-Wood has gifted us by centering a black African apostolic leader and healer who challenged the ethnocentric biases of both missionaries and local Christians alike. For those looking for more than hagiography in biography, for a robust and not-to-beequaled account of one of the most notable and interesting agents of mission in the twentieth century, then look no further than The Mission of Apolo Kivebulaya. Emma Wild-Wood offers her readership a rich and satisfying palette of biographical interest centered in the complex social realities of Kivebulaya’s time.","PeriodicalId":43117,"journal":{"name":"International Bulletin of Mission Research","volume":"47 1","pages":"445 - 446"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47849117","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Review: Religious Conflict in Brazil: Protestants, Catholics and the Rise of Religious Pluralism in the Early Twentieth Century Brazil","authors":"Luiz C. Nascimento","doi":"10.1177/23969393221128820","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/23969393221128820","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43117,"journal":{"name":"International Bulletin of Mission Research","volume":"47 1","pages":"289 - 290"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48984316","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Review: Art and Faith: A Theology of Making","authors":"Susangeline Patrick","doi":"10.1177/23969393221128823","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/23969393221128823","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43117,"journal":{"name":"International Bulletin of Mission Research","volume":"47 1","pages":"137 - 138"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46530429","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Digital Expressions of Church: The Online Identity of Free Churches as a Mirror of Their Missional Mentality","authors":"P. Bartholomä","doi":"10.1177/23969393221101135","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/23969393221101135","url":null,"abstract":"Free churches traditionally operated in a “revivalistic mode,” primarily reaching those who had already been religiously socialized. Within post-Christendom, however, they find it increasingly difficult to reach the growing segments of the population that are thoroughly unchurched. Against this backdrop, we assume that free church websites are mirrors of their ecclesial identity and missional mentality. This qualitative study of the online presence of German free church congregations not only sheds light on these churches’ basic missional mind-set but also reveals whether the well-tried “mode of revival” continues until this day or whether a more sensitive contextual awareness is already emerging.","PeriodicalId":43117,"journal":{"name":"International Bulletin of Mission Research","volume":"47 1","pages":"41 - 56"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43423976","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Review: The Scots Afrikaners: Identity Politics and Intertwined Religious Cultures in Southern and Central Africa","authors":"B. Choi","doi":"10.1177/23969393221112885","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/23969393221112885","url":null,"abstract":"“Unraveling Empire for a Global World,” as the subtitle of this book suggests, is the central theme that Kwok emphasizes for her readers. She clearly explains that the study of religion and empire has had a complex and ambiguous relationship throughout history. The responsibility of theologians and ethicists is to “reclaim the liberating potential of Christianity and contribute to fostering a democratic culture in both church life and society” (89). This book develops this vision in three parts. The first part focuses on how Christianity has been intertwined with colonial, imperial, capitalist, and heteronormative interests. The second part explains how to articulate political theologies from the perspectives of Asia Pacific. The last part explores the potential of postcolonial theory in topics such as theological education, preaching, interreligious peacebuilding, and ecological crisis. Postcolonial Politics and Theology challenges readers to encounter different theologies and theories worldwide. Readers will benefit from Kwok’s comprehensive reading of both postcolonial studies and justice-oriented religious work. In addition to Edward Said, Homi Bhabha, and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Kwok also uses other postcolonial theorists such as Frantz Fanon, Achille Mbembe, and Walter Mignolo. The footnotes in each chapter help readers locate some of the significant scholarly discussions in postcolonial theory and theology. I highly recommend this book to scholars who are interested in engaging their work through a postcolonial and transnational lens, as well as readers who are willing to explore the field of political theology from a non-Eurocentric perspective.","PeriodicalId":43117,"journal":{"name":"International Bulletin of Mission Research","volume":"47 1","pages":"139 - 140"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42706887","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Review: The Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences: Bearing Witness to the Gospel and the Reign of God in Asia","authors":"Henry S. Kuo","doi":"10.1177/23969393221128815","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/23969393221128815","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43117,"journal":{"name":"International Bulletin of Mission Research","volume":"47 1","pages":"142 - 143"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43436966","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Review: Postcolonial Politics and Theology: Unraveling Empire for a Global World","authors":"T. Lai","doi":"10.1177/23969393221112887","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/23969393221112887","url":null,"abstract":"Third, Fujimura clarifies the common suspicions and misunderstandings about art in chapters six and seven. Art does not have to be distractive or contradictory to faith. Fujimura argues for a necessary paradox of giving up art and creating even better art for the sake of faith. The final three chapters recognize the sacred expressions of lament, grief, angst, and anger through tears. Fujimura suggests that artists are called to be like Mary, whose seeming waste of costly perfume is an act of devotion and sacrifice (115). Fujimura successfully argues for why art matters to theology and faith. More profoundly, Fujimura invites Christian readers to a philosophical shift in how we relate to the physical and the material, to the land, and to the entire world around us. He urges us to be redeemed from our consumption of the world to cultivate what he calls a “Lazarus Culture,” which ushers in God’s New Creation through creating beauty with compassion, mercy, and justice. This inspiring work contributes to conversations in art, theology, spiritual formation, and World Christianity. Fujimura leads us on a journey of seeing God and the world through the theological eyes of the artist.","PeriodicalId":43117,"journal":{"name":"International Bulletin of Mission Research","volume":"47 1","pages":"138 - 139"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42673245","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}