Speaking of Mission Volume 2

This is the second volume of collected lectures by presenters of theAnnual Tinsley Lecture at Morling College edited by the director of theTinsley Institute, Michael Frost.The Tinsley Lecture was established in 1999 to provide a forum forAustralian and international scholars to literally "speak of mission" inways that encourage fresh and innovative responses to the challengesfacing the church globally today.This volume includes presentations reflecting on such diverse culturalchallenges as post-Christendom, new global culture and climatechange. Other presenters tackle the challenges posed by Westernsuburbia, urban poverty and the loss of a meaningful sense ofneighbourhood. Yet others explore the nature of religious conversionand the grand missional narrative found in Scripture.In doing so, they reveal the breadth of thinking being undertaken bymissiologists and missional practitioners today.