Währisch-Oblau, Claudia, <br/><br/>
The missionary self-perception of Pentecostal/Charismatic church leaders from the global South in Europe :  bringing back the Gospel / 
by Claudia Währisch-Oblau. 
 - x, 428 páginas ;  24 centimetros 
<br/><br/>Bibliografía : páginas 409-423. Índices: páginas 425-428. 
<br/><br/>Following the call : expatriation narratives -- Theoretical framework : some considerations -- Intertwined call and expatriation narratives -- 'Circular stories' : how the call was realized after all -- 'Oscillating' narratives : how the call became clear over time -- Called after expatriation -- Struggling to understand call and expatriation -- Concluding remarks : intertwined call and expatriation narratives -- Expatriation as consequence of the call -- Independent charismatic missionaries : success stories -- Missionaries sent by Pentecostal churches -- Concluding remarks : expatriation as consequence of the call -- Pastoral call and expatriation not connected -- V.K. : for me it was so wonderful to go to Germany -- A.M., P.S., I.A. : asylum in Germany -- Spiritual interpretation instead of expatriation narrative -- Expatriation narratives : some final observations -- Being on a mission : the relationship to the outside world -- "What is your mission?" : observations from the short interviews -- Missionary practice : evangelizing Germans -- Street evangelism -- Tracts -- Gospel music -- Other means -- Conceptualizing evangelism in interdenominational dialogue : the long interviews -- Locating oneself globally : sent to the world -- Describing one's message -- Reflections on contextualization -- Imagining Germany and Europe -- Restoring a ruined church -- "Bringing back" the Gospel -- The German nation in the economy of salvation -- Territorial spirits -- Imagining Germany and Europe -- Conceptualizing evangelism in the global pentecostal/charismatic network : the 'spiritual warfare' paradigm -- Evangelism in the framework of spiritual warfare : the anglophone West African example -- Evangelism in the framework of 'spiritual warfare' : concretizations -- Evangelism, inculturation and clashing paradigms -- Consequences -- The current situation -- Dialogue fields : a description -- Ministerial authority -- Immigration -- Mission and evangelism -- Ecclesiology and the politics of difference : who defines Christianity in Europe? -- The functional question does a missionary self-image further or hinder integration? -- The theological question : are European churches ready to be evangelized? 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9004228306 9789004228306 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Iglesias pentecostales.<br/>Trabajo de iglesia.<br/>Iglesias pentecostales.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>289.94094  / W16