Chapter 1 - Globalization and the churches
- From monogenism to division to globalization
- Globalization as a politicized term - Globalization in
sociological discourse
- Summary of the concept - The globalization of christianity - The
Catholic experience
- The Pentecostal experience - Globalization and mission
Chapter 2 - A Theology of History
- Dialectics in history - The scale of values
- Vital values - Social values - Cultural values
- Personal values - Religious value
- Healing and creating in history
- Progress and decline
- The scale of values and the mission of the Church
- Chapter summary
Chapter 3 - Globalization and vital values
- Part 1 - Global poverty o The situation of global poverty
o The mission of the Church and the priority for the poor o
Globalisation and the causes of poverty
o Summary Part 1
- Part 2 - Globalization and the environment
o The situation of global environmental challenges
o Church mission and the environment o Summary Part 2
Chapter 4 - Globalization and social values
- Part 1 - Globalization and the family
o The situation - first world perspectives
o The situation —Two-thirds world perspectives
o Globalization, the family and the mission of the churcc
- Part 2 - Techno-economic globalization
o The situation
o Techno-economic globalization and the mission of the church
- Part 3 Globalization and governance
o The situation
o Global politics and the mission of the church
- Chapter summary
Chapter 5 - Culture, mission and globalization
- Culture as multi-layered
- Cultural dimension of globalization
- Economic neo-liberalism
- The human rights movement
- The environmental movement
- Observations on three movements
- What about feminism? - Religion and global culture
- Cultural globalization and the mission of the Church
- Chapter summary
Chapter 6 - Virtues in a globalizing world
- Globalization - a new moral context
- A question of virtue - Social virtues -
Cultural virtues - Personal virtues
- Is religion a virtue?
- Global virtues: a challenge to all religion
- Global virtues and the mission of the Church
- Chapter Summary
Chapter 7 - Religious Values
- Ecclesiology and ecumenism
- Inter-religious dialogue and friendship
- The theological virtues
- The power of religious values in the example of
Pentecostalism
- Chapter summary
Christianity is one of the forces at work which have extended interconnection between peoples, shared ideas and promoted social, political and cultural links.
Neil J. Ormerod is professor of theology at Australian Catholic University, Strathfield, N.S.W. Dr Shane Clifton, Academic Dean and Lecturer in Theology, Southern Cross College.Shane completed his PhD in 2005 with the Australian Catholic University, is the editor of Australasian Pentecostal Studies journal, and author of the forthcoming book, Pentecostal Churches in Transition.
‘There are at least three broad audiences that need to read and
will glean much from this book: those interested in matters at the
interface of religion and globalization will find theoretically
sophisticated and analytically rich explorations of the challenges
globalization poses to religious communities in general and to
Christianity in particular; those interested in Christian theology
of mission and in the doctrine of the church (ecclesiology) will be
motivated to rethink the church's corporate mission in an age of
globalization; and those interested in ecumenical ecclesiology will
enter into a Roman Catholic (Ormerod) and Pentecostal (Clifton)
dialogue on the nature and mission of the church in the public
square of the 21st century. This is a visionary book from two
theologians deeply rooted in but also at the vanguard of their
respective traditions!' - Amos Yong, Regent University School of
Divinity, Virginia Beach, VA, USA
*Amos Yong*
‘The Christian Church is the most global religious institution in
the world. To rethink its mission in light of globalization
is an imperative for our time. By focusing on its two most
salient global forms--Roman Catholicism and Pentecostal faith--Neil
Ormerod and Shane Clifton have done us an invaluable service by
interweaving Christianity's historical self-understanding with the
complexities of globalization in all its forms. No thinking
about where the Church should be today will be complete without
taking into account what they have presented in this book.' -
Robert Schreiter, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, IL, USA
*Robert Schreiter*
‘Globalization and the Mission of the Church' stands out as a
uniquely penetrating theological contribution to questions
surrounding the role of the Church in terms of values that speak to
the twenty first century context. Ormerod and Clifton manage to
bring a refreshingly creative perspective that not only provides a
new understanding of the meaning of globalization but at the same
time provides sorely needed theological guidance for carrying out
the mission of the Church in a relevant way. There's nothing around
quite like it. Bravo for this enriching experience!' - Gasper
LoBiondo, SJ, Director, Woodstock Theological Center, Georgetown
University, Washington, DC, USA
*Gasper LoBiondo*
‘Overall, [the authors] have shown us one way that he church ought
to address and respond to the impact of the globalization on the
vital, social, cultural, and personal and religious virtues of
Christianity. In doing this, they weaved together the narratives of
Christian's historical self-understanding and the logic and
dynamics of globalization and give us a fresh perspective on the
corporate mission of the Church in a globalizing world.'
*Pneuma: The Journal of the Soceity for Pentecostal Studies*
Overall, [the authors] have shown us one way that he church ought
to address and respond to the impact of the globalization on the
vital, social, cultural, and personal and religious virtues of
Christianity. In doing this, they weaved together the narratives of
Christian's historical self-understanding and the logic and
dynamics of globalization and give us a fresh perspective on the
corporate mission of the Church in a globalizing world.
*Pneuma: The Journal of the Soceity for Pentecostal Studies Vol.
33*
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