Engaging globalization : the poor, Christian mission, and our hyperconnected world

內容簡介

Section 1: Setting the Stage. 1. Introduction and the Path Forward -- 2. Twin Foundations. Theological Affirmations -- Complex Adaptive Social Systems -- Questions for Discussion -- Section 2: Introducing Globalization. 3. Understanding Globalization. The Problem of Definitions -- Globalization from Below -- The Dark Side of Globalization -- The Dynamic Domains of Globalization -- 4. The Ambiguities of Globalization. The Emergent Nature of Globalization -- Globalization's Unresolved Issues of Concern -- The Challenge to the Church in Mission -- Section 3: The Two Eras of Globalization. 5. The First Era of Globalization: Going Global by Migration, Conquest and Mission. The First Era -- The Transformation of Britain -- 6. The Second Era of Globalization: Globally Connected and Closer Together. The Second Era -- Globalization I: 1800-1914 -- The Great Disruption: 1914-89 -- Globalization II: 1989 to Today -- Section 4: The Impact of Globalization. 7. The Impact of Two Hundred Years of Globalization. Economic Growth -- Technological Change -- People Are Moving -- Better Human Lives -- Culture and People Change -- 8. Assessing the Second Era of Globalization. What Happened to the Poor? -- Differing Perspectives on Globalization -- The Last Two Hundred Years in a Nutshell -- As we move on -- Section 5: Globalization and the Poor. 9. Globalization's Response to Poverty. The State of the Poor Today -- The Global Response to the Poor -- 10. Contemporary Thinking on Development. Global Proposals for Poverty Eradication -- Recent Insights -- Faith and Development -- Section 6: Globalization and the Church. 11. Globalization and World Christianity. Two Preliminaries -- Christianity: An Enduring Globalism -- The Globalism of World Christianity -- The Changing Shape of the Christian Church -- The Frontiers of Mission Today -- 12. The Theological Limitations of Globalization. A Flawed Anthropology -- The Problem of Power -- The Relegation of Morality and Ethics -- The Missing Moral Ecology of Globalization -- 13. The Christian Engagement with Globalization. A Protestant Contribution / Max Stackhouse -- A Roman Catholic Contribution / Daniel Groody -- Changing Culture / James Davison Hunter -- The Decisive Importance of Prayer -- 14. The Missiological Challenge of Globalization. The Mission Field Has Changed -- A Different Kind of Missionary -- Discipleship Formation and Spiritual Disciplines -- Recovering the Good News in the Good News -- Recovering Our Confidence -- Are We Up to the Task?.