Assignment 2 :   

Discuss the way in which one of the following, or other approved author, contributes to our understanding of the interplay of mission and interpretation:

Kwame Bediako
Stephen Bevans
David Bosch
Paul Hiebert
Andrew Kirk
Lesslie Newbigin
Clive Pearson
Kevin J VanHoozer
Andrew Walls
Charles West
Darrell Whiteman
1800 words, 25% (Learning objectives a, b, d, f)
DUE by 4.00pm Thursday 5 June.To be marked within one month.

Links and References (see also Resources)

• Kwame Bediako
• Stephen Bevans
• David Bosch
  • David Bosch, International Bulletin of Missionary Research, Jan. 99, Vol. 23 Issue 1, p. 26-32
• Paul Hiebert
• Andrew Kirk
• Lesslie Newbigin
  • Database of Lesslie Newbigin's writing:  http://www.newbigin.net
  • See also Newbigin
• Clive Pearson
  Towards an Australian Ecotheology
• Kevin Van Hoozen:
  • Kevin Vanhoozer: Creating a theological symphony, Christianity Today, 1999.

  • Antony Billington,'Christian Cartography: Mapping Biblical Literature and Theology with Kevin Vanhoozer.' The paper introduces the work of Kevin Vanhoozer (next item), and was given at the CLSG day conference in 2000. From The Glass No 13, Winter 2000, pp. 12-24.

  • Kevin Vanhoozer, 'Body-piercing, the Natural Sense, and the Task of Theological Interpretation: a Hermeneutical Homily on John 19:34.' The complete version is published in the Spring 2001 issue of the journal Ex Auditu. From The Glass No 13, Winter 2000, pp. 25-44.
  • Kirk, J. Andrew, and Kevin J. Vanhoozer. To Stake a Claim : Mission and the Western Crisis of Knowledge. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books, 1999.
  • Vanhoozer, Kevin J. First Theology : God, Scripture & Hermeneutics. Downers Grove, Ill. Leicester, England: InterVarsity Press ; Apollos, 2002.
  • Vanhoozer, Kevin J. Is There a Meaning in This Text? : The Bible, the Reader, and the Morality of Literary Knowledge. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 1998. 

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