Lesslie Newbigin - A Theological Life

This book offers an intellectual and spiritual biography of Lesslie Newbigin, a figure of patristic proportions in the twentieth-century history of the Church. Drawing on thirty-five years of personal and literary acquaintance with his subject and on a thorough examination of the Newbigin archives, Geoffrey Wainwright crafts a rich and varied portrait of this outstanding witness to the Gospel.

Summary

In this intellectual and spiritual biography, the author displays the theological character of Lesslie Newbigin's engagement in the search for Christian unity, the practice of evangelism and the strategy of mission. He draws on the Newbigin archives and his own acquaintance with the man.

Additional text

Wainwright is right in arguing that Newbigin is a classic example of the teaching bishop, a father of the Church to whom we should listen, even if we do not always agree. This book helps us to do that.

Product details

• Authors: Geoffrey Wainwright, Geoffrey (Cushman Professor of Christian Theology Wainwright
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2000
• EAN: 9780195101713
• ISBN: 978-0-19-510171-3
• No. of pages: 474
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Christianity / Presbyterian, RELIGION / Christianity / Calvinist, Christianity, Christian leaders & leadership, Religious and spiritual figures, RELIGION / Christian Living / Leadership & Mentoring, Calvinist, Reformed & Presbyterian Churches, Calvinist, Reformed and Presbyterian Churches