Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction -- Part 1 Suffering and Glory in History: The Mission Movement: 1. Ancient and Medieval Mission -- 2. Colonial Missions, Part 1: Globalization of Roman Catholicism -- 3. Colonial Missions, Part 2: Orthodoxy, the Americas, and Modernity -- 4. Western Missions: Christianization, Civilization, and Commerce (1842 to 1948) -- 5. The Waning and Reconception of Christian Mission: Postcolonial Missiologies (1948 to present) -- Part 2 The Suffering and Glory of the Triune God : Trinitarian Mission in Scripture: 6. The Creator God as the Sending Father: Missional Scripture, Missional God -- 7. Jesus, Sent as the Suffering and Sacrificing Son: The Centerpiece of Christian Mission -- 8. Holy Spirit in Mission: Presence, Participation, and Power -- Part 3 The Suffering and Glory of the Church: The Church in Mission Today: 9. Church: The Community of Worship and Witness -- 10. Witnessing Community: Evangelism and Christian Mission -- 11. Urban Community: Mission and the City -- 12. Global Community: Partnership in Mission -- 13. Spirituality and Mission: Suffering and Glory -- Appendix: Twentieth-Century Ecumenical Councils -- Bibliography -- Scripture Index -- Subject Index.