American Society of Missiology Series
The purpose of the ASM Series is to publish, without regard for disciplinary, national, or denominational boundaries, scholarly works of high quality and wide interest on missiological themes from the entire spectrum of scholarly pursuits, e.g., theology, history, anthropology, sociology, linguistics, health, education, art, political science, economics, and development, to articulate but a partial list. Always the focus will be on Christian mission.
By "mission" in this context is meant a cross-cultural passage over the boundary between faith in Jesus Christ and its absence. In this understanding of mission, the basic functions of Christian proclamation, dialogue, witness, service, fellowship, worship, and nurture are of special concern. How does the transition from one cultural context to another influence the shape and interaction of these dynamic functions?
Missiologists know that they need the other disciplines. And other disciplines, we dare to suggest, need missiology, perhaps more than they sometimes realize. Neither the insider's nor the outsider's view is complete in itself. The world Christian mission has through two millennia amassed a rich and well-documented body of experience to share with other disciplines.
Interaction will be the hallmark of this Series. It desires to be a channel for talking to one another instead of about one another. Secular scholars and church-related missiologists have too long engaged in a sterile venting of feelings about one another, often lacking in full evidence. Ignorance of and indifference to one another's work has been no less harmful to good scholarship.
The promotion of scholarly dialogue among missiologists may, at times, involve the publication of views and positions that other missiologists cannot accept, and with which members of the Editorial Committee do not agree. The manuscripts published reflect the opinions of their authors and are not meant to represent the position of the American Society of Missiology or the Editorial Committee of the ASM Series.
We express our warm thanks to various mission agencies whose financial contributions enabled leaders of vision in the ASM to launch this new venture. The future of the ASM series will, we feel sure, fully justify their confidence and support.
William J. Danker, Chairperson
ASM Series Editorial Committee
American Society of Missiology Monograph Series
The ASM Monograph Series provides a forum for publishing quality dissertations and studies in the field of missiology. Collaborating with Pickwick Publications—a division of Wipf and Stock Publishers of Eugene, Oregon— the American Society of Missiology selects high quality dissertations and other monographic studies that offer research materials in mission studies for scholars, mission and church leaders, and the academic community at large. The ASM seeks scholarly work for publication in the series that throws light on issues confronting Christian world mission in its cultural, social, historical, biblical, and theological dimensions.
Missiology is an academic field that brings together scholars whose professional training ranges from doctoral level preparation in areas such as Scripture, history and sociology of religions, anthropology, theology, international relations, interreligious interchange, mission history, inculturation, and church law. The American Society of Missiology, which sponsors this series, is an ecumenical body drawing members from Independent and Ecumenical Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox, and other traditions. Members of the ASM are united by their commitment to reflect on and do scholarly work relating to both mission history and the present day mission of the church. The ASM Monograph Series aims to publish works of exceptional merit on specialized topics, with particular attention given to work by younger scholars, the dissemination and publication of which is difficult under the economic pressures of standard publishing models.
Persons seeking information about the ASM or the guidelines for having their dissertations considered for publication in the ASM Monograph Series should consult the Society’s website—www.asmweb.org.
Members of the ASM Monograph Committee who approve these books:
Michael A. Rynkiewich, Asbury Theological Seminary (retired), and James R. Krabill, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary Bonnie Sue Lewis, University of Dubuque Theological Seminary
Series editors: Gary B. McGee, Anthony J. Gittins CSSp, Dana L. Robert, Michael Rynkiewich, and James R. Krabill
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Religious Conversion in India
The Niyogi Committee Report of Madhya Pradesh in 1956 and Its Continuing Impact on National Unity
$35.00
£27.00
AU$49.00
ISBN: 9781725294547
Pub Date: March 2022
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pickwick Publications
In this book, Dr. Manohar James explores how Hindu intolerance has contributed to anti-Christian propaganda over the centuries, how such intolerance has informed the conclusions of the Niyogi Committee...
Ignored
A Practical Theology Inquiry of Korean-Speaking Young Adults in a Transnational Congregational Context
$26.00
£20.00
AU$36.00
ISBN: 9781666709346
Pub Date: March 2022
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pickwick Publications
America gets more diverse than ever before, and it is our responsibility to respect this diversity before us. Although many people claim that diversity matters, there are so many marginalized people...
A Theological Understanding of Power for Poverty Alleviation in the Philippines
With Special Reference to US-Based Filipino Protestants in Texas
$24.00
£18.00
AU$33.00
ISBN: 9781666706796
Pub Date: February 2022
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pickwick Publications
This book calls attention to the sense of powerlessness of everyday people in the Philippines, and to the missional agency of US-based Filipino Protestants. Through a variety of sociological-theological-missiological...
Creativity and Captivity
Exploring the Process of Musical Creativity amongst Indigenous Cosmopolitan Musicians (ICMs) for Mission
$38.00
£30.00
AU$51.00
ISBN: 9781725265769
Pub Date: December 2021
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pickwick Publications
Ultimately, what really does it mean to be creative? How can we see ourselves as participating in the creativity of God for mission? All people are creative. Sadly, however, for many, creativity is...
African Literacies and Western Oralities?
Communication Complexities, the Orality Movement, and the Materialities of Christianity in Uganda
$37.00
£28.00
AU$51.00
ISBN: 9781725290372
Pub Date: November 2021
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pickwick Publications
How do twenty-first century Christians communicate the Bible and their faith in today's mediascape? Members of the International Orality Network (ION) believe that the answer to that paramount question...
Music and Liturgy, Identity and Formation
A Study of Inculturation in Turkey
$29.00
£22.00
AU$41.00
ISBN: 9781725297241
Pub Date: August 2021
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pickwick Publications
Music and Liturgy, Identity and Formation is a one-of-a-kind book about All Saints Moda Church in Istanbul. In this book, Sue Whittaker explores the ways Dr. Turgay Ucal, the MBB founding pastor, has...
Faith in the Marketplace
Measuring the Impact of Church Based Entrepreneurial Approaches to Holistic Mission
$32.00
£24.00
AU$44.00
ISBN: 9781725285170
Pub Date: April 2021
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pickwick Publications
Contemporary missions often include evangelistic and socio-economic dimensions. For effective missions, some way of assessing what is being achieved is needed beyond just the common metrics touching...
Experiments in Love
An Anabaptist Theology of Risk-Taking in Mission
$26.00
£20.00
AU$37.00
ISBN: 9781725260047
Pub Date: March 2021
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pickwick Publications
Could it be that the stories we tell in our churches weaken our efforts to be congregations who take risks in mission for the sake of love? In this thought-provoking book, Emily Ralph Servant suggests...
Bridging the Gap, Breaching Barriers
The Presence and Contribution of (Foreign) Persons of African Descent to the Gaboon and Corisco Mission in Nineteenth-Century Equatorial Africa
$31.00
£23.00
AU$43.00
ISBN: 9781532697494
Pub Date: March 2021
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pickwick Publications
From its very beginning, in June 1842, the Protestant Mission in Gabon included men and women of African descent--African Americans, Americo-Liberians, and West Africans--all teachers and advanced students...
Playing by the Rules
How Women Lead in Evangelical Mission Organizations
$34.00
£25.00
AU$47.00
ISBN: 9781725285149
Pub Date: March 2021
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pickwick Publications
The purpose of this study was to understand how women lead and make meaning of their leadership in evangelical mission organizations. Twelve executive-level women were interviewed. They described how...

Religious Conversion in India
The Niyogi Committee Report of Madhya Pradesh in 1956 and Its Continuing Impact on National Unity
$35.00
£27.00
AU$49.00
ISBN: 9781725294547
Pub Date: March 2022
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pickwick Publications
Ignored
A Practical Theology Inquiry of Korean-Speaking Young Adults in a Transnational Congregational Context
$26.00
£20.00
AU$36.00
ISBN: 9781666709346
Pub Date: March 2022
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pickwick Publications
A Theological Understanding of Power for Poverty Alleviation in the Philippines
With Special Reference to US-Based Filipino Protestants in Texas
$24.00
£18.00
AU$33.00
ISBN: 9781666706796
Pub Date: February 2022
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pickwick Publications
Creativity and Captivity
Exploring the Process of Musical Creativity amongst Indigenous Cosmopolitan Musicians (ICMs) for Mission
$38.00
£30.00
AU$51.00
ISBN: 9781725265769
Pub Date: December 2021
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pickwick Publications
African Literacies and Western Oralities?
Communication Complexities, the Orality Movement, and the Materialities of Christianity in Uganda
$37.00
£28.00
AU$51.00
ISBN: 9781725290372
Pub Date: November 2021
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pickwick Publications
Music and Liturgy, Identity and Formation
A Study of Inculturation in Turkey
$29.00
£22.00
AU$41.00
ISBN: 9781725297241
Pub Date: August 2021
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pickwick Publications
Faith in the Marketplace
Measuring the Impact of Church Based Entrepreneurial Approaches to Holistic Mission
$32.00
£24.00
AU$44.00
ISBN: 9781725285170
Pub Date: April 2021
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pickwick Publications
Experiments in Love
An Anabaptist Theology of Risk-Taking in Mission
$26.00
£20.00
AU$37.00
ISBN: 9781725260047
Pub Date: March 2021
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pickwick Publications
Bridging the Gap, Breaching Barriers
The Presence and Contribution of (Foreign) Persons of African Descent to the Gaboon and Corisco Mission in Nineteenth-Century Equatorial Africa
$31.00
£23.00
AU$43.00
ISBN: 9781532697494
Pub Date: March 2021
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pickwick Publications
Playing by the Rules
How Women Lead in Evangelical Mission Organizations
$34.00
£25.00
AU$47.00
ISBN: 9781725285149
Pub Date: March 2021
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pickwick Publications