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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Through the Flames
Early Christian Responses to Persecution and Implications for Christians in Northern Nigeria
$32.00
£26.00
AU$49.00
ISBN: 9781666782196
Pub Date: January 2024
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pickwick Publications
The persecution of Christians is on the increase worldwide. In Nigeria, persecution has had an immense impact on the religious, economic, and social life of Nigerians, especially in northern Nigeria....
Extending Mercy to the Gentiles
The Jewish Apocalyptic Trajectory of Pauline Discipleship
$35.00
£29.00
AU$55.00
ISBN: 9781666767391
Pub Date: October 2023
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pickwick Publications
Paul's discipleship agenda was defined by his native Jewish apocalyptic worldview. The novelties of his thought--namely, the death of Israel's Messiah, the unique gift of God's Spirit, and the intentional...
Empowering Spirit, Empowering Structures
The Contributions of Noel Perkin to Assemblies of God World Missions
$35.00
£28.00
AU$55.00
ISBN: 9781666768916
Pub Date: August 2023
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pickwick Publications
Noel Perkin, a banker-turned-missionary, led Assemblies of God World Missions (AGWM) for more than thirty years (1927-59). His life exemplifies the missionary zeal historians have noted within the early...
Partners, Sisters, and Twins
Flourishing Partnerships among Local Congregations around the World
$28.00
£23.00
AU$44.00
ISBN: 9781666767339
Pub Date: July 2023
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pickwick Publications
Congregations are increasingly developing partnerships as a way of engaging directly in global missions. One of the most common ways they do this is forming relationships with congregations in other...
Explaining the Practice of Elevating an Ancestor for Veneration
$31.00
£25.00
AU$47.00
ISBN: 9781666714081
Pub Date: June 2023
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pickwick Publications
The Bisa people of Nabwalya, Zambia love their culture and gladly celebrate all their traditional festivals. This book presents exciting research into Kusefya pa ngena, rituals through which the Bisa...
Shepherds of the Steppes
The Experience of Male Evangelical Mongolian Church Leaders, An Ethnographic Approach
$40.00
£33.00
AU$61.00
ISBN: 9781666799590
Pub Date: June 2023
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pickwick Publications
The evangelical Mongolian church has experienced significant growth since the country opened to the world in 1990. Despite the growth and emergence of the evangelical church in Mongolia, relatively...
Cross-Cultural Missional Partnership
Mediating Relational, Cultural, and Hermeneutical Tensions for Mutual, Faithful Missional Engagement
$32.00
£26.00
AU$48.00
ISBN: 9781666751024
Pub Date: March 2023
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pickwick Publications
Cross-cultural partnerships in today's global environment are both challenging and necessary. Misunderstanding and miscommunication often lead to conflict between culturally diverse groups. Christians...
Toward an Anabaptist-Pentecostal Vision
Exploring Ecclesial Identities in North American Mennonite Mission with Pentecostal-Type Churches in Southern Africa
$35.00
£29.00
AU$53.00
ISBN: 9781666739107
Pub Date: March 2023
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pickwick Publications
What does Pentecostalism, the fastest-growing Christian expression worldwide, have to do with Anabaptism, whose Mennonite adherents have sometimes been called "the quiet in the land?" In this groundbreaking...
Missional Fidelity of MoveIn
An International Christian Mission Movement among the Unreached, Urban Poor
$24.00
£21.00
AU$37.00
ISBN: 9781666732863
Pub Date: March 2023
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pickwick Publications
How can the church go beyond mere social services to having an incarnational, evangelistic impact on unreached, urban immigrants? This work explores how MoveIn, a global prayer movement of regular lay...
Pathways to Peacebuilding
Staurocentric Theology in Nigeria's Context of Acute Violence
$40.00
£33.00
AU$60.00
ISBN: 9781666738070
Pub Date: November 2022
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pickwick Publications
Given the consistent challenge of Islamist acute violence, particularly in Nigeria, this monograph attempts to respond to the question: How can Jesus's followers pattern response to violence after Jesus's...
Through the Flames
Early Christian Responses to Persecution and Implications for Christians in Northern Nigeria
$32.00
£26.00
AU$49.00
ISBN: 9781666782196
Pub Date: January 2024
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pickwick Publications
Extending Mercy to the Gentiles
The Jewish Apocalyptic Trajectory of Pauline Discipleship
$35.00
£29.00
AU$55.00
ISBN: 9781666767391
Pub Date: October 2023
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pickwick Publications
Empowering Spirit, Empowering Structures
The Contributions of Noel Perkin to Assemblies of God World Missions
$35.00
£28.00
AU$55.00
ISBN: 9781666768916
Pub Date: August 2023
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pickwick Publications
Partners, Sisters, and Twins
Flourishing Partnerships among Local Congregations around the World
$28.00
£23.00
AU$44.00
ISBN: 9781666767339
Pub Date: July 2023
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pickwick Publications
Explaining the Practice of Elevating an Ancestor for Veneration
$31.00
£25.00
AU$47.00
ISBN: 9781666714081
Pub Date: June 2023
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pickwick Publications
Shepherds of the Steppes
The Experience of Male Evangelical Mongolian Church Leaders, An Ethnographic Approach
$40.00
£33.00
AU$61.00
ISBN: 9781666799590
Pub Date: June 2023
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pickwick Publications
Cross-Cultural Missional Partnership
Mediating Relational, Cultural, and Hermeneutical Tensions for Mutual, Faithful Missional Engagement
$32.00
£26.00
AU$48.00
ISBN: 9781666751024
Pub Date: March 2023
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pickwick Publications
Toward an Anabaptist-Pentecostal Vision
Exploring Ecclesial Identities in North American Mennonite Mission with Pentecostal-Type Churches in Southern Africa
$35.00
£29.00
AU$53.00
ISBN: 9781666739107
Pub Date: March 2023
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pickwick Publications
Missional Fidelity of MoveIn
An International Christian Mission Movement among the Unreached, Urban Poor
$24.00
£21.00
AU$37.00
ISBN: 9781666732863
Pub Date: March 2023
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pickwick Publications
Pathways to Peacebuilding
Staurocentric Theology in Nigeria's Context of Acute Violence
$40.00
£33.00
AU$60.00
ISBN: 9781666738070
Pub Date: November 2022
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pickwick Publications