{"product_id":"understanding-insider-movements","title":"Understanding Insider Movements","description":"\u003cp\u003e[DESCRIPTION] For the first time in history, large numbers of people from the world’s major non-Christian religions are following Jesus as Lord. Surprisingly for many Western Christians, they are choosing to do so within the religious communities of their birth and outside of institutional Christianity.  How does this work, and how should we respond to these movements?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis long-awaited anthology brings together some of the best writings on the topic of insider movements. Diverse voices explore this phenomenon from the perspectives of Scripture, history, theology, missiology, and the experience and identity of insider believers. Those who are unfamiliar with the subject will find this book a crucial guide to a complex conversation. Students and instructors of mission will find it useful as a reader and reference volume. Field workers and agencies will discover in these chapters welcome starting points for dialogue and clearer communication.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first book to provide a comprehensive survey of the topic of insider movements, \u003cem\u003eUnderstanding Insider Movements\u003c\/em\u003e, is an indispensable companion for those who want to glimpse the creative, unexpected, boundary-crossing ways God is at work among the peoples of the world in their diverse religious communities. [\/DESCRIPTION] \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e[SUBTITLE]Disciples of Jesus Within Diverse Religious Communities[\/SUBTITLE][CREDIT] by: Harley Talman (Editor), John Jay Travis (Editor) [\/CREDIT] [PAGES] 718 [\/PAGES] [BINDING] Paperback [\/BINDING] [PUBLISHER] William Carey Library [\/PUBLISHER] [PUBLISHYEAR] 2015 [\/PUBLISHYEAR]\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e[ENDORSEMENT2]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eEnlightening... This crucial work encourages us to critically embrace what God is doing beyond our historic boundaries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ccite\u003eCraig S. Keener\u003c\/cite\u003e[\/ENDORSEMENT2] [ENDORSEMENT3]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eA treasure chest of biblical and theological reflection and critique, along with diverse lived experiences. ...To be warmly welcomed and commended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ccite\u003eChristopher J.H. Wright\u003c\/cite\u003e[\/ENDORSEMENT3] [ENDORSEMENT4]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eI heartily recommend this book to all who wish to catch the fresh wind of the Spirit that is now at work among their own peoples.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ccite\u003eMelba Padilla Maggay\u003c\/cite\u003e[\/ENDORSEMENT4]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[TOC]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContributors\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForeword\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead This First!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1- Setting the Stage\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 1- Insider Movements: Coming to Terms with Terms\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 2- Historical Development of the Insider Paradigm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 3- Muslim Followers of Jesus?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 4- When God's Kingdom Grows Like Yeast: Frequently Asked Questions about Jesus Movements within Muslim Communities\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 5- Myths and Misunderstands about Insider Movements\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 6- Seeing Inside Insider Missiology: Exploring Our Theological Lenses and Presuppositions\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2- Examples, Testimonies, and Analysis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSection 1- Examples and Testimonies\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 7- Jesus Movements: Discovering Biblical Faith in the Most Unexpected Places\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 8- When \"Christian\" Does Not Translate\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 9- Living and Discipling in the Hindu World\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 10- \"Why I Am Not a Christian\": A Personal Statement\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 11- The New Buddhists: How Buddhists Can Follow Christ\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 12- Comments on the Insider Movement\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 13- My Enemy...My Brother: A Palestinian Christian Meets His Muslim Brothers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 14- And the Spirit Fell upon Them: Testimonies of the Holy Spirit's Activity in One Insider Movement\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSection 2- Case Study Analysis\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 15- Jesus Movement: A Case Study from Eastern Africa\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 16- Insider Movements among Muslims: A Focus on Asia\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 17- Pandita Ramabai and the Meanings of Conversion\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 18- Christ Followers in India Flourishing- but Outside the Church: A Review of Herbert E. Hoefer's Churchless Christianity\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 19- Ecclesial Indentities of Socioreligious \"Insiders\": A Case Study of Fellowship among Hindu and Sikh Communities\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 3- Biblical and Theological Perspectives\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 20- The Kingdom of God: A Biblical Paradigm for Mission\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 21- The Old Testament and Insider Movements\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 22- Conversion in the New Testament\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 23- Jesus Living and Discipling among the Lost\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 24- Jesus in Samaria: A Paradigm for Church Planting among Muslims\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 25- The Key to Insider Movements: The \"Devoted\" of Acts\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 26- The Incarnational Model of Jesus, Paul, and the Jerusalem Council\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 27- Acts 15: An Inside Look\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 28- The Integrity of the Gospel and Insider Movements\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 29- The Supremacy of Scripture: The Transcultural and Timeless Authority for Local Theology in Global Conversation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 30- Church in Context\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 31- All Things Are Yours\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 4- Contextualization, Religion, and Syncretism\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSection 1- Contexualization\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 32- Liberating Christ from Christians, Christianity, and the Church\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 33- The Gospel as Prisoner and Liberator of Culture\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 34- A Necessarily Wary Enterprise?: North American Evangelicals and Contextualization\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 35- A Third Reformation? Movements of the Holy Spirit beyond Christendom\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 36- The Incarnation, Communication, and Insider Movements\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSection 2- Religion and Syncretism\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 37- Reflections on Religion\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 38- (De) Franchising Missions\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 39- Considering Religion(s): What Does the Word Really Mean?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 40- Religious Syncretism as a Syncretistic Concept: The Inadequacy of the \"World Religions\" Paradigm in Cross-cultural Encounter\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 41- Contextualization, Syncretism, and the Demonic in Indigenous Movements\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 42- Avoiding Syncretism: The Testimony of a Jesus-following Buddhist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 5- Approaches in Witness\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 43- Shall We Try Unbeaten Paths in Working for Moslems?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 44- An Approach to Witness\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 45- Contextualization among Muslims: Reusing Common Pillars\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 46- Christian Attitudes toward Islam and Muslims: A Kerymatic Approach\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 47- Roles of \"Alongsiders\" in Insider Movements: Contemporary Examples and Biblical Reflections\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 48- Become Like, Remain Like (Take Two)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 49- Evangelizing Whole Families\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 50- Planting Churches: Learning the Hard Way\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart 5 Study Questions\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 6- Concerns and Misunderstandings\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 51- The C1-C6 Spectrum after Fifteen Years: Misunderstandings, Limitations, and Recommendations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 52- Responding to Christian Concerns\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eInterview with Brother Yusuf\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 53- Muslim Followers of Jesus and the Muslim Confession of Faith\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 54- \"Is Allah God?\": Five Reasons I Am Convinced\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 55- In the World but Not of It: Insider Movements and Freedom from the Demonic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 56- Possible Pitfalls fo Jesus Movements: Lessons from History\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 57- Where We Agree...And Don't?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 7- Identity\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 58- Insider Movements: Honoring God-given Identity and Community\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 59- Dual Identity and the Church in the Book of Acts\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 60- Consuming Peanuts in the USA and India: Reflecting on the Controversy over Insider Movements\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 61- Heart Allegiance and Negotiated Identity\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 62- Searching for Models of Individual Identity\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 63- Societal Factors Impacting Socioreligious Identities of Muslims Who Follow Jesus\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChatper 64- God's Creativity in Drawing Muslims to Jesus\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Look into the Future\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAppendix 1- The Samaritan Religion\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAppendix 2- World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) Evangelical Relationships Commitment\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAppendix 3- Review of A Theological Analysis of the Insider Movement Paradigm from Four Perspectives by Doug Coleman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGlossary\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[\/TOC]\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Carey Library","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":55896586322088,"sku":"rqn1787307793853","price":40.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook (ePub)","offer_id":55896586354856,"sku":"odl1787307793854","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/3246\/4808\/files\/understanding-insider-movements_1.png?v=1787307799","url":"https:\/\/www.greenvalleycart.shop\/products\/understanding-insider-movements","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}