BV2073.T6

''A project of BISAM, an interest group of IAMS.'' Includes bibliographical references

Enkindling fire in the mission : spirit and scope of the BISAM Project / Teresa Okure -- Matthew 10 : a mission mandate for the global context / Stuart C. Bate -- Is there a place for converting people? into what brand of Christianity? / Chris Sugden -- Spirituality in cross-cultural perspective and mission studies / Susan Rakoczy -- The Bible among African Christians / Tinyiko Sam Maluleke -- The liturgy, home of the Bible and mission / Madge Karecki -- An encounter with ordinary real readers reading the Gospels / Andrew Curtis -- The Queen of Sheba in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim traditions / Karel Steenbrink -- Being partially constituted by work with others : biblical scholars being missionized by ordinary readers of the Bible / Gerald West -- Scripture and experience as the double source of mission / Johannes Nissen -- "First was the life, not the book" / Teresa Okure -- The history and scope of BISAM within IAMS : 1972-1992 / John Roxborogh

While Jesus' parable of the word has been well-developed, his parable of fire, a two-edged sword like the word, has gone largely unnoticed. This book suggest that his model might be a fitting symbol for the demands of Bible studies and mission in today's multi-cultural and complex global contexts