The Oxford Handbook of Mission Studies

Kirsteen Kim first taught mission studies at Union Biblical Seminary, Pune, India (1993-1997). She also taught in the Cambridge Theological Federation, University of Birmingham, and University of Leeds before becoming a full professor at Leeds Trinity University in 2011. Since 2017 she has been professor of World Christianity at Fuller. She has published five monographs, several edited works, and 150 chapters and articles. She has been a consultant for the World Council of Churches and other organizations, edited the journal Mission Studies (2012-2020), and currently edits the book series, Theology and Mission in World Christianity (Brill). Knud Jørgensen (1942 - 2018) was a journalist and theologian. He was Dean of Tao Fong Shan, Hong Kong until 2010 and then adjunct professor at the MF Norwegian School of Theology. He published several books and articles on journalism, communication, leadership and mission, and was one of the editors of the Regnum Edinburgh Centenary Series. He also had a long career as a broadcaster in Europe, Africa, and Asia, including for the Lutheran World Federation, Geneva. Alison Fitchett-Climenhaga is a Research Fellow in the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry at Australian Catholic University in Melbourne, Australia. Her research focuses on Christianity in Africa, missiology, and world Christianity, with emphases on popular religion, lay leadership, and conflict and peacebuilding. She has published on the history and anthropology of mission, and she serves on the American Society of Missiology's board of publications and Scholarly Monograph Series editorial committee.

I. Mission Studies as a Discipline
1: Kirsteen Kim and Alison Fitchett-Climenhaga: Introduction to Mission Studies: Analyzing Missiology's Current Configuration and Charting Future Prospects
2: Brian Stanley: The Changing Face of Mission Studies since the Nineteenth Century
3: Paul Kollman, CSC: Defining Mission Studies for the Third Millennium of Christianity
4: Dorottya Nagy: Theory and Method in Mission Studies/Missiology
II. Mission Studies and Theology
5: van Thanh Nguyen, SVD: Mission and Biblical Studies: Convergences, Challenges and Prospects
6: Sandra Mazzolini: Mission and Evangelization in Christian Doctrine
7: Stephen Bevans, SVD: Theologies of Mission
8: Gheorghe Petraru: Mission and Ecclesiology: An Orthodox Contribution
9: Henning Wrogemann: Mission Studies as Intercultural Theology
III. Studies of Mission Practice
10: John Mansford Prior: Practical Theology and Mission Studies
11: Michael W. Goheen: Structures and Agents of Mission
12: Edmund Kee-Fook Chia: Spirituality, Mission and Liturgy: A Sacramental Perspective
13: Marie-Hélène Robert: Proselytism in Christian churches: Insights from the European scene
14: Val Ogden: Ears still tingling? Mission Communication Explored
15: Tomas Sundnes Drønen: Christian Mission and International Development
16: Lap Yan Kung: Christian Mission and Social Action
17: Septemmy E. Lakawa and Alison Fitchett-Climenhaga: Mission and Healing: Witnessing in the Aftermath of Trauma
IV. Christian Mission and History
18: Seija Jalagin: Christian Mission in World History: Out of Sight, out of Mind
19: Kyo Seong Ahn: Christian Mission and Colonialism
20: J. Jayakiran Sebastian: Christian Mission and Postcolonialism: Re-reading the Bible, the Theology, and the Call
21: Pavol Bargár: Christian Mission and Communism: A Protestant Perspective from Former Czechoslovakia
22: Dana L. Robert: Mission Studies and World Christianity
V. Christian Mission and Cultures
23: Karen Lauterbach: Mission and the Anthropology of Christianity: Africanist Perspectives
24: Peter C. Phan: Mission As Inculturation: Contextualizing God's Message in Local Cultures
25: Gina Colvin and Rosemary Dewerse: Christian Mission and Indigenous Peoples
26: Miikka Ruokanen and Chen Yongtao: Christianity in Chinese Soil
27: J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu: Christian Mission and African Traditions
28: Mechteld Jansen: Christian Mission and Secularism
VI. Christian Mission and Religions
29: Atola Longkumer: Christian Mission and Religious Studies: The Case of Indigenous Religions
30: Annemarie C. Mayer: Christian Mission, Religious Pluralism and Inter-religious Dialogue
31: Edward Kessler: Christian Mission and the Jewish People
32: Samuel Nwokoro with John Azumah: Christian Missions and Muslims
33: Muthuraj Swamy: Christian Missionary Constructions of Hinduism: Issues and Implications for Contemporary Mission Studies
34: Pan-chiu Lai: Christian Mission and Buddhists
VII. Christian Mission and Society
35: Joanildo Burity: Christian Mission and the Social Sciences: A Latin American View
36: Nico A. Botha and Eugene Baron: The Protestant World Mission and Race Discourse: Edinburgh 1910--Ghana 1958
37: Gemma Tulud Cruz: Women in Mission
38: Martha Th. Frederiks: Mission and Migration: Mapping Methodological, Historical and Theological Perspectives
39: Mika Vähäkangas: Mission, Money, and Power
40: Kapya J. Kaoma: Christian Mission and Ecology Amidst Global Warnings
41: Gina A. Zurlo and Todd M. Johnson: Global Mission Statistics and Religious Demography