Aaron recently asked for my recommendations on missiology texts, so I thought I would post for anyone to check them out. Aaron, please feel free to specify, if you are interested in a particular aspect of missions and missiology. I will try to recommend texts from several different angles. I will leave many out but include books that I have found particularly insightful or helpful. Feel free to add to the list!
In no particular order:
1) Anthropological Reflections on Missiological Issues, Paul Hiebert – a diverse collection of chapters with profound insights in every one, ranging from contextualization to metatheology. (this is one of my favorites)
2) From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya, Tucker, a biographical study of the history of missions.
3) Whose Religion is Christianity?, Lamin Sanneh – a dialogical presentation of questions and concepts that rightly and wrongly undermine Western trends in missions. Sanneh is not an evangelical but is a profoundly insightful African missiologist.
4) The Mission of God, Chris Wright – a great biblical theology of mission by a fine scholar, missionary, theologian and Englishman.
5) Transforming Mission, David Bosch – a massive work that I have barely cracked
6) The Next Christendom, Jenkins – a look at the present center of gravity in global Christianity in the south and east
* Non-Western: Kuwame Bediako, Lamin Sanneh, Kosuke Koyama, R. S. Sugirtharajah, Rene Padilla
**Anything by Newbigin, Andrew Walls, Charles Kraft, Ralph Winter