Bible and Mission

  Introduction Tradition Enquiry for Evangelicals will involve engaging with past and present scholarship within the broad tent of 'Evangelicalism'.  As Evangelical is a movement more than a theological tradition itself, albeit a Protestant and theologically orthodox movement, it involves several streams of tradition--especially the Reformed, Wesleyan, Baptistic, and Pentecostal.  Within Evangelicalism are then some narrower emphases that are less cooperative with the broader tent and more focussed on a narrower corner of Evangelicalism. In my understanding of what should constitute 'Evangelicalism', I would say that one hoping to research within the movement that makes up Evangelicalism needs to do so by: 1. intentionally reading material and engaging with scholars and ministries that are Evangelical; 2. intentionally reading material and engaging with scholars and ministries that remain faithful to the Reformation's emphases; 3. intentionally reading material and ...

 The following bibliography is indicative for the kinds of resources one might consult for research in the Evangelical tradition.  This would include focussed studies on Evangelicalism and then wider studies in Protestantism and then still wider studies in orthodox Christianity.  No bibliography can provide a bibliography that covers so much ground, so what is offered is simply indicative of the kinds of resources one might use.  I have included Pentecostalism in the Evangelical tradition, which already has tensions between Reformed, Lutheran, Wesleyan, and Baptistic traditions.  Not all authors are Evangelical, but scholarly work in the fields of Bible, Theology, Ethics, Church History, and Mission contributes toward study in the Evangelical tradition. [For Part Three: Tradition Enquiry and Contextual Theology, click here ] Tradition Enquiry: Scripture, Theology, Ethics, Church History, and Mission An Indicative Bibliography   General Church History ...