Lesslie Newbigin (1909–1998)

Author of The Gospel in a Pluralist Society

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About the Author

Lesslie Newbigin (1909-1998) was an internationally esteemed British theologian, missionary, pastor, apologist, and ecumenical statesman. His long career included serving as a village evangelist in India, as bishop of the Church of South India, as associate general secretary of the World Council of show more Churches, and as a professor and a pastor in England show less

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Works by Lesslie Newbigin

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The Gospel in a Pluralist Society (1989) 1,294 copies, 5 reviews

Foolishness to the Greeks: The Gospel and Western Culture (1986) 890 copies, 4 reviews

The Open Secret: An Introduction to the Theology of Mission (1978) 649 copies, 3 reviews

Proper Confidence: Faith, Doubt, and Certainty in Christian Discipleship (1995) 408 copies, 5 reviews

The Household of God: Lectures on the Nature of Church (1998) 215 copies

Truth to Tell: The Gospel as Public Truth (Osterhaven Lecture) (1991) 197 copies, 1 review

Lesslie Newbigin: Missionary Theologian: a Reader (2006) 153 copies

The Light Has Come: An Exposition of the Fourth Gospel (1982) 150 copies, 2 reviews

Signs Amid the Rubble: The Purposes of God in Human History (2003) 148 copies

A Walk Through the Bible (1999) 143 copies

Honest religion for secular man (2011) 104 copies, 1 review

A Word in Season: Perspectives on Christian World Missions (1994) 91 copies

Trinitarian Doctrine for Today's Mission (Biblical Classics Library) (1998) 84 copies

The Other Side of 1984: Questions for the Churches (The Risk book series) (1983) 71 copies, 1 review

"The Good Shepherd" : Meditations on Christian Ministry in Today's World (1977) 65 copies

Truth and Authority in Modernity (Christian Mission and Modern Culture) (1996) 65 copies

Unfinished Agenda: An Autobiography (1985) 64 copies

Sin and salvation (2009) 45 copies

Proper confidence : faith, doubt, and certainty in Christian discipleship 40 copies

A faith for this one world? (2011) 37 copies, 1 review

The Finality of Christ (1969) 36 copies

Mission in Christ's Way: A Gift, a Command, an Assurance (1987) 30 copies

Faith and Power: Islam and Christianity in Secular Britain (1998) 25 copies

Sign of the kingdom (1981) 22 copies, 1 review

Journey into Joy (1973) 17 copies

A South India diary (2021) 17 copies

The reunion of the church : a defence of the South India scheme (1979) 14 copies

Is Christ divided? A plea for Christian unity in a revolutionary age (1961) 11 copies

One body, one Gospel, one world: The Christian mission today (1959) 11 copies

Living Truth in a Changing World (2012) 10 copies

Discovering Truth In A Changing World (2004) 8 copies

Mission and the Crisis of Western Culture (Handsel Booklets) (1989) 8 copies

Living Hope In A Changing World (2009) 8 copies

That all may be one; a South India diary: --the story of an experiment in Christian unity (A Haddam House book) (1952) 7 copies

Truth and Modernity (Christian Mission and Modern Culture) (1996) 3 copies

A igreja missionaria no mundo moderno 2 copies

Trinitarian Faith and Today's Mission (1964) 2 copies

Christian Witness in a Plural Society 2 copies

The relevance of Trinitarian doctrine for today's mission 1 copy

The Gospel in a Pluralist Society 1 copy

Christian freedom in the modern world 1 copy

St. Paul in Limerick (1998) 1 copy

Gospel as Public Truth: Applying the Gospel in the Modern World (1992) 1 copy

Låt ditt rike komma (1980) 1 copy

Tek Kitap Tek Öykü 1 copy

The Reunion of the Church, Revised Edition: A Defence of the South India Scheme (2011) 1 copy

O Segredo Revelado: uma introdução à teologia da missão (Exampleseries Livro 1) (Portuguese… 1 copy

En värld, ett evangelium, en kyrka 1 copy

Verder dan "1984" Missionaire confrontatie met de moderne cultuur; Met een inleiding door Prof. dr.H.Berkhof en een… 1 copy

God SE Verhaal in 'n Neutedop (2002) 1 copy

Cristo Vive 1 copy

The other side of 84 (1983) 1 copy

Christian witness in a plural society 1 copy

La Familia de Dios: "La Natureza de la Iglesia" 1 copy

This is our life: moderator's address to the general assembly of the United Reformed Church 1 copy

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Associated Works

The Trinity in a Pluralistic Age: Theological Essays on Culture and Religion (1996) — Contributor — 77 copies, 1 review

Creation, Christ and Culture: Studies in Honour of T. F. Torrance (1976) — Contributor, some editions — 23 copies

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Newbigin, Lesslie
Legal name: Newbigin, James Edward Lesslie
Birthdate: 1909-12-08
Date of death: 1998-01-30
Burial location: Norwood Cemetery, London, England, UK
Gender: male
Nationality: UK
Birthplace: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England, UK
Place of death: London, England, UK
Education: Queen's College, Cambridge (BA|1931)
Occupations: missionary
pastor
bishop
Organizations: Church of South India
Church of Scotland (ordained 1936)
World Council of Churches
United Reform Church
Awards and honors: Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (1974)

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Honest religion for secular man by Lesslie Newbigin

Bishop Newbigin says religion is much too great and permanent in an element in human experience to be swept out of sight. He wants to ask what must be the religion of a Christian who accepts the process of secularization and lives fully in the kind of world into which God has led us.

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The Open Secret: An Introduction to the Theology of… by Lesslie Newbigin

Given to Matthew Hayes - 05/10/2023

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Foolishness to the Greeks: The Gospel and Western… by Lesslie Newbigin

Given to Matthew Hayes -05/03/2023

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revbill1961 | 3 other reviews | May 3, 2023 |

The open secret : an introduction to the theology of… by Lesslie Newbigin

Fresh insights on the missionary task in other cultures and points to consider for those seeking to proclaim the lordship of Christ in our secularized society.

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