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    Christianity Rediscovered

    By Vincent J. Donovan

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    This profound and thought-provoking book is one of the classics of modern missionary writing. Superficially just a good missionary story, it actually says much more about issues such as the meaning of the eucharist and the method and content of evangelism.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSCM Press
    Release dateJul 24, 2014
    ISBN9780334047865
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    • 4/5
      Described as a "classic of modern missionary writing", Donovan explores how to truly root faith in the culture where you are - not where you are coming from.That leads to questions of what is priesthood, Eucharist and praying in such a community - and leave them to discover their way.This book is pertinant to anyone seeking to bring faith 'in a foreign land' - ie anywhere...
    • 5/5
      This is one of the few books by a Catholic priest that fellow vicars-in-training at my Anglican evangelical college have been urged to read. And this classic is both the faith-encouraging story of the conversion of clans of Masai tribes in East Africa, and a guide to evangelism in any context. For in every context there are people that cannot relate to the gospel, and need it translating into their worldview and culture. Giving a glimpse into the challenges this was to the Masai and to Donovan presenting the gospel to them, it helps us see more clearly our job of translation even in a culture we were born into.Along the way Donovan uncovers some searching questions about the nature of community (at least to Europeans and Americans), the nature of church, the norms of "Western culture", and the role of the ordained priesthood.This should be read by anyone who takes Christian mission or ministry of any shape or colour. Or frankly, any Christian believer. Thanks to Paul W and Rebecca F for reminding me.
    • 4/5
      Christianity Rediscovered, by Vincent Donovan, a Roman Catholic missionary priest to the Masai from 1955 to 1973, challenges conceptions of culture, mission, evangelization, and most importantly, Christianity. Donovan records his thoughts on his work during his seventeen years with the Masai, struggling with how to share the Gospel with an illiterate, nomadic, pagan people. Some of his difficulties in evangelizing are a lack of common words and concepts or even a future tense in their language. He questions everything he had learned: missionary strategy, the priesthood, the Church, the Gospel. At times a profoundly beautiful book, at other times a frustratingly maddening book, Christianity Rediscovered nevertheless, makes one think and reevaluate basic beliefs and missionary practices.
    • 5/5
      The story of how Donovan broke with tradition to evangelise the Masai in culturally relevant terms and then build a culturally sympathetic church, with profound theological reflection at every stage. Essential thinking on how to make the gospel relevant to culture in today’s society. A classic that everyone entering Christian ministry should read. (Staff, 2008).