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Christian World Imprints Gospel In Transformation Rethinking Of Gossners Insights Lutheran Heritage In Relation To Mission by Rev Dr Ulrich Schoentube
The Message Of The Gospel Is Existing In An Ongoing Process Of Becoming Different Forms In The World, In Different Cultures And At Different Times. The Gospel Is In Transformation And This Is The Only Way Of Its Existing, Whereby Its Fullness Can Only Be Appropriated With Every New Transformation And Will Be Completed In The Eschaton." In This Understanding The Author Compiled Several Sketches On Mission History And Missiology, Delivered As Lectures And Presentations At The Gossner Theological College Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.The Author Traces This Diverse Process Of Transformation By Using Historical Sources, Which Are Difficult To Access And By Sharing His Experiences With The Gossner Church In Chotanagpur (Now A Region In Jharkhand). He Brings Into Limelight A Biographical Sketch Of Father Gossner Encasing New Aspects Of His Life And Missionary Work, The Early Beginnings Of Gossner Missionaries, The Transformation Of The Gospel During The First Conversion And The Development Of Indigenous Music, Liturgy Etc. The Learned Work Also Makes A Timely Reminder Of Contentions Of Martin Luther, The Father Of Reformation.A Synopsis Of The Struggles Of The Adivasis Their Hopes And Aspirations For The Intervention Of The Missionaries To Mitigate Their Sufferings From Shackles Of Poverty, The Caste System And Land Alienation Have Also Been Showcased. At Last Comparative Studies Made Between Johann Hinrich Wichern And Johannes Evangelista Gossner, Birsa Munda And Thomas Muentzer Are Quite Revealing And Enlightening.The Impeccable Research Work Is Recommended By The Church History Association Of India As A Must For Historians, Missionaries, Educationists, Church Laity, Church Clergy, Seminaries, Institutions, Students, And All Those, Who Wish To Know More About The Transformation Of The Gospel In The Jharkhand Area.