Patronage governs most relationships in Global South cultures. This book shows that when a patron plays a role as a father, he plays a significant role in developing national pastors as church planters and offers an alternative reading of aid dependency as a relational concept rather than an econ...

The urgent task of our day is to reimagine the church witnessing to Christ’s Gospel. The ethos and spirit of modernity with its ideas of progress, individualism, commodification, and conquest are hardwired into mission, undermining faithful witness and service. Now is the time to transcend ...

This is an abridged version of Mark Beaumont’s Regnum book, Christology in Dialogue with Muslims.   It presents an analysis of Christian presentations of Christ for Muslims in the most creative period of Christian-Muslim dialogue, the first half of the ninth and the secon...

This is an abridged version of Doug Birdsall’s thesis ‘Conflict and Collaboration’.  It explores four stories of evangelical mission history in the late twentieth century.  It takes as its starting point the year 1974, when the historic International Congress on World ...

This is an abridged version of Samuel Cyuma’s Regnum book, ‘Picking Up the Pieces’ and is a must for any group or individuals interested in learning from the experiences of attempts to construct sustainable peace in this part of Africa....

This is an abridged version of Ole Kirchheiner’s Regnum book, Culture and Christianity Negotiated in Hindu Society. Through an examination of the Nepali church the study pays special attention to the way ordinary Christians have been able to settle social and religious issues to live and work toget...

This is an abridged version of Peter Rowan’s Regnum, Book, Proclaiming the Peacemaker.  With a history of racial violence and in recent years, low-level ethnic tensions, the themes of peaceful coexistence and social harmony are recurring ones in the discourse of Malaysian soci...

How do Christians in the global south see the relationship between the church and corruption? This book summarises the views of 101 leaders of churches, Christian faith-based organisations and anti-corruption organisations, as told during in-depth interviews with the author. Capturing voices from ...

This book seeks to bring light to the Eastern Churches under early Islam, in order to reveal something of the vigour of Christianity where it has been overlooked or unexpected. Prof David Thomas, University of Birmingham ...

Christians have been largely silent on the issue of corruption. Roberto Laver has been one of the few voices of the Christian community calling for the church to stand up and address this issue. Laver’s scholarship undergirded by his faith and concern for the poor and marginalized, gives Christian...

In today’s globalized world as we struggle desperately for social harmony amidst growing religious fundamentalism and militancy, Christians convinced of Christ’s universal relevance are often hard-pressed to find a way to communicate that relevance faithfully and respectfully. The term ’fulfilment’...

Corruption blights the lives of countless people around our world. It is a scourge of the poor and weak. It is a road block to change. It is detestable to God. The purpose of this book is to transform attitudes and behaviours of Christians who live in societies where corrupt behaviour is a fact ...