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Article: Christ Crucified: A 21st-Century Missiology of the Cross.(Book review)
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- Currents in Theology and Mission
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- August 1, 2006
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Christ Crucified: A 21st-Century Missiology of the Cross. By Mark W. Thomsen. Minneapolis: Lutheran University Press, 2004. 121 pages. Paper. $16.00.
This is a book long needed by the Lutheran church: a consequential interpretation of the theology of the cross for its mission in the world. Mark Thomsen is well equipped for the task. He has served as missionary and educator in Nigeria, pastor of a congregation in the U.S., seminary professor, and Director of Global Mission for the ELCA. He brings passion for the world church together with deep conviction about the cross of Christ as God's ultimate act of loving the creation.
While understanding and ...