We cannot faithfully fulfil our missionary responsibility to our own people if we are unwilling to listen to what the living God has to say to us through his servants in other cultures.

— Lesslie Newbigin (1909–1998), Missionsbischof

Topics: Witness & Mission, Church & Congregation

Lesslie Newbigin

Lesslie Newbigin (1909–1998) war ein britischer reformierter Theologe, Missionar und Bischof der Church of South India, der fast vier Jahrzehnte in Indien sowie später als Dozent und Pastor in England wirkte. Bekannt ist er für seine Analysen zur Säkularisierung westlicher Gesellschaften und sein Eintreten dafür, das Evangelium in einer pluralistischen Kultur als rationale öffentliche Wahrheit zu bezeugen. Für Bibelleser bietet sein Werk Impulse, die biblische Botschaft im Dialog mit der Gegenwartskultur zu reflektieren, ohne den exklusiven Heilsanspruch Jesu Christi zu relativieren.

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