Global Arts and Christian Witness: Exegeting Culture, Translating the Message, and Communicating Christ

by Roberta R. King, Scott Sunquist (Editor), Amos Yong (Editor)

Veteran missionary-scholar Roberta King draws on a lifetime of study and firsthand mission experience to show how witness through contextualized global arts can dynamically reveal Christ to all peoples. King offers the global church biblical foundations, historical pathways, theoretical frameworks, and effective practices for communicating Christ through the arts in diverse contexts. Supplemented with stories from the field, illustrations, and discussion questions, this textbook offers innovative and dynamic approaches essential for doing mission in transformative ways through the arts. It also features a full-color insert of artwork discussed in the book.

288 pages, Paperback

Published July 16, 2019

About the author

Roberta R. King (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is a professor of communication and ethnomusicology in Fuller Seminary's School of Intercultural Studies. She specializes in global Christian worship and witness as an ethnomusicologist in mission. King is the author of Pathways in Christian Music Communication, Music in the Life of the African Church, and A Time to Sing: A Manual for the African Church. She is also a global specialist with WorldVenture and an executive board member for Global Consultation on Music and Mission. She lives in Sierra Madre, California.

Reviews

[Porter Sprigg]

This book is thoughtful and eye-opening. I think the title is a bit misleading though as 95% of the “art” mentioned in the book is music. If the title was honest I think it would just say “Global Music and Christian Witness”