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Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Abbreviations -- 1 - Introduction -- 1.1. A Personal Search -- 1.2. You Can't Sit at Home and Wait -- 1.3. Theological Perspectives Given -- 1.4. Ecumenical Movement: A Red Flag -- 1.5. The Question at Stake -- 1.6. The Perspective Matters -- 2 - God and His Mission in the Old Testament -- 2.1. God - the Source and Foundation -- 2.2. God Created the World with a Purpose -- 2.3. Humans Are Set to Fulfill God's Plan -- 2.4. God Reveals Himself in History -- 2.5. God Seeks to Heal His Creation -- 2.6. Israel - Example and Paradigm -- 2.7. A Holy Nation among the Nations -- 2.8. The Messiah Comes from Israel -- 3 - Mission and Politics in the Old Testament -- 3.1. Creation and the Cultural Mandate -- 3.2. Blessed to Be a Blessing for the Nations -- 3.3. The God Who Saves and Restores -- 3.4. Mission to All Nations -- 3.5. The Messiah of Israel -- 3.6. The Mission of God and Politics in the Old Testament -- 4 - Mission in the New Testament -- 4.1. The God of the New Testament -- 4.2. Missio Patri - Laying Foundations -- 4.3. Missio Christi - God's Way of Transformation -- 4.4. Missio Spiritus - God's Praxis of Transformation -- 4.5. The Mission of the Triune God -- 4.6. Is God's Mission Political? -- 5 - The Nature and Mission of the Church of Christ -- 5.1. Called to Be Responsible -- 5.2. Sent to Be Light of the World -- 6 - The Political Task of the Church -- 6.1. Politically Responsible Institution -- 6.2. A Communal Priest -- 6.3. A Royal Servant -- 6.4. A Prophetic Witness -- 6.5. The Place of Political Involvement -- 6.6. The Alternative Society -- 7 - Missio Politica - a Mission of Peace -- 7.1. Men and Women of Peace -- 7.2. Mission, Violence, and Peace -- 7.3. A Person of Peace Promotes Peace -- 7.4. Peacemaking - the Heart of God's Mission -- 7.5. Peacemaking in Context.