Christian Missions and Islam in the 1960s and 1970s
2018 ◽
pp. 205-226
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This chapter tracks Anderson’s role in promoting the idea of dialogue between Christianity and Islam in the 1960s and 1970s. It also follows Anderson’s efforts towards working out practical institutional responses to the dissolution of the Christendom-heathendom dichotomy amongst Anglican missionary societies. It takes up Anderson’s ongoing debates with figures like Kenneth Cragg and assesses his theological contributions to missionary theories about contextualization and salvation outside of the Christian faith. It makes a case for viewing Anderson as an influential theologian of pluralism and religious dialogue within the conservative Evangelical tradition.