Prophetic Dialogue: Reflections on Christian Mission Today

"When we speak of mission as dialogue, then, we are about as far away from imagining mission as 'conquering the world for Christ' and missionaries as 'marines of the Catholic Church' as we probably can get. …" Thus Fathers Bevans and Schroeder describe a key challenge faced by Christian missioners today: How to bring the Christian tradition to interact respectfully and effectively with members of other cultures and traditions around the globe and remain prophetic?