Stephen Hayes has just written an interesting short article on the differences between evangelism and proselytism – from his Orthodox perspective – on his blog. Click here to read it. If you have not come across Stephen before he is an Orthodox missiologist based in South Africa who hosts a missiology Yahoo group and writes regularly on mission related topics.
The current edition of the Sacred Tribes Journal is also devoted entirely to the topic of “The Ethics of Evangelism” drawing quite heavily on the work of Elmer J Thiessen (see his book The Ethics of Evangelism: A Philosophical Defense of Proselytizing and Persuasion) but also including a hard hitting attack on evangelism by a Hindu scholar, Bart Abbott, and two Christian responses. You can download a copy of the complete Sacred Tribes Journal at Academia.com using this link if you are a member (or join on line). If you are not a member and would still like a copy write to Mark Oxbrow.
