WORD & WORLD:
THEOLOGY FOR CHRISTIAN MINISTRY

Word & World is a quarterly journal of theology whose readers are concerned with Christian ministry in and for the world. A glance at our articles and our issue themes will show how we propose to bring Christian thinking to the questions posed by life in our world today.

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