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He has thus brilliantly met the requirements of the series in which his book appears, and has made a substantial contribution to debates which lose nothing of their importance with the passage of the years.\"  - Alan Sell, General Editor, Christian Doctrines in Historical Perspective    \"From time to time a book appears that forces us to re-examine what we have taken for granted about Church and world. Andrew Kirk's bracing and bold book does this. Based on wide reading, readiness to challenge commonplace assumptions, and by highlighting topics generally neglected in mission theology, this work refreshes and inspires.\"  - Wilbert R. 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