Missional Hermeneutics Bibliography

This page is the ‘live’ version of the ‘Missional Hermeneutics Bibliography’ co-written by Tim Davy and Michael Goheen, Reading the Bible Missionally (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2016, edited by Michael Goheen). New publications and links will be added to this bibliography to keep it as up-to-date, comprehensive and useful as possible.

Missional Hermeneutics Bibliography

Tim J. Davy and Michael W. Goheen

The aim of this bibliography is to give a comprehensive orientation to writings on the missional interpretation of the Bible. It is more focused than simply a list of books and articles connecting the Bible and mission. Rather, it notes titles that consciously adopt the method of “missional hermeneutics,” or those whose work is very closely aligned with this approach, as developed since the mid–1990s. It includes books, articles, and chapters in edited volumes. The bibliography also includes a selection of key works that are considered to have been foundational to the emergence of missional hermeneutics.

This online version is curated by Tim J. Davy. Please leave a comment below for suggestions of new titles.

Key Forerunners

Barth, Karl. “An Exegetical Study of Matthew 28:16–20.” In The Theology of the Christian Mission, edited by Gerald H. Anderson, 55–71. London: SCM, 1961.

Bavinck, Johannes Herman. An Introduction to the Science of Missions. Philadelphia: Presbyterian & Reformed, 1960 (especially 11–76).

Blauw, Johannes. The Missionary Nature of the Church: A Survey of the Biblical Theology of Mission. London: Lutterworth, 1962.

Boer, Harry R. Pentecost and Missions. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1961.

Bosch, David J. “Hermeneutical Principles in the Biblical Foundation for Mission.” Evangelical Review of Theology 17.4 (1993): 437–51.

Bosch, David J. “Mission in Biblical Perspective.” International Review of Mission 74 (1985): 531–38.

Bosch, David J. “Reflections on Biblical Models of Mission.” In Toward the Twenty-First Century in Christian Mission, edited by J. M. Phillips and R. T. Coote, 175–92. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1993.

Bosch, David J. “The Scope of Mission.” International Review of Mission 73 (1984): 17–32.

Bosch, David J. “The Scope of the BISAM Project.” Mission Studies 6.1 (1989): 61–68.

Bosch, David J. “Towards a Hermeneutic of ‘Biblical Studies and Mission.’” Mission Studies 3.2 (1986): 65–79.

Bosch, David J. Transforming Mission: Paradigm Shifts in Theology of Mission. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1991 (especially 15–178).

Bosch, David J. “The Vulnerability of Mission.” Baptist Quarterly 34.8 (1992): 351–63.

Bosch, David J. “The Why and the How of a True Biblical Foundation for Mission.” In Zending Op Weg Naar De Toekomst, edited by J. Verkuyl, 33–45. Kampen: Kok, 1978.

Burnett, David. The Healing of the Nations: The Biblical Basis of the Mission of God. 2nd edition. Carlisle: Paternoster, 1996.

Cullmann, Oscar. “Eschatology and Missions in the New Testament.” In The Theology of the Christian Mission, edited by Gerald H. Anderson, 42–54. London: SCM, 1961.

De Ridder, Richard R. Discipling the Nations. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1971.
DuBose, Francis M. God Who Sends: A Fresh Quest for Biblical Mission. Nashville: Broadman, 1983.

Guder, Darrell L. Be My Witnesses: The Church’s Mission, Message, and Messengers. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1985.

Jeremias, Joachim. Jesus’ Promise to the Nations. Translated by S. H. Hooke. Studies in Biblical Theology 24. London: SCM, 1958.

Legrand, Lucien. Unity and Plurality: Mission in the Bible. Translated by R. R. Barr. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1990.

Lohfink, Gerhard. Jesus and Community: The Social Dimension of the Christian Faith. Translated by John P. Galvin. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1982.

Martin-Achard, Robert. “Israel’s Mission to the Nations.” International Review of Missions 51 (1952): 482–84.

Martin-Achard, Robert. A Light to the Nations: A Study of the Old Testament Conception of Israel’s Mission to the World. Translated by John Penney Smith. London: Oliver & Boyd, 1962.

Rowley, H. H. Israel’s Mission to the World. London: SCM, 1939.

Rowley, H.H. The Missionary Message of the Old Testament. London: Carey, 1945.

Senior, Donald, and Carroll Stuhlmueller. The Biblical Foundations for Mission. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1983.

Taber, Charles. “Missiology and the Bible.” Missiology 11.2 (April 1983): 229–45.

Van Swigchem, Douwe. Het Missionaire Karakter van de Christelijke Gemeente Volgens de Brieven van Paulus en Petrus. Kampen: Kok, 1955 (detailed English summary on 256–66).

Verkuyl, Johannes. Contemporary Missiology: An Introduction. Translated by D. Cooper. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1978 (especially 89–117).

Wright, G. Ernest. “The Old Testament Basis for the Christian Mission.” In The Theology of the Christian Mission, edited by Gerald H. Anderson, 17–30. London: SCM, 1961.

 

Books

van Aarde, Timothy A. The Missions and Missional Purpose of Ephesians: Participation in the Mission of God. Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2023.

Ashford, Bruce Riley, ed. Theology and Practice of Mission: God, the Church, and the Nations. Nashville: B&H, 2011.

Barram, Michael. Mission and Moral Reflection in Paul. New York: Peter Lang, 2006.

Barram, Michael. Missional Economics: Biblical Justice and Christian Formation. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2018.

Barram, Michael and John R. Franke, Liberating Scripture: An Invitation to Missional Hermeneutics. Eugene: Cascade, 2024.

Bartholomew, Craig G., and Michael W. Goheen. Drama of Scripture: Finding Our Place in the Biblical Story. 2nd edition. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2014.

Bartholomew, Craig G., and Michael W. Goheen. The True Story of the Whole World: Finding Your Place in the Biblical Drama. Grand Rapids: Faith Alive, 2009 (revised shorter version of Drama of Scripture).

Bauckham, Richard. Bible and Mission: Christian Witness in a Postmodern World. Carlisle: Paternoster, 2003.

Beeby, Harry Daniel. Canon and Mission. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity, 1999.

Blackburn, W. Ross. The God Who Makes Himself Known: The Missionary Heart of the Book of Exodus. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2012.

Brownson, James V. Speaking the Truth in Love: New Testament Resources for a Missional Hermeneutic. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity, 1998.

Butts, K. Rex. Gospel Portraits: Reading Scripture as Participants in the Mission of God. Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2022.

Cho, Banseok. Being Missional, Becoming Missional: A Biblical-Theological Study of the Missional Conversion of the Church. Eugene: Pickwick, 2021.

Cornell, Collin. God Draws Near: Rethinking the Biblical Theology of Mission. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2025.

Davy, Tim J. The Book of Job and the Mission of God: A Missional Reading. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2020.

Fields, David R. Preaching and the Mission of God: Faithful Witness after Christendom. Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2023.

Flemming, Dean. Contextualization in the New Testament: Patterns for Theology and Mission. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2005.

Flemming, Dean. Foretaste of the Future: Reading Revelation in Light of God’s Mission. Grand Rapids: IVP, 2022.

Flemming, Dean. Recovering the Full Mission of God: A Biblical Perspective on Being, Doing, and Telling. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2013.

Flemming, Dean. Why Mission? Nashville: Abingdon, 2015. Grand Rapids: IVP, 2022.

George, Roji T. Called into the Mission of God: A Missional Reading of Paul’s Thessalonian Correspondence. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2020.

Glaser, Ida. The Bible and Other Faiths: What Does the Lord Require of Us? Leicester: IVP, 2005.

Glasser, Arthur F., with Charles E. Van Engen, Dean S. Gilliland, and Shawn B. Redford. Announcing the Kingdom: The Story of God’s Mission in the Bible. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2003.

Goheen, Michael W. Introducing Christian Mission Today: Scripture, History, Issues. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2014 (especially 35–72).

Goheen, Michael W. A Light to the Nations: The Missional Church and the Biblical Story. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2011.

Goode, Scott. Salvific Intentionality in 1 Corinthians: How Paul Cultivates the Missional Imagination of the Corinthian Community (Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2023).

Goodwin, Leigh. Redemptive Hesed Revealed in Ruth: A Cultural and Missional Narrative (2023).

Gorman, Michael J. Abide and Go: Missional Theosis in the Gospel of John. Eugene, OR.: Cascade, 2018.

Gorman, Michael J. Becoming the Gospel: Paul, Participation, and Mission. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2015.

Gorman, Michael J. 1 Corinthians: A Theological, Pastoral and Missional Commentary. Grand Rapids. Eerdmans, 2025.

Grams, Rollin G., et al., eds. Bible and Mission: A Conversation between Biblical Studies and Missiology. Schwarzenfeld: Neufeld, 2008.

Guder, Darrell L., ed. Missional Church: A Vision for the Sending of the Church in North America. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.

Haydock, Nicholas J. Old Testament Theology and the Rest of God. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2016.

Haydock, Nicholas. The Theology of the Levitical Priesthood: Assisting God’s People in Their Mission to the Nations. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2015.

Hesselgrave, Ronald P. I Know that My Redeemer Lives: Suffering and Redemption in the Book of Job. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2016.

Johnson, Andy. 1 and 2 Thessalonians. Two Horizons New Testament Commentaries. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2016.

Keown, Mark J. Romans and the Mission of God. Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2021.

Kim, Edward. God’s Radical Love in Missio Dei: Focused on Missiology for Jewish Mission. Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2024.

Knoetze, Johannes (ed.) Mission the “Labour Room” of Theology. Wellington: CLF Publishers, 2022.

Kwon, Sung Chan. John’s Missional Gospel. Oxford: Regnum, 2021.

Kwon, Sung Chan. A Missional Reading of the Fourth Gospel: A Gospel-Driven Theology of Discipleship. Oxford: Regnum, 2022.

Laansma, Jon, Grant R. Osborne, and Ray Van Neste, eds. New Testament Theology in Light of the Church’s Mission: Essays in Honor of I. Howard Marshall. Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2011.

LaGrand, James. The Earliest Christian Mission to “All Nations” in the Light of Matthew’s Gospel. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994.

Lee, Jae-Suk. Mission as Integrated Witness: A Missional Reading of the Foot-Washing Narrative (John 13:1-38). Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2021.

McGinnis, Daniel. Missional Acts: Rhetorical Narrative in the Acts of the Apostles. Eugene: Pickwick, 2022.

McKinzie, Greg. The Hermeneutics of Participation: Missional Interpretation of Scripture and Readerly Formation. Eugene: Cascade, 2025.

Niemandt, Nelus. “A Missional Hermeneutic for the Transformation of Theological Education in Africa.” HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies 75.4 (2019)

Nissen, Johannes. New Testament and Mission: Historical and Hermeneutical Perspectives. 2nd edition. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2002.

Okoye, James Chukwuma. Israel and the Nations: A Mission Theology of the Old Testament. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2006.

Payne, J.D. Theology of Mission: A Concise Biblical Theology. Bellingham: Lexham, 2021.

Payne, William P. Divine Footprints: Understanding God’s Plan in Scripture and History. Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2025.

Porter, Stanley E., and Cynthia L. Westfall, eds. Christian Mission: Old Testament Foundations and New Testament Developments. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2010.

Redford, Shawn B. Missiological Hermeneutics: Biblical Interpretation for the Global Church. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2012.

Russell, Brian D. (re)Aligning with God: Reading Scripture for Church and World. Eugene, OR: Cascade.

Salter, Martin. Mission in Action: A Biblical Description of Missional Ethics. London: Apollos, 2019.

Sarma, Bitrus A. Hermeneutics of Mission in Matthew: Israel and the Nations in the Interpretive Framework of Matthew’s Gospel. Carlisle: Langham Monographs, 2015.

Schell, Justin A. The Mission of God and the Witness of the Church. Wheaton: Crossway, 2024.

Schnabel, Eckhard J. Early Christian Mission. 2 volumes. Downers Grove, IL: Inter- Varsity, 2004.

Schwanz, Keith, and Joseph Coleson. Missio Dei: A Wesleyan Understanding. Kansas City, MO: Beacon Hill, 2011.

Shahin, Hannah. A Missiological Reading of the Old Testament. 2024.

Shaw, David M. Narrative, Calling, and Missional Identity in 1 Peter: Between Promise and Inheritance. Leiden: Brill, 2023.

Simon, Mark. Living to the Praise of God’s Glory: A Missional Reading of Ephesians. Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2021.

Smither, Edward L. Mission in the Way of Daniel Empowering Believers to Live into God’s Plan. Pasadena: William Carey, 2022.

Timmer, Daniel C. A Gracious and Compassionate God: Mission, Salvation and Spirituality in the Book of Jonah. Nottingham: Apollos, 2011.

Urga, Abeneazer, Edward L. Smither and Linda Saunders, eds. Reading Hebrews Missiologically: The Missionary Motive, Message, and Methods of Hebrews. Pasadena: William Carey, 2023.

Urga, Abeneazer G., Jessica A. Udall and Edward L. Smither, eds. Reading 1 Peter Missiologically: The Missionary Motive, Message, and Methods of 1 Peter. Pasadena: William Carey, 2024.

Urga, Abenezer G., Jessica A. Udall and Edward L. Smither, eds. Reading James Missiologically: The Missionary Motive, Message, and Methods of James. Pasadena: William Carey, 2025.

Urga, Abenezer G., Edward L. Smither, and Michael P. Naylor, eds. Reading Revelation Missiologically: The Missionary Motive, Message, and Methods of Revelation. Pasadena: William Carey, 2025.

Articles and Book Chapters

van Aarde, Timothy A. and Lygunda Li-M. “A Fruitful Missional Exegesis for a Missional Hermeneutic and Missiology.” In die Skriflig/In Luce Verbi 51.2 (2017).

van Aarde, Timothy. “The Use of οἰκονομία in a Missional Reading of the Gospel of Luke-Acts.” In die Skriflig 49.1 (2015).

van Aarde, Timothy. “The Use of οἰκονομία for the Missional Plan and Purpose of God in Ephesians 1:3-14.” Missionalia : Southern African Journal of Mission Studies 43.1 (2015): 45–62. https://doi.org/10.7832/43-1-43

Amstutz, Neil. “Response and Waterford Story.” Mission Focus: Annual Review 15 (2007): 142–46.

Anderson, Christian J. “Beginning at the Beginning: Reading missio Dei from the Start of the Bible.” Missiology 45.4 (2017): 414-425.

Barram, Michael. “The Bible, Mission, and Social Location: Toward a Missional Hermeneutic.” Interpretation 61 (2007): 42–58.

Barram, Michael. “Pauline Mission as Salvific Intentionality: Fostering a Missional Consciousness in 1 Corinthians 9.19–23 and 10.31–11.1.” In Paul as Missionary: Identity, Activity, Theology, and Practice, edited by Trevor Burke and Brian S. Rosner. Library of New Testament Studies, 234–46. London; New York: T. & T. Clark International, 2011.

Barram, Michael. “‘Fools for the Sake of Christ’: Missional Hermeneutics and Praxis in the Corinthian Correspondence.” Missiology 43.2 (2015): 195–207.

Barram, Michael. “‘Located’ Questions for a Missional Hermeneutic.” 2006 paper avaimclable at gocn.org/resources/articles/located-questions-missional-hermeneutic.

Barram, Michael. “‘Occupying’ Genesis 1–3: Missionally Located Reflections on Biblical Values and Economic Justice.” Missiology 42.4 (2014): 386–98.

Barram, Michael. “A Response at AAR to Hunsberger’s ‘Proposals . . .’ Essay.” The Gospel and Our Culture Newsletter eSeries 2 (2009). Available at gocn.org/resources/ articles/response-aar-hunsberger-s-proposals-essay.

Barton, Mukti. “A Missional Reading of Susanna and the Woman Accused of Adultery.” Rethinking Mission (July 2012). PDF

Bauckham, Richard. “Mission as Hermeneutic for Scriptural Interpretation.” Currents in World Christianity Position Paper 106 (1999).

Beeby, Harry Daniel. “A Missional Approach to Renewed Interpretation.” In Renewing Biblical Interpretation, edited by C. Bartholomew, C. Greene, and K. Möller, 268–83. Grand Rapids: Zondervan; Carlisle: Paternoster, 2000.

Bekele, Girma. “The Biblical Narrative of the Missio Dei: Analysis of the Interpretive Framework of David Bosch’s Missional Hermeneutic.” International Bulletin of Missionary Research 35.3 (2011): 153–58.

Brownson, James V. “A Response at SBL to Hunsberger’s ‘Proposals . . .’ Essay.” The Gospel and Our Culture Newsletter eSeries 2 (2009). Available at gocn.org/ resources/articles/response-sbl-hunsbergers-proposals-essay.

Brownson, James V. “Speaking the Truth in Love.” International Review of Mission 83 (1994): 479–504.

Carriker, Timothy. “The Bible as Text for Mission.” In Bible in Mission, edited by Pauline Hoggarth, Fergus Macdonald, Bill Mitchell, and Klaus K. Jørgensen, 29–39. Oxford: Regnum, 2013.

Cerny, Pavel. “The Relationship between Theology and Missiology: The Missional Hermeneutics.” European Journal of Theology 19.2 (2010): 104–9.

Choi, Hunn. “Multicultural Hermeneutics and Mission.” Asbury Journal 70.1 (2015): 111–39.

Cornell, Collin. ‘Art on Mission with the Tabernacle Builders.’ Transformation: An International Journal of Holistic Mission Studies 41 (2024): 109–124.

Cornell, Collin. ‘God’s Mission Story Centers on Fellowship.’ Evangelical Missions Quarterly 60 (2024): 67–71.

Cornell, Collin. ‘Israel’s Priority in Old Testament Missiology.’ Missiology 51 (2023): 347–360.

Cotherman, Charles. E. “How Do We Discern God’s Activity in Scripture and Our Community?: The Mission Dei and the Missional Hermeneutic,” in Sent to Flourish: A Guide to Planting and Multiplying Churches, ed. Len Tang and Charles E. Cotherman (Downers Grove: IVP, 2019): 7–26.

Counted, Victor. “Missionising Youth Identity Crisis: Towards a missional hermeneutic of coping in youth ministry practice.” Missionalia: Southern African Journal of Mission 44:1 (2016): 85–102.

Davy, Tim. J. ‘Connecting a Missional Reading of Psalm 10 with the Trafficking, Abuse, and Exploitation of Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children in Europe.’ In Stepping Out of the Traffick: Pausing for Theological Reflection on Christian Response to Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking, edited by Glenn Miles and Christa Foster Crawford with Bill Prevette, 135–154. Oxford: Regnum, 2024.

Davy, Tim J. ‘Towards a Missional Reading of Ecclesiastes’ (forthcoming in edited volume by Tyndale Fellowship Old Testament study group).

Deik, Anton. “Justice in Ecclesiastes (3:16–4:3 and 8:10–17): A Missional Reading from and for Palestine.” In Reading Ecclesiastes from Asia and Pasifika, edited by Jione Havea and Peter Lau, 69–84. Atlanta: SBL Press, 2020.

Dewerse, Rosemary, and Cathy Hine. “Reading from Worlds under the Text: Oceanic Women in the missio Dei.” Mission Studies 37.1 (2020): 29–51.

Dumitrescu, Cristian. “Mission Theology in the Old Testament: A New Paradigm.” Journal of Adventist Mission Studies 4.1 (2008): 43-62. PDF

Feyessa, Youdit Tariku. “The Wholeness of Life As Christian Mission: Reading the Epistle of James in Contemporary Ethiopia.” Global South Theological Journal 3.2 (2024). https://doi.org/10.57003/yp7s3g45.

Flemming, Dean. “Exploring a Missional Reading of Scripture: Philippians as a Case Study.” Evangelical Quarterly 83.1 (2011): 3–18.

Flemming, Dean. “Locating and Leaving Babylon: A Missional Reading of Revelation 17 and 18 in Light of Ancient and Contemporary Political Contexts.” Missiology, 48.2 (2020): 112–126.

Flemming, Dean. “Revelation and the Missio Dei: Toward a Missional Reading of the Apocalypse.” Journal of Theological Interpretation 6.2 (2012): 161–78.

Flemming, Dean. “‘Won Over without a Word’: Holiness and the Church’s Missional Identity in 1 Peter.” Wesleyan Theological Journal 49 (Spring 2014): 50–66.

Friedman, Matthew. “Missional Theosis and Missional Hermeneutics in the Writings of Michael Gorman.” Religious Studies Review 51 (2025): 319-325. https://doi.org/10.1111/rsr.17906

Gashute, Abyot S. “Holiness and the Mission of God in the Epistle of James.” Global South Theological Journal 3.2 (2024). https://doi.org/10.57003/ny2r6j27.

Gatumu, Kabiro wa. “Romans 12:1-2 Vis-à-vis God’s Mission: Revitalizing Church’s Participation and Stimulating Transformation.” African Multidisciplinary Journal of Research 10.1 (2025): 289–309.

George, Roji Thomas. “‘Elect Exiles’ of God: A Missional Reading of 1 Peter.” Doon Theological Journal 17.1 (2020): 20–35.

Gilbert, Pierre.”The Missional Relevance of Genesis 1–3.” Direction 43.1 (2014): 49–64.

Goheen, Michael W. “Bible and Mission: Missiology and Biblical Scholarship in Dialogue.” In Christian Mission: Old Testament Foundations and New Testament Developments, edited by Stanley E. Porter and Cynthia L. Westfall, 208–32. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2010.

Goheen, Michael W. “Continuing Steps toward a Missional Hermeneutic.” Fideles 3 (2008): 49–99.

Goheen, Michael W. “A Critical Examination of David Bosch’s Missional Reading of Luke.” In Reading Luke: Interpretation, Reflection, Formation, edited by C. G. Bartholomew, J. B. Green, and A. C. Thiselton, 229–64. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2005.

Goheen, Michael W. “The Importance of Narrative Theology for Mission.” In Engaging the Na- tions: Contours of Mission Theology in Global Perspectives, edited by Robert L. Gallagher and Paul Hertig. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, forthcoming.

Goheen, Michael W. “The Mission of God’s People and Biblical Interpretation: Exploring N. T. Wright’s Missional Hermeneutic.” Paper for “A Dialogue with N. T. Wright. Jesus: A Public Figure Making a Public Announcement. Mission, Worldview, and the People of God,” Scripture and Hermeneutics Seminar, San Francisco, 18 No- vember 2011. Available at 64.64.27.114/~mission/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Missional-Hermeneutic-A-Dialogue-with-NT-Wright.pdf.

Goheen, Michael W. “A Missional Approach to Scripture for the Theological Task.” In The End of Theology: Shaping Theology for the Sake of Mission, edited by Jason S. Sexton and Paul Weston, 1-20. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 2016.

Goheen, Michael W. “The Urgency of Reading the Bible as One Story.” Theology Today 64 (2008): 469–83.

Goheen, Michael W., and Christopher J. H. Wright. “Theological Interpretation and a Missional Hermeneutic.” In A Manifesto of Theological Interpretation, edited by Craig G. Bartholomew and Heath Thomas. Grand Rapids: Baker, forthcoming.

Gorman, Michael J. “Missional Musings on Paul.” Catalyst On-line 37.2 (2011). Available at catalystresources.org/missional-musings-on-paul/.

Green, Joel B. “Neglecting Widows and Serving the Word? Acts 6:1–7 as a Test Case for a Missional Hermeneutic.” In Jesus Christ, Lord and Savior: Essays in Honor of I. Howard Marshall, edited by J. Laansma, G. Osborne, and R. Van Neste, 151–60. Carlisle: Paternoster; Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2011.

Guder, Darrell L. “Biblical Formation and Discipleship.” In Treasure in Clay Jars: Pat- terns in Missional Faithfulness, edited by L. Y. Barrett, 59–73. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004.

Guder, Darrell L. “Missional Hermeneutics: The Missional Authority of Scripture—Interpreting Scripture as Missional Formation.” Mission Focus: Annual Review 15 (2007): 106–21.

Guder, Darrell L. “Missional Hermeneutics: The Missional Vocation of the Congregation—and How Scripture Shapes That Calling.” Mission Focus: Annual Review 15 (2007): 125–42.

Guder, Darrell L. “Missional Pastors in Maintenance Churches.” Catalyst On-line 31.3 (2005). Available at catalystresources.org/missional-pastors-in-maintenance-churches/.

Harold, Godfrey. “Compassionate Acts as Missional Theosis: A Call to the Evangelical Church of Southern Africa (ECSA)” Pharos Journal of Theology 103.2 (2022).

Hendriks, H. Jurgens. “Contextualising Theological Education in Africa by Doing Theology in a Missional Hermeneutic.” Koers: Bulletin for Christian Scholarship 77.2 (2012).

Hesselgrave, David J. “A Missionary Hermeneutic: Understanding Scripture in the Light of God’s Mission.” International Journal of Frontier Missions 10.1 (1993): 17–20.

Hunsberger, George R. “Proposals for a Missional Hermeneutic: Mapping a Conver-sation.” Missiology 39.3 (2011): 309–21.

Hunsberger, George R. “Proposals for a Missional Hermeneutic: Mapping the Conversation.” The Gospel and Our Culture Newsletter eSeries 2 (2009). Available at gocn.org/resources/newsletters/2009/01/gospel-and-our-culture.

Hwang, Jerry. ‘The Missio Dei as an Integrative Motif in the Book of Jeremiah.’ Bulletin for Biblical Research 23 (2013): 481-508.

Hwang, Jerry. “‘My Name Will Be Great among the Nations’: The Missio Dei in the Book of the Twelve.” Tyndale Bulletin 65.2 (2014): 161–80.

Hwang, Jerry. “Syncretism after the Exile and Malachi’s Missional Response.” Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 20.3 (2016): 49-68. PDF

Jabini, Frank S. “Witness to the End of the World: A Missional Reading of Acts 8:26–40.” Conspectus 13.1 (2012).

Johnson, Phyllis D. “‘Love Your Neighbor’ as a Missionary Method in James’ Epistle.” Global South Theological Journal 3.2 (2024). https://doi.org/10.57003/5kkv0027.

Keene, Timothy. “A Missional Reading of 2 Corinthians 5:11–6:2; especially 5:21.” Transformation 30.3 (2013): 169–81.

Kelly, Michael B. “Biblical Theology and Missional Hermeneutics: A Match Made for Heaven… on Earth?” In Eyes to See, Ears to Hear: Essays in Memory of J. Alan Groves, edited by P. Enns, D. J. Green, and M. B. Kelly, 61–76. Phillipsburg: P&R, 2010.

Keown, Mark J. “The Missional Power of the Christ-Hymn.” Religions 15.711 (2024) https://doi.org/10.3390/rel15060711

Khobnya, Svetlana. “So That They May Be Won Over Without a Word: Reading 1 Peter Through a Missional Lens.” European Journal of Theology 29:1 (2020): 7–16.

Komolafe, Sunday B. Babajide. “Christ, Church, and the Cosmos: A Missiological Reading of Paul’s Epistle to the Ephesians.” Missiology 35:3 (2007): 273–286.

Labuschagne, Pieter H.J. “Towards a Missional Hermeneutic Informing Missional Ecclesiology and Transformative Theological Education in Africa.” Missionalia: Southern African Journal of Mission 47.2 (2019): 212–227.

Lee, Byungohk. “A Missional Hermeneutic of the Other: A Dialogue between Levinas and Confucianism.” Missiology 41.4 (2013): 416–26.

Lee, Kyuboem. “An Urban Missional Reading of Genesis 1.” New Urban World Journal 3.1 (2014): 59–66.

LeMarquand, Grant. “From Creation to New Creation: The Mission of God in the Biblical Story.” In Waging Reconciliation: God’s Mission in a Time of Globalization and Crisis, edited by I. T. Douglas, 9–34. New York: Church Publishing, 2002.

Lines, Kevin P. “Exegetical and Extispicic Readings of the Bible in Turkana, Kenya, and North America.” Asbury Journal 66.1 (2011): 65–94.

Magda, Ksenija. “Unity as a Prerequisite for a Christian Mission: A Missional Reading of Rom 15:1–12.” KAIROS – Evangelical Journal of Theology 2.1 (2008): 39–52.

Marfo, Elisha K. “Who Said, No Mission in the Old Testament: A Theological Framework of Mission in the Isaianic Literature.” E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies 6.4 (2020): 223-235. https://doi.org/10.38159/erats.2020072

Mashau, Thinandavha Derrick. “‘Go Home and Sin No More!’ Reimagining Faith that Changes the Lives of Offenders to New Narratives of Rebirth and Transformation.” International Bulletin of Mission Research 47.3 (2023): 394–404.

Mashau, Thinandavha Derrick. “Rethinking the Use of Disruptive Pop-up Encounters for Transformation: A Missional Reading of Acts 8:26–40.” Missiology, 50.2 (2022): 184–195.

McKinzie, Gregory E. “Doing Justice to the Text: A Missional Hermeneutic of Embodied Participation.” Stone-Campbell Journal 22.1 (2019): 21–39.

McKinzie, Greg. “Missional Hermeneutics.” In Handbook on Postconservative Theological Interpretation, edited by Ronald T. Michener and Mark A. Lamport, ch. 15. Eugene: Cascade, 2024.

McKinzie, Greg. “Missional Hermeneutics as Theological Interpretation.” Journal of Theological Interpretation 11.2 (2017): 157–179.

McKinzie, Greg. “Missional Interpretation of Scripture,” Discernment: Theology and the Practice of Ministry, 10.1 (2024): 1–12.

Mckinzie, Greg, Carlos Cevallos and Johnny Ramirez-Johnson. “Between Service and Scripture: A Qualitative Study of Missional Hermeneutics.” Journal of Theological Interpretation 15.1 (2021): 133–156.

Morrison, Jason. “Pietism to Pentecostal Witness Via a Missional Hermeneutic.” EMQ 57.1 (2021): 18–20.

Mueller, Dan. “God is a Farmer-A Missional Reading of Agricultural Metaphors in Scripture.” Lutheran Theological Journal 54.3 (2020): 169–180.

Nguyễn, vănThanh. “The Final Testimony of Missio Dei: A Missiological Reading of Revelation.” In Christian Mission, Contextual Theology, Prophetic Dialogue: Essays in Honor of Stephen B. Bevans, edited by Dale T. Irvin and Peter C. Phan, 3–16. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2018.

Nguyễn, vănThanh. “Missio Dei as the Hermeneutical Lens for Reading the Bible.” Verbum SVD 63.2 (2022): 266–275.

Nguyễn, vănThanh. “Mission and Biblical Studies: Convergences, Challenges, and Prospects.” In The Oxford Handbook of Mission Studies, edited by Kirsteen Kim, Knud Jørgensen and Alison Fitchett-Climenhaga, 77–94. Oxford: OUP, 2022.

Nugent, John. “Response to Kyuboem Lee: An Urban Missional Reading of Genesis 1.” New Urban World Journal 3.1 (2014): 67–68.

Okure, Teresa. “‘In Him All Things Hold Together’: A Missiological Reading of Colossians 1:15–20.” International Review of Mission 91 (2002): 62–72.

Penner, Peter F. “Practising Community in the Early Church: A Missional Reading of the Summary Texts in Acts.” In Mission in Context: Explorations Inspired by J. Andrew Kirk, edited by J. Corrie and C. Ross, 77–91. Farnham: Ashgate, 2012.

Penner, Peter F. “Missional Hermeneutics.” Acta Missiologiae 4.1 (2015): 7–25.

Russell, Brian D. “What Is a Missional Hermeneutic?” Catalyst On-line 36.4 (2011). Available at catalystresources.org/what-is-a-missional-hermeneutic/.
Schertz, Mary. “Response.” Mission Focus: Annual Review 15 (2007): 122–24.

Raj, Victor. “A Missional Reading of the Church and World.” Lutheran Mission Matters 32.1 (Issue 64, May 2024): 12–19.

Sarwar, Eric (2020). The Missional Singing of the Psalms in Islamic Contexts. International Bulletin of Mission Research, 44(2), 164–173.

Sexton, Jason. “Reading the Parables Theologically to Read Them Missionally: Test Cases from the Early Galilean Parables in Luke’s Gospel.” Currents in Theology and Mission 40.3 (2013): 165–78.

Sloane, Andrew. “The Gracious Absence of the Love of God in the Book of Ezekiel.” In Honoring the Wise: Wisdom in Scripture, Ministry, and Life: Celebrating Lindsay Wilson’s Thirty Years at Ridley, edited by Jill Firth and Paul A. Barker, 68–81. Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2022.

Stone, Lawson G. “Inhabiting the Garden: Bible, Theology and Mission.” Asbury Journal 66.1 (2011): 6–30.

Stratis, Justin. “Widening the Frame on Redemption History: A Response to Michael Goheen.” In The End of Theology: Shaping Theology for the Sake of Mission, edited by Jason S. Sexton and Paul Weston, 21–34. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 2016.

Sun, Chloe. “Ruth and Esther: Negotiable space in Christopher Wright’s The Mission of God?” Missiology: An International Review 46.2 (2018): 150–161.

Tompkins, Andrew. “Trees, stolen gods, and becoming Egyptian: Reading Genesis missionally.” Missiology, 50.4 (2022): 311-323. https://doi.org/10.1177/00918296221111894

Wagner, Ross. “Missio Dei: Envisioning an Apostolic Reading of Scripture.” Missiology 37.1 (2009): 19–32.

Wieland, George. “Reading Acts Missionally in a City of Migrants.” In God’s People on the Move: Biblical and Global Perspectives on Migration and Mission, edited by VanThanh Nguyen and John N. Prior, 144–58. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2014.

Wielenga, Bob. “The Delay of the Day of the Lord in Malachi: A Missional Reading.” In die Skriflig/In Luce Verbi 52.1 (2018).

Wielenga, Bob. 2024, “Judah and Tamar: A missiological study of Genesis 38 in its redempve-historical context.” In die Skriflig 58.1 (2024).

Wielenga, Bob. “Renewal and Reconstruction: Holy Writ in Ezra-Nehemiah—A Missional Reading.” In die Skriflig/In Luce Verbi 47.1 (2013).

Wielenga, Bob. “The Suffering Witness: A Missiological Reading of Lamentations.” In die Skriflig/In Luce Verbi 41.1 (2007), 69-86.

Woldetsadik, Melesse. “Walking the Talk: Jacobite Exhortation As a Missiological Method.” Global South Theological Journal 3.2 (2024). https://doi.org/10.57003/d1hwgd09.

Wolters, Albert M. “Mission and the Interpretation of Zechariah 8:20–23.” In That the World May Believe: Essays on Mission and Unity in Honour of George Vandervelde, edited by Michael W. Goheen and Margaret O’Gara, 1–13. Lan- ham, MD: University Press of America, 2006.

Wright, Christopher J. H. “‘According to the Scriptures’: The Whole Gospel in Biblical Revelation.” Evangelical Review of Theology 33.1 (2009): 4–18.

Wright, Christopher J. H. “Lamentations: A Book for Today.” International Bulletin of Missionary Re- search 39.2 (2015): 59–64.

Wright, Christopher J. H. “Mission and Old Testament Interpretation.” In Hearing the Old Testament: Listening for God’s Address, edited by Craig G. Bartholomew and David J. H. Beldman, 180–203. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2012.

Wright, Christopher J. H. “Mission as a Matrix for Hermeneutics and Biblical Theology.” In Out of Egypt: Biblical Theology and Biblical Interpretation, edited by C. Bartholomew et al., 102–43. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2004.

Wright, Christopher J. H. “The Old Testament and Christian Mission.” Evangel 14.2 (1996): 37–43. 337

Wright, Christopher J. H. “Old Testament Theology of Mission.” In Evangelical Dictionary of World Missions, edited by A. Scott Moreau, 706–9. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2000.

Wright, Christopher J. H. “‘Prophet to the Nations”: Missional Reflections on the Book of Jeremiah.” In God of Faithfulness: Essays in Honour of J. Gordon McConville on His 60th Birthday, edited by J. A. Grant, A. Lo, and G. J. Wenham, 112–29. London: T&T Clark, 2011.

Wright, Christopher J. H. “Truth with a Mission: Reading All Scripture Missiologically.” Southern Bap- tist Journal of Theology 15.2 (2011): 4–15.

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Wright, N.T. “Paul and Missional Hermeneutics.” In The Apostle Paul and the Christian Life: Ethical and Missional Implications of the New Perspective, edited by S. McKnight and J.B. Modica, 179-192. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2016.

Yun, Joel Suh-Tai. “Reading the Fourfold Gospel from the Two Creation Stories in Genesis: A Creation Theological Understanding of the Fourfold Gospel for Holistic Mission.” Transformation 37.3 (2020): 169–183. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265378820930242

 

Journal Issues Devoted to the Topic of Missional Hermeneutics

Encounters Mission Journal 29 (June 2009): “The Bible and Mission.”

Encounters Mission Journal 33 (May 2010): “The Psalms and Mission.”

Missio Dei: A Journal of Missional Theology and Praxis 5.1 (February 2014): “Missional Hermeneutics.”

Global South Theological Journal 3.2 (2024): “The Epistle of James and the Mission of God.”

PhD/DMin theses (not yet published in book form)

Acosta Sosa, Lizette M. A Missional Reading of First John: Understanding the Dual Love-command. PhD thesis, Regent University, 2019.

Aguiar, Adenilton Tavares de. “You Must Prophesy Again”: The Mission of God’s People in Revelation 10-14. PhD Thesis, Andrews University, 2022. https://doi.org/10.32597/dissertations/1787

Ayers, Adam D. In Search of the Contours of a Missiological Hermeneutic. PhD thesis, Fuller Theological Seminary, 2011.

Cosslett, Steven C. Missional Readiness among Christian Men: How a Study on John 13–17 Can Impact Missional Readiness. DMin thesis, Asbury Theological Seminary, 2020.

Dancy, Graham Paul. A Missional Reading of the Letter of James: Hearing the Voice of James in Mission. PhD thesis, University of Gloucestershire, 2021.

Han, Gwang Hun. The Concept of Movement in Missional Hermeneutics: An Analysis of Motus Dei as a Theological Framework for Understanding God’s Mission in All Nations. PhD Thesis, Regent University, 2024.

Kadiva, Ernest William. Cultivating a Missional Hermeneutic in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania for Common Participation in the Mission of God. DMin thesis, Luther Seminary, 2019.

Kim, Sung Ik. Proclamation in Cross-Cultural Context: Missiological Implications of the Book of Daniel. PhD Thesis, Andrews University, 2005. https://dx.doi.org/10.32597/dissertations/77/

McKinzie, Greg. The Hermeneutics of Participation: Missional Interpretation of Scripture and Readerly Formation. PhD thesis, Fuller Theological Seminary, 2022.

Paharik, Helene E. A Theology of Mission as Participation in Friendship through, with, and in the Trinity. PhD thesis, University of Fribourg, 2024.

Journal Issues Devoted to the Topic of Missional Hermeneutics

Encounters Mission Journal 29 (June 2009): “The Bible and Mission.”

Encounters Mission Journal 33 (May 2010): “The Psalms and Mission.”

Missio Dei: A Journal of Missional Theology and Praxis 5.1 (February 2014): “Missional Hermeneutics.”

Resources in languages other than English

Aquino Torgan, Daniel. ‘Propostas para uma Leitura Missional em Salmos.’ Ensaios Teológicos, 3.1 (2017): 23–35. [‘Proposals for a missional reading in Psalms’ Theological Essays]

Barker, Aisla. ‘Teologi, Studi Biblika, dan Misi.’ Indonesian Journal of Theology, 5.1 (2017): 99-131. https://doi.org/10.46567/ijt.v5i1.36

Carriker, Timóteo. A Bíblia e a Missão: Uma Perspectiva da Hermenêutica Missional de um Deus Missional. Curitiba: Editora Esperança, 2025.

Cossette, Jean-Yves. Actualisation missiologique du dernier repas de Jésus (Luc 22,14-38) dans le cadre du règne de Dieu, pour le contexte de l’Église protestante évangélique québécoise. PhD thesis, Université Laval, 2021.

Mottesi, Osvaldo L. Hermenéutica y misión: La interpretación bíblica al servicio de la Gran Comisión. Texas: Editorial Mundo Hispano, 2022.

Nicole, Émile. “« La mission de Dieu »: Réponse à Christopher Wright.” théologie évangélique, 13.2 (2014): 54–62.

Nussbaumer, Jacques. “Y a-t-il un malentendu sur la notion de « mission »? Une lecture de La mission de Dieu de Christopher J.H. Wright.” théologie évangélique, 13.2 (2014): 16–35.

Pagán, Samuel. ‘Lecturas bíblicas e implicaciones misioneras: Congreso de Panamá 1916-2016’ Revista Bíblica 77 (2016): 321-36. DOI: https://doi.org/10.47182/rb.77.n-201661

Penner, Peter F. Missionale Hermeneutik: Biblische Texte Kontextuell und Relevant Lesen. Schwarzenfeld: Neufeld, 2012.

Robert, Marie-Hélène, Jacques Matthey, Catherine Vialle (eds.), Figures bibliques de la mission. Exégèse et théologie de la mission. Approches catholiques et protestantes. Cerf, 2010.

Русин, И.И. ‘Миссионерская протестантская герменевтика XX–XXI столетий.’ Актуальні проблеми філософії та соціології 19 (2017): 90–94. [Rusin, I.I. ‘Missionary Protestant Hermeneutics of the XX–XXI Centuries.’ Current Problems of Philosophy and Sociology]

Vialle, Catherine, Jacques Matthey, Marie-Hélène Robert, Gilles Vidal (eds.), Sagesse biblique et mission. Cerf Patrimoines, 2016.

Wall, McTair. “La mission de Dieu de Christopher Wright: Mode d’emploi.” théologie évangélique, 13.2 (2014): 36–53.

Wall, McTair. “La Mission comme Filtre de Lecture de la Bible? Une Perspective Lucanienne.” Missiologie Évangélique 11.2 (2023): 5–16.

Wenk, Philipp. ‘Missionale Hermeneutik.’ Think Tank (2018).

Wiher, Hannes (ed.), Bible et mission, vol. 1. Vers une théologie évangélique de la mission. Charols: Excelsis, 2011.

Wiher, Hannes (ed.), Bible et mission, vol. 2. Vers une pratique évangélique de la mission. Charols: Excelsis, 2012.