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Martin and Greg reflect on the episode #30 interview with Darrell Whiteman. They discuss Whiteman's devotion to both scholarship and missionary training, the complex nature of contextualization, and the importance of relationships in academic theological education.

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Martin Rodriguez is an assistant professor in the Department of Practical Theology at Azusa Pacific University. He holds a PhD in intercultural studies from Fuller Theological. His dissertation focuses on missiology at the intersection of postcolonial hybridity theory and late-modern leadership theory. Since 2011, he has served as Family Life Minister at the Hollywood Church of Christ (Hollywood, CA, USA). Before this, he served for five ...

Martin Rodriguez sits down with Darrell Whiteman, missiologist and retired professor of cultural anthropology. Whiteman shares about his experiences as a missionary, anthropologist, and professor and reflects on his hopes for the future of the field.

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Darrell Whiteman is a missiological anthropologist, passionate about helping people in diverse cultures connect the Gospel and biblical values to the deepest part of their worldview. He remains active in the training and orientation of missionaries with several denominations in the United States and around the world as the founder and director of Global Development, a nonprofit organization whose purpose is to ...

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Martin and Greg reflect on the episode #28 interview with Robert Priest. They discuss Priest's courageous missiology, the implications of his "bridge-building" metaphor for anthropology, and the importance of addressing contemporary issues with rigorous on-the-ground research.

Your Host

Martin Rodriguez is an assistant professor in the Department of Practical Theology at Azusa Pacific University. He holds a PhD in intercultural studies from Fuller Theological. His dissertation focuses on missiology at the intersection of postcolonial hybridity theory and late-modern leadership theory. Since 2011, he has served as Family Life Minister at the Hollywood Church of Christ (Hollywood, CA, USA). Before this, he served ...

Martin Rodriguez sits down with Robert Priest, missiologist and retired professor of anthropology. Priest shares about his experiences as a missiological anthropologist, his research, and his hopes for the future of the field.

Our Guest

Robet J. Priest is a missiologist who recently retired from Taylor University where he was a professor of anthropology. He was previously the G. W. Aldeen Professor of International Studies at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. In the course of his career, he served in a variety of teaching positions at TEDS and, earlier, Columbia Biblical Seminary & School of Mission.

Priest is the former president of both ...

Martin and Greg reflect on episdoe #26 interview with Stephen Bevans. They discuss Bevans’s contributions to missiology, the definition of the field of study, and the importance of discipleship for the future of missiological reflection.

Your Host

Martin Rodriguez is an assistant professor in the Department of Practical Theology at Azusa Pacific University. He holds a PhD in intercultural studies from Fuller Theological. His dissertation focuses on missiology at the intersection of postcolonial hybridity theory and late-modern leadership theory. Since 2011, he has served as Family Life Minister at the Hollywood Church of Christ (Hollywood, CA, USA). Before this, he served for ...

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Martin Rodriguez sits down with Stephen Bevans, the Louis J. Luzbetak, SVD Professor of Mission and Culture, Emeritus, at Catholic Theological Union. Bevans shares about his formative influences as a theologian of mission, his contributions to missiology, and his hopes for the future of the field. 

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Stephen Bevans is the Louis J. Luzbetak, SVD Professor of Mission and Culture, Emeritus, at Catholic Theological Union. He continues his work in the area of the theology of Christian mission and has recently completed an article in the missionary nature of the ecclesial mark of “catholicity” as part of an ...