The Way of the Sea

[DESCRIPTION] The sea has been both a source of bounty and a bridge of communication through the ages. The Way of the Sea explores the unique role of seafarers in promoting the revealed plan of the Creator and Redeemer of both land and sea.

As a follow-up to The Seamen’s Mission, Kverndal’s comprehensive survey of maritime mission presents both historical and current perspectives. While The Way of the Sea provides a much-needed tool for the developing field of maritime Missiology, people from all walks of life will learn from the rich history and culture of kingdom-minded seafarers. [/DESCRIPTION][SUBTITLE]The Changing Shape of Mission in the Seafaring World [/SUBTITLE] [CREDIT] by: Roald Kverndal (Author) [/CREDIT] [PAGES] 456 [/PAGES] [BINDING] Paperback [/BINDING] [PUBLISHER] William Carey Library [/PUBLISHER] [PUBLISHYEAR] 2007 [/PUBLISHYEAR][ENDORSEMENT2]

This book is essential reading for any maritime ministry practitioner—a ‘must have’ publication; not for the bookshelf, but as a constant companion to educate and stimulate about basic foundations and exciting opportunities for ministry in the seafaring world.

Rev. Canon Bill ChristiansonSecretary General of The Mission to Seafarers [/ENDORSEMENT2] [ENDORSEMENT3]

We in the Apostleship of the Sea are indebted to Dr. Kverndal for taking on such a valuable work—from its foundational guidance to its ‘Wave of the Future.’  We are already using it to help shape our ministry in support of seafarers’ all-important Seagoing Christian Community.

Commodore Chris York, RNNational Director of the AOS in England and Wales [/ENDORSEMENT3] [ENDORSEMENT4]

I believe this particular book will meet the long-felt need for a teaching tool to pro-mote indigenous maritime ministry everywhere. It will surely help our churches both in Asia and the world to lay a thorough educational groundwork for such ministry. May God greatly bless it!

Rev. Josephine Shui-Wan TsoPast President, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hong Kong [/ENDORSEMENT4][TOC]

Abbreviations

Chronology

Foreword

Preface

Introduction

Part 1- History of Maritime Mission

Section 1- Early/Premodern Era (Until 1920)

Chapter 1- Pre-organiztional Phase

Biblical Foundations

Earlier Endeavors

"The Set Time"

Chapter 2- British Formative Phase

The Bethel Movement

New Configurations

Chapter 3- American Formative Phase

From Boston to Shanghai

Old Salts and Sailor Missionaries

Chapter 4- Transitional Phase

Continental Expansion

Programmatic Change

Section 2- Ecumenical/Modern Era (1920-1974)

Chapter 5- Catholic Regeneration: AOS

Pre-History of a New Apostolate

The Anson Era (1920-1924)

The Gannon Era (1924-1961)

Chapter 6- Protestant Consolidation: NAMMA

The North American Scene

Nationally Oriented Maritime Ministry

British Maritime Ministry

Chapter 7- Ecumencial Collaboration: ICMA (1969)

Renewal in Rome

Repercussions in Rotterdam

Section 3- Global/Postmodern Era (From 1974)

Chapter 8- The Shipping Revolution

Technology and Trade

Current-Day Ship Types

The Downside of Deregulation

Whatever Happened to the Seafarer?

Chapter 9- The Prophetic Challenge

Ethnic Revolution at Sea

The Seafarers' Right Movement

Chapter 10- The Discipleship Challenge

Religious Pluralism and Human Rights

A Partnership Paradigm From Below

The Quest for Implementation

Chapter 11- Other Current Challenges

Indigenization: New Partners

Transformation: A Changing West

Chapter 12- Other Current Challenges (Continued)

Integration: All People of the Sea

Cooperation: Other Organizations

Education: Tools for Maritime Ministry

The End of the Beginnings

Part 2- Overview of Maritime Mission

Chapter 13- Theoretical Foundations

Motives for Maritime Mission

Dimensions of Maritime Mission

Chapter 14- Practical Aspects

Impediments to Maritime Mission

Strategies for Maritime Mission

Summary: The Wave of the Future

Part 3- Perspectives on Maritime Mission

1. Miriam Adeney: Dancing with the Elephant

2. António Barbosa da Silva: Religious Pluralism in the Maritime World

3. Thomas Batong: Maritime Ministry and Maritime Ecology

4. William Choi: Multi-cultural Communication

5. David Cockroft: Maritime Industry and Maritime Ministry

6. Barbara Crafton: Holding Onto Justice and Hope

7. James Dillenburg: The Apostleship of the Sea

8. William R. Douglas: A Mariner’s Voice

9. Stephen Friend: The Role of Research In Maritime Ministry

10. Jacques Harel: Ecumenicity in the Maritime World

11. He Qi: Art, the Gospel and the Sea

12. Paul Hiebert: Worldviews and Nomads of the Sea

13. Tom Holmer: The Seafarers’ Trust

14. Peter Ibrahim: Out of Africa

15. Buzz Kahn: Seafaring Disciples—Then and Now

16. Ruth Kverndal: The Scourge of Addiction

17. Karen Lai: Shipvisiting and Follow-up

18. Per Lönning: The Challenge of Fundamentalism

19. Efthimios Mitropoulos: Shipping and the Human Element

20. Kjell Nordstokke: The Diaconal Dimension

21. Kjell Bertel Nyland: Maritime Mission and Nationality

22. James O’Halloran: Small Christian Communities

23. Carl Osterwald: Hope Regained

24. Irette Ramoelinina: Women On the Waterfront

25. Ricardo Rodriquez-Martos Dauer: The Merchant Ship

26. Helen Sampson: Seafarers International Research Centre

27. Darrell Schoen: Living Temples At Sea

28. Anita Trondsen Spilling: Oilrig Chaplaincy

29. Douglas Stevenson: Seafarers Jand ustice

30. Gérard Tronche: Ministry Among Fishers

31. Desmond Tutu: Truth and Reconciliation

Appendices

1.  The  Seafarers’ Covenant

2. NAMMA’s Statement of Mission

3. Shipvisiting Guidelines

4. A Port Chaplain’s “Survival Kit”

5. Volunteer Chaplain Brings Comfort to Crews

6. “The Greatest of These…”

Selected Bibliography

Index of Subjects

Index of Persons

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