SMT SWEDISH MISSIOLOGICAL THEMES SVENSK MISSIONSTIDSKRIFT Vol. 92, No. 4 2004 Contributors .......................................................................................................................... 518 Editorial ................................................................................................................................. 521 Articles Lisbeth Mikaelsson Missional Religion – with Special Emphasis on Buddhism, Christianity and Islam ............. 523 Notto R. Thelle Missionary Religions: A Buddhist Perspective ...................................................................... 539 Jan Opsal Islam as a Missional Religion ................................................................................................ 543 Knud Jørgensen The Emergence and Challenge of the Missional Church Concept in the West ...................... 551 Tiina Ahonen Antedating Missional Church: David Bosch’s View on the Missionary Nature of the Church and on the Missionary Structure of the Congregation ..................................... 573 Gustaf Björck The Church of Sweden as a Missional Church ...................................................................... 591 Kajsa Ahlstrand The Church of Sweden as a Missional Church – A Response ................................................ 597 Harald Hegstad and Tore Laugerud The Church of Norway as a Missional Church?: Perspectives from an Empirical Study ...... 601 Gunvor Lande The Church of Norway as a Missional Church – A Response ............................................... 609 Review Articles Michael S. Northcott Mission and Contextual Theology in West Malaysia ............................................................. 611 Miikka Ruokanen A Useful Updating of Non-Western Theologies .................................................................... 625