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1 online resource (xxi, 202 pages) : maps |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Mission Is about Sending; The Value of Mission History; Literature; Limitations; Methodology and Overview; Further Reading; Chapter 1: Mission in the Early Church (100-750); Roman Empire; Conditions; Romans and Christians; Constantine and Imperial Christianity; Currents of Thought; Palestine and Syria; Asia and Asia Minor; Rome; Gaul and Spain; Britain; Egypt; North Africa; Ireland and Scotland; Germania; The East; Edessa; Mesopotamia, Persia, and Arabia; India; Ethiopia; Armenia; Central Asia and China |
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Who Were the Early Church Missionaries?; Anonymous Laborers; Bivocational Laborers; Church-Centered Laborers; Cross-Cultural Laborers; What Did the Early Church Missionaries Do?; Suffered; Evangelized; Contextualized; Translated the Bible; Ministered in Word and Deed; Further Reading; Chapter 2: Mission in the Medieval Church (750-1500); Western Europe; Dominicans; Scandinavia; Denmark; Sweden; Hamburg and Bremen Base; Norway, Finland, Greenland, and Iceland; Eastern Europe and Russia; Slavic Peoples; Russia; Middle East and North Africa; Timothy of Baghdad; Crusades; Franciscans |
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Raymund LullCentral Asia; Summary; Who Were the Early Church Missionaries?; What Did the Early Church Missionaries Do?; Labored in the Context of Christendom; Ministered in Vulnerability; Ministered in Word and Deed; Engaged Other World Religions; Learned Language and Culture; Further Reading; Chapter 3: Mission in the Early Modern Church (1500-1800); The Age of Discovery; Roman Catholic Mission Structures; The Jesuits; Propaganda Fidei; Asia; India; Japan; China; Vietnam; Latin America; Bartolomé de Las Casas; Africa; The Protestant Reformation; Early Protestant Global Mission; North America |
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IndonesiaIndia; The Moravians; Summary; Who Were the Early Modern Missionaries?; What Did the Early Modern Missionaries Do?; Connected with Leaders; Learned Culture and Contextualized the Gospel; Evangelized and Discipled; Set Apart Indigenous Leaders; Translated Scripture; Emerged from Spiritual Awakening; Further Reading; Chapter 4: The Great Century of Christian Mission (1800-1900); The Nineteenth-Century World; Colonialism; Industrialization; Currents of Thought; Global Religions; Evangelical Revivals; William Carey (1761-1834); Mission Societies; Asia; India; China; Japan; Korea; Burma |
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IndonesiaSouth Pacific; Middle East; Africa; West Africa; East Africa; Southern Africa; North Africa; Latin America; North America; Summary; Who Were the Nineteenth-Century Missionaries?; Men; Married Couples; Single Women; National Missionaries; Non-western Missionaries; What Did the Nineteenth-Century Missionaries Do?; Started Mission Societies; Formed Mission Stations; Evangelized the Interior; Planted Churches; Translated Scripture; Learned Culture and Contextualized the Gospel; Started Hospitals and Schools; Emphasized Community Development and Business; Set Apart Indigenous Leaders |
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"Smither weaves together a ... history of Christian mission from the apostles to the modern church. In each era, he focuses on the people sent by God to the ends of the earth, while also describing the cultural context they encountered"--Back cover. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Missions -- History.
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Missions. |
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History. |
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Missions -- Theory.
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Missions -- Theory. |
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Missions -- Case studies.
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Missions -- Case studies. |
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Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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History.
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Case studies.
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Print version: Smither, Edward L. Christian Mission : A Concise, Global History. Ashland : Lexham Press, ©2019 9781683592402 |
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1683592417 electronic book |
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9781683592419 electronic book |
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9781683592402 hardcover |
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1683592409 hardcover |
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