This book examines the cultures of colonial science, missionary education, and racial politics in South Africa through the life of A. W. Robert, a key participant in all three fields. This study gives
Author Riika-Leena Juntunen presents students, academics, and researchers with an examination of the establishment, reception, and development of Lizhou protestant stations during the early communist
Does your church look and sound and feel like mission? Mission happens when congregations fully align themselves with God’s purposes. As the missional church movement matures, Anaba
This book examines the history of the Protestant denominations in Europe that attempted to bring their churches to Spain just prior to the creation of Spain’s First Republic (1873–74), when religious
In Envoys of A Human God Andreu Martinez offers an insightful study of the Jesuit mission to Christian Ethiopia. The work combines different approaches –cultural-historical, political and sociological
In Competing Missions. German Religious Women in Late Ottoman Beirut, Julia Hauser offers a critical analysis of the German Protestant Kaiserswerth deaconesses’ establishment in late Ottoman Beirut as
Most Americans have little understanding of the relationship between religion and nationalism in the Middle East. They assume that the two are rooted fundamentally in regional history, not in the hist
This is a fascinating study of the relationship between the arrival of American Protestant missionaries and the emergence of an ethnic nationalism among East Syrian Christians within the Ottoman Empir
The word "mission" can suggest a distant and dangerous attempt to obtain information for the benefit of the home left behind. However, the term also applies to the movement of inform
A collection of essays drawn from the conference 'Vatican II, 50 Years On' held at Leeds Trinity University in 2012, which examines the concept and ideology of evangelization in the modern world.
With the extraordinary growth of Christianity in the global south has come the rise of "reverse missions," in which countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America send missionaries to
An African missionary who has served in several Western countries addresses the reality of the need for and the growing presence of African-born missionaries in the West. Kwiyani shows that historical
12th Annual Outreach Resource of the Year Recommendation (Cross-Cultural)2014 Best World Missions Book, from Byron Borger, Hearts and Minds BookstoreWe are more than the businesses we have become.Much
When Helping Hurts is a paradigm-forming contemporary classic on the subject of poverty alleviation and has sold over 225,000 copies. Now, this stand-alone resource applies the principles of "helping
