Christian Mission How Christianity Became a World Religion

Name: Christian Mission How Christianity Became a World Religion
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ISBN: 9780631236207

ISBN-10: 0631236201

ISBN-13: 9780631236207

Edition: 2008

Authors: Dana L. Robert

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Exploring how Christianity became a world religion, this brief history examines Christian missions and their relationship to the current globalization of Christianity. A short and enlightening history of Christian missions: a phenomenon that many say reflects the single most important intercultural movement over a sustained period of human history Offers a thematic overview that takes into account the political, cultural, social, and theological issues Discusses the significance of missions to the globalization of Christianity, and broadens our understanding of Christianity as a multicultural world religion Helps Western audiences understand the meaning of mission as a historical process…

Book details

List price: $21.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Limited
Publication date: 2/20/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Making of a World Religion: Christian Mission through the Ages



From Christ to Christendom


From Jerusalem into "All the World"


The Creation of Catholic Europe, 400-1400



Vernaculars and Volunteers, 1450-


Bible Translation and the Roots of Modern Missions


The Revitalization of Catholic Missions


The Beginnings of Protestant Missions


Voluntarism and Mission


Protestant Missionary Activities in the Nineteenth Century



Global Networking for the Nations, 1910-


The Growth of Global Networks


International Awakenings


Awakening Internationalism


Postcolonial Rejection of Christian Mission


Africans, Asians, and Latin Americans in Mission



Themes in Mission History



The Politics of Missions: Empire, Human Rights, and Land


Critiques of Missions


Missionaries and Human Rights


Missionaries and the Land



Women in World Mission: Purity, Motherhood, and Women's Well-Being


Women as Missionaries


Purity and Gender Neutrality


The Mission of Motherhood


Women's Well-Being and Social Change



Conversion and Christian Community: The Missionary from St. Patrick to Bernard Mizeki


Who Was. St. Patrick?


Bernard Mizeki, "Apostle to the Shona"


Missionaries and the Formation of Communal Christian Identities



Postscript: Multicultural Missions in Global Context


Bibliography


Index