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Preface | |
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Introduction | |
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Missiology, Mission, and the History of Missions | |
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Church History and the History of Missions | |
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Pastoral Theology, the History of Missions, and the People of God | |
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The Structure of This History of the Missionary Movement | |
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Bible, Mission, and the History of Missions | |
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The Use and Interpretation of the Bible throughout the History of Missions | |
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Translation and Interpretation | |
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The Old Testament and the Mission of the Church | |
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The New Testament and Theological Criteria for the Mission | |
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The Expansion of Christianity during the Period of the New Testament | |
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Missions in Antiquity | |
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From the End of the New Testament to the Conversion of Constantine | |
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The Christian Empire and the Suppression of Paganism | |
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Christian Expansion beyond the Roman Empire | |
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General Considerations | |
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Medieval Missions | |
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From the Germanic Invasions to the Advance of Islam | |
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From the British Missionary Thrust to the Crusades | |
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From the Renaissance of the Twelfth Century to the End of the Middle Ages | |
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General Considerations | |
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Missions in the Early Modern Age | |
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Catholic Missions | |
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The Expansion of Orthodox Christianity | |
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Early Protestant Missions | |
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General Considerations | |
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Missions in Late Modernity | |
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General Introduction | |
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The Roman Catholic Church | |
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Eastern Orthodoxy | |
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Protestantism | |
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General Considerations | |
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Missions in the Far East and the South Pacific | |
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Missions in India | |
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Christianity in Ceylon | |
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Christianity in Southeast Asia | |
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Christianity in the Malay Archipelago | |
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Christianity in the Philippines | |
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Christianity in Japan and Korea | |
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Christianity in China | |
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Christianity in Australia and the Islands of the Pacific | |
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General Considerations | |
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Missions and Witness in the Middle East and Muslim Majority Countries | |
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The Ancient Eastern Churches | |
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Catholic Missions | |
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Protestant Missions | |
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General Considerations | |
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Missions in Sub-Saharan Africa | |
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The Orthodox Tawahedo Church of Ethiopia | |
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Protestant Missions in Sub-Saharan Africa | |
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Catholic Missions in Africa | |
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Christianity in Madagascar | |
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General Considerations | |
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Missions in Latin America | |
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New Circumstances | |
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Christianity in the Southern Cone | |
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Christianity in the Andean Region | |
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Christianity in Colombia, Panama, and Venezuela | |
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Christianity in Brazil | |
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Christianity in Mesoamerica | |
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Christianity in the Latin Caribbean | |
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General Considerations | |
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From All the Nations: Mission in a Postmodern and Postcolonial World | |
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A Complex History with Lessons for the Future | |
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Can an Old Center of Christianity Be a New Mission Field? | |
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Christianity at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century: Missionary Challenges | |
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For Further Reading | |
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Notes | |
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Index | |