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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 | |