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Christian mission : how Christianity became a world religion / Dana L. Robert.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Blackwell brief histories of religionPublisher: Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009Description: xi, 214 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780631236191 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0631236198 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9780631236207 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0631236201 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Christian Mission DDC classification:
  • 266.009 22
LOC classification:
  • BV2100 .R554 2009
Contents:
Part I. the Making of a World Religion: Christian Mission through the Ages: -- 1. From Christ to Christendom -- From Jerusalem into "all the world" -- The creation of Catholic Europe, 400-14-- -- 2. 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 -- 3. 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 -- Part II. Themes in Mission History: -- 4. The politics of missions: empire, human rights, and land: -- Critiques of missions -- Missionaries and human rights -- Missionaries and the land -- 5. Women in world mission: purity, motherhood, and women's well-being: -- Women as missionaries -- Purity and gender neutrality -- The mission of mothernood -- Women's well-being and social change -- 6. 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 -- 7. Postscript: Multicultural missions in global context
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Course reserves
Book on Reserve Krauth Memorial Branch Philadelphia Reserve Books (Short-term Checkouts) BV2100 .R554 2009 Available 31794003037885

ULS: Christianity Becomes a World Religion ULS: Spring 2024

Print book for loan Lineberger Memorial Library Southern Circulating Collection (Main & Upper Levels) BV2100 .R554 2009 Available 35898001757471
Book on Reserve Wentz Memorial Branch Gettysburg Reserve Books (Short-Term Checkouts) BV2100 .R554 2009 1 Available 31826003174266

ULS: Christianity Becomes a World Religion ULS: Spring 2024

Includes bibliographical references (pages [178]-192) and index.

Part I. the Making of a World Religion: Christian Mission through the Ages: -- 1. From Christ to Christendom -- From Jerusalem into "all the world" -- The creation of Catholic Europe, 400-14-- -- 2. 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 -- 3. 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 -- Part II. Themes in Mission History: -- 4. The politics of missions: empire, human rights, and land: -- Critiques of missions -- Missionaries and human rights -- Missionaries and the land -- 5. Women in world mission: purity, motherhood, and women's well-being: -- Women as missionaries -- Purity and gender neutrality -- The mission of mothernood -- Women's well-being and social change -- 6. 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 -- 7. Postscript: Multicultural missions in global context

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