Christian mission : how Christianity became a world religion / Dana L. Robert.
Material type: TextSeries: Blackwell brief histories of religionPublisher: Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009Description: xi, 214 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:- text
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- 0631236201 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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- BV2100 .R554 2009
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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