Christian Mission
How Christianity Became a World Religion
Published on 9. September 2011
232 pages
978-1-4443-5864-3 (ISBN)
Description
Exploring how Christianity became a world religion, this briefhistory examines Christian missions and their relationship to thecurrent globalization of Christianity.
* A short and enlightening history of Christian missions: aphenomenon that many say reflects the single most importantintercultural movement over a sustained period of humanhistory
* Offers a thematic overview that takes into account thepolitical, cultural, social, and theological issues
* Discusses the significance of missions to the globalization ofChristianity, and broadens our understanding of Christianity as amulticultural world religion
* Helps Western audiences understand the meaning of mission as ahistorical process
* Contains several new maps that illustrate demographic shifts inworld Christianity
Reviews / Votes
"Despite these concerns, Christian Mission is a valuable additionto the growing literature on world Christianity . . . our overallunderstanding of Christianity as a world religion is significantlyincreased by Robert's work." (Christian Century, 8 March2011) "This work is a valuable contribution to the subject."(CHOICE, December 2009)"Roberts helpfully reminds thereaders that this...must be understood by accounting for thevarious players and settings in which it unfolds: "It is importantto study the spiders, but it is equally important to notice theweb" (177).Christian Mission, appropriate as a college or graduatelevel text, is a commendable introduction to those seeking to makesense of this tangled web." (Missology, 2010)"[This book] does alot of things (including a chronological and thematic study of 2000years of Christian mission!). Along the way, Robert points out thatChristian missionaries have done much good for the societies theyhave entered." (The Gospel Coalition, January 2010) "A masterful survey of mission in Christian history from thevery origins of the religion to the present. ... It should berequired reading for any undergraduate course on Christianity orworld religions." (International Bulletin of MissionaryResearch, October 2009) "Robert unerringly focuses on the most important issues. She isespecially good on the persistence of gender issues in missionhistory." (Christian Century, October 2009)More details
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Dana L. Robert is the Truman Collins Professor of World Christianity and the History of Mission at Boston University. She is the author or editor of numerous works on the history of Christian missions and non-western Christianity, including American Women in Mission: A Social History of their Thought and Practice (1997).
Content
List of Illustrations.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
Part I: The Making of a World Religion: Christian Missionthrough the Ages:.
1. From Christ to Christendom.
From Jerusalem into "All the World".
The Creation of Catholic Europe, 400-1400.
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.
Post-Colonial 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.
Missions and Ecology.
5. Women in World Mission: Purity, Motherhood, and Women'sWell-Being.
Women as Missionaries.
Purity and Gender Neutrality.
The Mission of Motherhood.
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 ChristianIdentities.
7. Postscript: Multicultural Missions in Global Context.
Bibliography.
Index
