LEADER 03726nam 2200505Ia 450 001 9910814596303321 005 20240611141636.0 010 0 $a9781444308815 010 0 $a1444308815 010 $a9781444308808 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7104574 035 $a(CKB)24989761500041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC427985 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL427985 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10308295 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL211653 035 $a(OCoLC)476271875 035 $a(EXLCZ)9924989761500041 100 $a20081106d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aChristian mission $ehow Christianity became a world religion /$fDana L. Robert 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMalden, MA $cWiley-Blackwell$d2009 215 $axi, 214 p 225 1 $aBlackwell brief histories of religion series 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntro -- Christian Mission: How Christianity Became a World Religion -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 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, 400-1400 -- 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 -- 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 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 CommunalChristian Identities -- 7 Postscript: Multicultural Missions in Global Context -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $aExploring how Christianity became a world religion, this brief history examines Christian missions and their relationship to the current globalization of Christianity. A short and enlightening history of Christian missions: a phenomenon that many say reflects the single most important intercultural movement over a sustained period of human history Offers a thematic overview that takes into account the political, cultural, social, and theological issues Discusses the significance of missions to the globalization of Christianity, and broadens our understanding of Christianity as a multicultural world religion Helps Western audiences understand the meaning of mission as a historical process Contains several new maps that illustrate demographic shifts in world Christianity. 410 0$aBlackwell brief histories of religion. 606 $aMissions$xHistory 606 $aChurch history 615 0$aMissions$xHistory. 615 0$aChurch history. 676 $a266.009 700 $aRobert$b Dana Lee$01632685 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910814596303321 996 $aChristian mission$93972020 997 $aUNINA