Christian Mission

How Christianity Became a World Religion\n\nExploring how Christianity became a world religion, this title examines Christian missions and their relationship to the globalization of Christianity. It offers a thematic overview that takes into account the political, cultural, social, and theological issues. It discusses the significance of missions to the globalization of Christianity.\n\n\n\nList 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.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'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 Communal Christian Identities.7. Postscript: Multicultural Missions in Global Context.Bibliography.Index