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Three centuries of mission : the United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, 1701-2000 /
A new and expansive official history of the USPG commissioned to mark the tercentenary in 2001. The first half tells a compelling global story from the mission to the Americas in the 18th century, through the North China Mission in the late 19th century to today's Social Development Programme i...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Continuum,
©2000.
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| Colección: | Continuum Biblical studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | A new and expansive official history of the USPG commissioned to mark the tercentenary in 2001. The first half tells a compelling global story from the mission to the Americas in the 18th century, through the North China Mission in the late 19th century to today's Social Development Programme in Bangladesh. There is a particular focus on the post-1945 period of decolonization, development and dialogue with other religions. The second half is a collection of essays that give a wide range of themes and perspective from a history of missionary wives by Deborah Kirkwood to a discussion of the evol. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 448 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-433) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441135520 1441135529 1283205548 9781283205542 9786613205544 6613205540 0826449883 9780826449887 |