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This selection of texts introduces students and researchers to the multi- and interdisciplinary field of mission history. It apprises them with current discussions, insights and theories. The four parts of this book acquaint the readers with methodological considerations and recurring themes in the academic study of the history of mission. Part one revolves around methods, part two documents approaches, while parts three and four consist of thematic clusters, such as mission and language, medical mission, mission and education, women and mission, mission and politics, and mission and art.
The text-selection represents a wide variety of disciplines, authors and backgrounds. The texts were chosen because they address the complexities involved in studying the history of Christian mission. Critical Readings in the History of Christian Mission is suitable for course-work and other educational purposes.
Price: $308.00
Pages: 372
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Critical Readings
Publication Date:
22 April 2021
ISBN: 9789004395435
Format: Hardcover
Martha Frederiks is Professor for the Study of World Christianity at Utrecht University, The Netherlands, and Extraordinary Professor at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. She is a contributing editor of the series Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History (Leiden: Brill), co-editor of Studies in the Intercultural History of Christianity and with Lucien van Liere editor-in-chief of Exchange: Journal of Contemporary Christianities in Context (Leiden: Brill).
Dorottya Nagy is Professor of Theology and Migration at the Protestant Theological University in Amsterdam (PThU), the Netherlands. Migration studies and awareness for responsible methodology lie at the heart of her academic interests. She is president of the Central and Eastern European Association for Mission Studies (CEEAMS) and editor of its journal. Together they published Religion, Migration, and Identity. Methodological and Theological Explorations (Leiden: Brill, 2017) and World Christianity. Methodological Considerations (Leiden: Brill, 2020).
Dorottya Nagy is Professor of Theology and Migration at the Protestant Theological University in Amsterdam (PThU), the Netherlands. Migration studies and awareness for responsible methodology lie at the heart of her academic interests. She is president of the Central and Eastern European Association for Mission Studies (CEEAMS) and editor of its journal. Together they published Religion, Migration, and Identity. Methodological and Theological Explorations (Leiden: Brill, 2017) and World Christianity. Methodological Considerations (Leiden: Brill, 2020).