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050 0 0 _aBV 3700 .T83 2004
049 _aVF$A
100 1 _aTucker, Ruth,
_d1945-
245 1 0 _aFrom Jerusalem to Irian Jaya :
_ba biographical history of Christian missions /
_cRuth A. Tucker.
250 _a2nd ed.
260 _aGrand Rapids, Mich. :
_bZondervan,
_cc2004.
300 _a526 p. :
_bill., maps ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 513-514) and indexes.
505 0 0 _tThe irresistible advance.
_tThe early centuries : evangelizing the Roman Empire ;
_tRoman Catholic missions : baptizing the masses ;
_tAmerican Indian missions : seeking the "noble savage" ;
_tThe Moravian advance : dawn of Protestant missions --
_tThe "great century".
_tSouth Central Asia : confronting ancient creeds ;
_tBlack Africa : "the white man's graveyard" ;
_tChina : "barbarians not welcome" ;
_tThe Pacific Islands : preaching in "paradise" ;
_tThe Muslim world : mission field in the desert ;
_tKorea and Japan : a contrast in receptivity --
_tThe expanding involvement.
_tSingle women missionaries : "second-class citizens" ;
_tStudent volunteers : forsaking wealth and prestige ;
_t"Faith" missionaries : depending on God alone ;
_tInnovation and ingenuity : the call for specialization --
_tThe era of the new millennium.
_tTwentieth-century martyrs : "Yankee, go home" ;
_tThird World missions : younger churches reach out ;
_tNew methods and strategy : reaching tomorrow's world ;
_tSaints and celebrities : appealing to the masses.
520 _aA revised edition of a highly acclaimed textbook on the history of Christian missions.--From publisher's description.
650 0 _aMissionaries
_vBiography.
650 0 _aMissions
_xHistory.
650 7 _aMissionaries.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01023720
650 7 _aMissions.
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655 7 _aBiography.
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_0(OCoLC)fst01423686
655 7 _aHistory.
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_0(OCoLC)fst01411628
856 4 1 _3Table of contents only
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856 4 2 _3Publisher description
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