Protestant Missions and Local Encounters in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

Protestant Missions and Local Encounters in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
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Total Pages : 346
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ISBN-10 : 9789004202986
ISBN-13 : 9004202986
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Download or read book Protestant Missions and Local Encounters in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries written by Hilde Nielssen and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-07-27 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book makes visible an important but neglected aspect of Christian missions: its transnational character. Missionaries considered themselves global actors, yet they operated within a variety of nation-states. The volume demonstrates how processes on a national level are closely linked to larger transnational processes.


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