| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 448 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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Continuum Biblical studies |
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Continuum Biblical studies
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| Contents |
List of Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Abbreviations; Part 1: The Society in changing times; Section 1: The eighteenth century; Prologue: a global perspective; 1 The mission of an Ancient Regime Church; 2 Thomas Bray''s Apostolic Charity; 3 Orthodox clergy, schoolmasters, two creditable white women and a surgeon; 4 Red, black and white -- the Society in mission; Section 2: The nineteenth century; 5 Greater Britain; 6 The nineteenth-century Society; 7 Mission in Greater Britain and beyond; 8 ''Our own hard study''; Section 3: 1900-47; 9 The Society 1900-47 |
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10 ''Atheists of empire''11 ''The new Tao''; Section 4: 1947-2000; 12 Decolonization; 13 First, Second and Third Worlds; 14 A new relationship; 15 The Society''s missionaries; 16 The Society, the societies and the Church of England; 17 The College of the Ascension; 18 Ecumenism, theology and Third World theologies; 19 Religions and dialogue; 20 Regional issues: Latin America; 21 Regional issues: Southern Africa; 22 Regional issues: the United Kingdom and Ireland; Epilogue: a Church in mission; Part 2: Perspectives; 1 Anglican mission among the Mohawk |
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2 Concurrence without compliance: SPG and the Barbadian plantations, 1710-18343 Parsons and pedagogues: the SPG adventure in American education; 4 The SPG and the impact of conversion in nineteenth-century Tirunelveli; 5 Supporting a colonial bishop and patriot: William Grant Broughton and the Society; 6 Anglican tradition and mission: sources for mission methodology in the nineteenth-century Pacific; 7 Wives of missionaries working with the Society; 8 Building a home-grown Church |
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9 From medicine chest to mission hospitals: the early history of the Delhi Medical Mission for women and children10 An archbishop for Greater Britain: Bishop Montgomery, missionary imperialism and the SPG, 1897-1915; 11 Arthur Shearly Cripps; 12 ''Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands to God'': the Order of Ethiopia and the Church of the Province of Southern Africa, 1899-1999; 13 The evolving role of the Church: the case of democratization in Zambia; 14 The Anglican Church in Ghana and the SPG; Select bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-433) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel -- History
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Church of England -- Missions -- History
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| SUBJECT |
Church of England fast |
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United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel fast |
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RELIGION -- Christian Ministry -- Missions.
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Missions
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United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781441135520 |
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1441135529 |
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1283205548 |
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9781283205542 |
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9786613205544 |
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6613205540 |
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0826449883 |
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9780826449887 |
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