Jonathan Goble of Japan

Jonathan Goble of Japan
Author: Franklin Calvin Parker
Publisher: Cross Cultural Publications
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2001-06
Genre: Missionaries
ISBN: 9780940121591

The present book is an attempt to tell the true story of a notable pioneer who cut a conspicuous figure in Japan during those convulsive years of early confrontations with the West. Eccentric though he was, Goble's career encapsulated the full range of problems confronting missionaries, from loneliness and "nervous fever' to strategy and means. It intersected with other notable careers, exposing interpersonal jealousies and interdenominational rivalries that pushed the best of men to the edge of integrity. Goble's life was never dull. Parker explores the life of this American Baptist missionary in Japan during the late 1800s.

The American Missionary

The American Missionary
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 734
Release: 1922
Genre: Congregational churches
ISBN:

Vols. 13-62 include abridged annual reports and proceedings of the annual meetings of the American Missionary Association, 1869-1908; v. 38-62 include abridged annual reports of the Society's Executive committee, 1883/84-1907/1908.

Encountering the History of Missions (Encountering Mission)

Encountering the History of Missions (Encountering Mission)
Author: John Mark Terry
Publisher: Baker Academic
Total Pages: 421
Release: 2017-08-22
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1493406221

This new addition to a highly acclaimed series portrays the sweep of missions history, revealing how God has fulfilled his promise to bless all the nations. Two leading missionary scholars and experienced professors help readers understand how missions began, how missions developed, and where missions is going. The authors cover all of missions history and provide practical application of history's lessons. Maps, tables, box inserts, sidebars, and discussion questions add to the book's usefulness in the classroom.

The Home Missionary

The Home Missionary
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 778
Release: 1908
Genre: Missions
ISBN:

No. 3 of each volume contains the annual report and minutes of the annual meeting.

Facing West

Facing West
Author: David R. Swartz
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2020-04-09
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 019025081X

In 1974 nearly 3,000 evangelicals from 150 nations met at the Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization. Amidst this cosmopolitan setting and in front of the most important white evangelical leaders of the United States members of the Latin American Theological Fraternity spoke out against the American Church. Fiery speeches by Ecuadorian René Padilla and Peruvian Samuel Escobar revealed a global weariness with what they described as an American style of coldly efficient mission wedded to a myopic, right-leaning politics. Their bold critiques electrified Christians from around the world. The dramatic growth of Christianity around the world in the last century has shifted the balance of power within the faith away from traditional strongholds in Europe and the United States. To be sure, evangelical populists who voted for Donald Trump have resisted certain global pressures, and Western missionaries have carried Christian Americanism abroad. But the line of influence has also run the other way. David R. Swartz demonstrates that evangelicals in the Global South spoke back to American evangelicals on matters of race, imperialism, theology, sexuality, and social justice. From the left, they pushed for racial egalitarianism, ecumenism, and more substantial development efforts. From the right, they advocated for a conservative sexual ethic grounded in postcolonial logic. As Christian immigration to the United States burgeoned in the wake of the Immigration Act of 1965, global evangelicals forced many American Christians to think more critically about their own assumptions. The United States is just one node of a sprawling global network that includes Korea, India, Switzerland, the Philippines, Guatemala, Uganda, and Thailand. Telling stories of resistance, accommodation, and cooperation, Swartz shows that evangelical networks not only go out to, but also come from, the ends of the earth.

Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions

Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions
Author: Gerald H. Anderson
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 884
Release: 1999
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780802846808

"The book also features cross-references throughout, a bibliography accompanying each entry, an elaborate appendix listing biographies according to particular categories of interest, and a comprehensive index."--BOOK JACKET.

The Missionary Herald

The Missionary Herald
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 594
Release: 1900
Genre: Congregational churches
ISBN:

Vols. for 1828-1934 contain the Proceedings at large of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.

American Missionaries, Christian Oyatoi, and Japan, 1859-73

American Missionaries, Christian Oyatoi, and Japan, 1859-73
Author: Hamish Ion
Publisher: UBC Press
Total Pages: 443
Release: 2010-07-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0774858990

Japan closed its doors to foreigners for over two hundred years because of religious and political instability caused by Christianity. By 1859, foreign residents were once again living in treaty ports in Japan, but edicts banning Christianity remained enforced until 1873. Drawing on an impressive array of English and Japanese sources, Ion investigates a crucial era in the history of Japanese-American relations the formation of Protestant missions. He reveals that the transmission of values and beliefs was not a simple matter of acceptance or rejection: missionaries and Christian laymen persisted in the face of open hostility and served as important liaisons between East and West.