TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schumacher,Heinrich Vollrat
TI  - Trade and business: a vehicle for missions to reach restricted-access areas 
AV  - BV4070 .T733 1997
PY  - 1997///
KW  - Columbia International University
KW  - Ministry perspective project
N1  - Typescript; 1. Trade and Business--A Valid Vehicle for Missions; 2. Historical Survey of Trade and Business as a Vehicle for Missions; 3. Contemporary Tentmaking: Three Case Stuides; 4. Theological Questions; 5. Trade and Business: A Valid Vehicle for Missions Today?; Bibliography: leaves 102.-105; Introduction --; Limitation of the Topic --; Significance of the Topic for the Practice of Missions; Three Representative Periods in the Church's Expansion --; Early Church and Post-Apostolic Times (First Through Third Centuries) --; Historical Background --; Business Connections in the New Testament and Post-Apostolic Times --; The Silk Roads (500-1500 AC) --; Historical Background --; Nestorian Business People as Carriers of the Gospel --; The 18th and 19th Centuries: Two Business Ventures in Missions --; The Moravians --; The Basler Mission --; History of the City of Basel --; The Foudning of the Basler Mission --; The Basler Mission Trading Company; A Small Spanish Import-Export Copmany --; Background --; Heaven's Import-Export --; Results --; Evaluation --; A US-Based Multinational Consulting Corporation --; Background --; Kingdom Corporation Limited --; Results --; Evaluation --; A Non-Western, World-Class Textile Company --; Background --; Angel Textiles --; Results --; Evaluation; Theological and Ethical Insights into Trade and Business as a Means for Misisons; Underlying Complexities, Problems, and Questions --; Introduction --; Business in the History of Ethics --; Luther's "vocatio Dei" --; Calvin's Protestant Ethic of Capital and Work --; Calvin's Historical Context --; Calvin on "Capital" --; The Ethics of "Work" in History --; Calvin on "Work" --; The Puritans --; Max Weber's Thesis; Conclusions, Applications, Principles and Recommendations --; An "Integrated" Lifestyle --; A Spiritual ("Non-Disjunctive") Conception of Business --; Discipline and Diligence --; Honesty --; Fair Prices --; "Quality" as Trademark --; Highly-Skilled Professionalism --; Fervent Evangelism and Discipleship --; Social Solidarity --; Community-Wide Impact --; Political Influence --; Necessary Precautions --; Motivational Tensions --; Getting Side-tracked --; Corruption --; Risks --; Conclusions; 2
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