The evangelization of the world : a history of Christian missions / Jacques A. Blocher and Jacques Blandenier ; translated by Michael Parker. [print]

Book I: the history of mission through the late eighteenth century -- Apostolic mission: from ascension to the end of the first century -- The mission of the persecuted church: from the apostle John to Constantine (100-313) -- Evangelization in the fourth century: the imperial church and expansion beyond the Roman Empire -- The West: from the fifth to the eighth century -- Islam and the decline of Christiainity in the East -- The last step in the expansion of the church in Europe: from the ninth to the tenth century -- The churches of the East and West confronted by Islam -- The extension of the church beyond Europe (400-1450) -- New horizons in Europe -- Catholic mission in the Americas -- Catholic mission in Africa -- Catholic mission in Asia and Oceania -- Protestant missional thought -- The beginnings of Protestant mission -- The first missionary societies (1670-1800) -- The Moravians --

Book II: a concise history of mission from 1792 to 1945 -- Precursors and founders -- The missionary societies of the "second wave" -- WIlliam Carey: "father of modern missions" -- Protestant mission in India and neighboring countries -- Protestant pioneers in China: Robert Morrison and Karl Gutzlaff -- Hudson Taylor and the China Inland Mission -- Protestant mission in the far east -- Tahiti and the society islands -- Two pioneers of the Pacific: John Wisconsinlliams and John Paton -- The loyalty islands and New Caledonia -- The first missionaries in South Africa -- David Livingstone: missionary and explorer -- Francois Coillard: founder of the Zambezi mission -- Dramatic beginnings -- A self-supporting church -- Coastal regions of West Africa -- The Ivory Coast -- Protestant mission and the foundation of the church in Cameroon -- The Sudanese regions -- The Belgian Congo: exploration, evangelization, and foundation of a church -- An African prophet: Simon Kimbangu -- The pioneers in the region of the great lakes -- The horn of Africa -- French equatorial Africa -- Angola -- Madagascar -- Evangelistic presence in the Maghreb and Egypt -- The gospel in the near east -- From Protestant immigration to evangelization -- Development of Protestant mission in Latin America -- Protestant mission and colonization -- The world missionary conferences.

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