{"product_id":"the-evangelization-of-the-world","title":"The Evangelization of the World","description":"\u003cp\u003e[DESCRIPTION] Written in an engaging style and intended largely for a lay audience, \u003cem\u003eThe Evangelization of the World\u003c\/em\u003e tells the remarkable story of how Christianity grew from an insignificant Jewish sect in the first century until, by the beginning of the twenty-first century, it had become the world’s first truly global religion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is careful to explain historical context and mission theory, but the foci of the narrative are the great personalities of mission—the Apostle Paul, St. Martin of Tours, St. Patrick, St. Francis Xavier, John Eliot, Count Von Zinzendorf, William Carey, Robert Morrison, David Livingstone, Mary Slessor, Albert Schweitzer, and many others—who make this account of the expansion of the church a fascinating and often dramatic tale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e In addition, the book does not neglect the great mission conferences of the twentieth century, nor does it avoid the controversial aspects of mission that, in many instances, continue to vex the movement today. [\/DESCRIPTION]\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e[SUBTITLE]A History of Christian Mission [\/SUBTITLE] [CREDIT] by: Jacques A. Blocher (Author), Jacques Blandenier (Author), Michael Parker (Contributors) [\/CREDIT] [PAGES] 774 [\/PAGES] [BINDING] Paperback [\/BINDING] [PUBLISHER] William Carey Library [\/PUBLISHER] [PUBLISHYEAR] 2013 [\/PUBLISHYEAR] [TOC]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003ePreface by the Translator\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAuthor’s Postscript to the French Edition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook I: THE HISTORY OF MISSION THROUGH THE LATE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection I The Church of the First Centuries\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e1. Apostolic Mission: From the Ascension to the End of the First Century\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e2. The Mission of the Persecuted Church:From the Apostle John to Constantine (100–313)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e3. Evangelization in the Fourth Century: The Imperial Church and Expansion Beyond the Roman Empire\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection II Mission in the Middle Ages\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e4. The West: From the Fifth to the Eighth Century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e5. Islam and the Decline of Christianity in the East\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e6. The Last Step in the Expansion of the Church in Europe: From the Ninth to the Tenth Century\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e7. The Churches of the East and West Confronted by Islam\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e8. The Extension of the Church beyond Europe (400–1450)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection III Catholic Mission: From the Renaissance through the Eighteenth Century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e9. New Horizons in Europe\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e10. Catholic Mission in the Americas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e11. Catholic Mission in Africa\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e12. Catholic Mission in Asia and Oceania\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection IV The Emergence of Protestant Mission\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e13. Protestant Missionary Thought\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e14. The Beginnings of Protestant Mission\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e15. The First Missionary Societies (1670–1800)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e16. The Moravians\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook II: A\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eCONCISE HISTORY OF MISSIONS FROM 1792 to 1945\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIntroduction to Book II\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection I The Birth of the Principal Protestant Societies in the Age of Modern Missions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e1. Precursors and Founders\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e2. The Missionary Societies of the “Second Wave”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection II Protestant Mission in Asia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e3. William Carey: “Father of Modern Missions”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e4. Protestant Missions in India and Neighboring Countries\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e5. Protestant Pioneers in China: Robert Morrison and Karl Gutzlaff\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e6. Hudson Taylor and the China Inland Mission\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e7. Protestant Missions in the Far East\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection III The Evangelization of the Pacific Islands\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e8. Tahiti and the Society Islands\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e9. Two Pioneers of the Pacific: John Williams and John Paton\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e10. The Loyalty Islands and New Caledonia\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection IV The Evangelization of Africa\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003ePart One: Southern Africa\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e11. The First Missionaries in South Africa\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e12. David Livingstone: Missionary and Explorer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e13. Francois Coillard: Founder of the Zambezi Mission\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two: West Africa\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e14. Dramatic Beginnings\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e15. A Self-supporting Church\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e16. Coastal Regions of West Africa\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e17. The Ivory Coast\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e18. Protestant Mission and the Foundation of the Church in Cameroon\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e19. The Sudanese Regions\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three : Central Africa and Madagascar\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e20. The Belgian Congo: Exploration, Evangelization,\u0026amp;nbsp;and Foundation of a Church\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e21. An African Prop het: Simon Kimbangu\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e22. The Pioneers in the Region of the Great Lakes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e23. The Horn of Africa\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e24. French Equatorial Africa\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e25. Angola\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e26. Madagascar\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Four: North Africa and the Near East\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e27. Evangelistic Presence in the Maghreb and Egypt\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e28. The Gospel in the Near East\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection V Protestant Mission in Latin America\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e29. From Protestant Immigration to Evangelization\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e30. Development of Protestant Missions in Latin America\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection VI Concluding Points\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e31. Protestant Mission and Colonization\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e32. The World Missionary Conferences\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAfterword\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[\/TOC]\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Carey Library","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":55896590287016,"sku":"sbr1787307872369","price":52.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/3246\/4808\/files\/the-evangelization-of-the-world_1.jpg?v=1787307878","url":"https:\/\/www.greenvalleycart.shop\/products\/the-evangelization-of-the-world","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}