Critical Readings in the History of Christian Mission (4 vols.)

Critical Readings in the History of Christian Mission presents a selection of texts that introduces students and researchers to the multi- and interdisciplinary field of mission history and apprises them with current discussions, insights and theories. Prefaced by an introduction that portrays the state of the art of the field, the four parts acquaint readers with methodological considerations and recurring themes in the academic study of the history of mission. Part one revolves around methods, part two documents approaches, while parts three and four consist of thematic clusters, such as mission and language, medical mission, mission and education, women and mission, mission and politics, and mission and art. The text-selection represents a wide variety of disciplines, authors and backgrounds; most are recent publications (from 1990 onwards). The texts were chosen because they are thought provoking and address the complexities involved in studying the history of Christian mission.
Critical Readings in the History of Christian Mission is suitable for course-work and teaching purposes.