The British Missionary Enterprise since 1700 (Christianity and Society in the Modern World)
Brand: Routledge
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Dimensions: 6.14 x 0.76 x 9.21 inches
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0415572711
Print length: 322 pages
Publication date: January 30, 2008
ISBN-13: 978-0415572712
Edition: 1st
Part of series: Christianity and Society in the Modern World
subtitle: 1st Edition
author: Visit Amazon's Jeffrey Cox Page search results Jeffrey Cox
review: Editorial Reviews Review "... this book fills a gap in the historiography of mission history by providing a one-volume history of modern British missions... This work deserves a place on the shelves of university libraries and should be consulted by specialists and readers interested in the history of Christian missions." Geordan Hammond (Manchester Wesley Research Centre and Nazarene Theological College)- H- Albion, H-Net Reviews "a welcome survey of British Christian missions from the early eighteenth century to the post-colonial world which emerged after 1945". Congregational History Society Magazine "... this book fills a gap in the historiography of mission history by providing a one-volume history of modern British missions... This work deserves a place on the shelves of university libraries and should be consulted by specialists and readers interested in the history of Christian missions." Geordan Hammond (Manchester Wesley Research Centre and Nazarene Theological College)- H- Albion, H-Net Reviews About the Author Jeffrey Cox is Professor of History at the University of Iowa. His publications, The English Churches in a Secular Society and Imperial Fault Lines. Christianity and Colonial Power in India, 1818–1940 have established themselves as major works in the field.