God's entrepreneurs
Subtitle: how Irish missionaries tried to change the world
By: Joe Humphreys ; with additional reporting by Ruadhán MacCormaic, Sarah MacDonald, and Brian O'Connell
Contributors: MacCormaic, Ruadhán; Macdonald, Sarah, 1966-; O'Connell, Brian
Publisher: New Island; U.S. distributor, Dufour Editions
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Dublin; [Chester Springs, PA?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9781848400764
Subjects: Missionaries; Catholic Church; Church and social problems
Description: "Thousands of Irish men and women have served as missionaries in the world's poorest countries. In God's entrepreneurs, Joe Humphreys examines this unique movement, showing how a plan to bring Christianity to 'pagan lands' was, over time, accompanied by a humanitarian operation that has affected millions of lives."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-231), filmography (p. 231) and index.