Picturing Faith
Subtitle: A Facsimile Edition of the Pictographic Quechua Catechism in the Huntington Free Library
Contributors: Barbara H. Jaye (Editor); William P. Mitchell (Editor)
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: June 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 76
ISBN-13: 9780806199498
Subjects: Christian mission & evangelism; Ethnography; Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church; Missionary Activities Of Specific Denominations; Religious Anthropology; Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; Sociology; Missions & Missionary Work; Anthropology - Cultural; Anthropology - Physical; Christianity - Catechisms; Christian Ministry - Missions; Christianity - Catholic
First sentence: Although the "gift of tongues" is said to have descended on the apostles, ordinary missionaries have always struggled with the linguistic difficulties of communicating their beliefs to foreign converts.