Missionary Zeal and Institutional Control
Subtitle: Organizational Contradictions in the Basel Mission on the Gold Coast 1828-1917 (Studies in the History of Christian Missions)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: March 20, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780700717637
Subjects: Christian mission & evangelism; c 1800 to c 1900; Religion - Missions; History; Religion - Church Life; History: World; Ghana; Switzerland; Christian Ministry - Missions; Sociology of Religion; History / Asia; Missions & Missionary Work; Asia - General; Christian Ministry - Evangelism
First sentence: In order to prove whether a [seminarian] is of God or whether he can be a missionary or not . . . it is necessary to smash him down mercilessly in order to determine conclusively whether he is capable of bearing the discipline. . . .