The way of the sea
Subtitle: the changing shape of mission in the seafaring world
By: Roald Kverndal.
Publisher: William Carey Library Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Pasadena, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 422
ISBN-13: 9780878083664
Subjects: Merchant mariners -- Missions and charities; Sailors -- Religious life; Navigation -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 403-408) and index.
Table of contents: title: History of maritime mission; title: Early/premodern era (until 1920); title: Pre-organizational phase (c. 30-1779); title: Biblical foundations (c. 30-70); title: Earlier endeavors (70-1779); title: The set time; title: British formative phase (1779-1864); title: The bethel movement; title: New configurations; title: American formative phase (1812-1864); title: From Boston to Shanghai; title: Old salts and sailor missionaries; title: Transitional phase (1864-1920); title: Continental expansion; title: Programmatic change; title: Ecumenical/modern era (1920-1974); title: Catholic regeneration : AOS (1920); title: Pre-history of a New Apostolate; title: The Anson era (1920-1924); title: The Gannon era (1924-1961); title: Protestant consolidation : Namma (1932); title: The North American scene; title: Nationally oriented maritime ministry; title: British maritime ministry; title: Ecumenical collaboration : ICMA (1969); title: Renewal in Rome; title: Repercussions in Rotterdam; title: Global/postmodern era (from 1974); title: The shipping revolution; title: Technology and trade; title: Current-day ship types; title: The downside of deregulation; title: Whatever happened to the seafarer?; title: The prophetic challenge; title: Ethnic revolution at sea; title: The seafarers rights movement; title: The discipleship challenge; title: Religious pluralism and human rights; title: A partnership paradigm from below; title: The quest for implementation; title: Other current challenges; title: Indigenization : new partners; title: Transformation : a changing west; title: Other current challenges (continued); title: Integration : all people of the sea; title: Cooperation : other organizations; title: Education : tools for maritime ministry; title: The end of the beginning; title: Overview of maritime mission; title: Theoretical foundations; title: Motives for maritime mission; title: Dimensions of maritime mission; title: Practical aspects; title: Impediments to maritime mission; title: Strategies for maritime mission; title: Summary : the wave of the future; title: Perspectives on maritime mission; title: Miriam Adeney : dancing with the elephant; title: António Barbosa da Silva : religious pluralism in the maritime world; title: Thomas batong: maritime ministry and maritime ecology; title: William Choi : multi-cultural communication; title: David Cockroft : maritime industry and maritime ministry; title: Barbara Crafton : holding onto justice and hope; title: James Dillenburg : the apostleship of the sea; title: William R. Douglas : a mariners voice; title: Stephen Friend : the role of research in maritime ministry; title: Jacques Harel : ecumenicity in the maritime world; title: He Qi : art, the gospel and the sea; title: Paul Hiebert : worldviews and nomads of the sea; title: Tom Holmer : the seafarers trust; title: Peter Iibrahim : out of Africa; title: Buzz Kahn : seafaring disciplesthen and now; title: Ruth Kverndal : the scourge of addiction; title: Karen Lai : shipvisiting and follow-up; title: Per Lönning : the challenge of fundamentalism; title: Efthimios Mitropoulos : shipping and the human element; title: Kjell Nordstokke : the diaconal dimension; title: Kjell Bertel Nyland : maritime mission and nationality; title: James Ohalloran : small Christian communities; title: Carl Osterwald : hope regained; title: Irette Ramoelinina : women on the waterfront; title: Ricardo Rodriquez-Martos Dauer : the merchant ship; title: Helen Sampson : seafarers international research centre; title: Darrell Schoen : living temples at sea; title: Anita Trondsen Spilling : oilrig chaplaincy; title: Douglas Stevenson : seafarers and justice; title: Gérard Tronche : ministry among fishers; title: Desmond Tutu : truth and reconciliation.