Sent to heal!: emergence and development of medical missions
Sent to Heal! traces the development of medical missions, one of the most intriguing, complex, and controversial phenomena in the history of the encounter of Western and Non-Western cultures promoted by Christianity. This groundbreaking study surveys the missions from their earliest beginnings in th...
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Format: | Print Book |
Language: | English |
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Lanham
University Press of America, Inc.
[2005]
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In: | Year: 2005 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Medical mission
B History 1838-1900 |
RelBib Classification: | RJ Mission; missiology |
Further subjects: | B
Missions, Medical
History 19th century
B Medicine Societies, etc B Missionaries, Medical B Missions, Medical History 19th century B History, 19th Century B Religion and Medicine B Medical Missions, Official history |
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Summary: | Sent to Heal! traces the development of medical missions, one of the most intriguing, complex, and controversial phenomena in the history of the encounter of Western and Non-Western cultures promoted by Christianity. This groundbreaking study surveys the missions from their earliest beginnings in the 15th century until the turn of the twentieth century. Sent to Heal! is a defining reference work on the philosophical, theological, missiological, and scientific aspects of medical missions. An extensive bibliography is included. |
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Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-351) and indexes Die deutsche Ausgabe wurde 1992 als Dissertation eingereicht |
ISBN: | 0761833196 |