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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Main Author: Grundmann, Christoffer H. 1950- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Lanham University Press of America, Inc. [2005]
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.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-351) and indexes
Die deutsche Ausgabe wurde 1992 als Dissertation eingereicht
ISBN:0761833196