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Book SynopsisA study tracing the relationships between missionaries and African Church workers in Kenya in the years 1850-1900, as missionaries increasingly adopted imperial assumptions of Western superiority. It tells the story of the first Anglican clergy in Kenya, their wives and colleagues; their rescue from slavery, their education in India and their subsequent work in East Africa. It demonstrates their contribution to the rapid growth of the Church and of indigenous Christian communities. Yet later missionaries were not willing to accord to the Africans the position they had a right to expect. The book recounts their protest and the development of a Church order. Similar events in West Africa have been documented, but this is the first time such a pattern in East Africa has been outlined.

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Book SynopsisThe growth of Christianity in Africa during the twentieth century is one of the most fascinating shifts in the history of religions. This book presents a history of the Tanzanian Seventh-day Adventist Church, which is representative of this shift in many respects: slow beginnings, struggles over cultural issues, the emergence of a unique church life combining denominational heritage and African elements, frictions with governments, and the development of popular theology. Yet Tanzanian Adventism also exemplifies an important phenomenon which has been given little attention so far - the transformation of minority denominations to dominant religions. This study breaks new ground in analyzing how the Adventist “remnant” developed into an African “folk church” while attempting to remain true to its original ethos.

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Book SynopsisWinner of The 2018 Saidi-Sirjani Book Award The Western Christian Presence in the Russias and Qājār Persia, c.1760–c.1870 recalls two long neglected European and North American missionary ventures in the Caucasus and Imperial Persia. It investigates the activities of Protestant and Catholic missionaries and provides valuable insights on the social and political backdrop of their experiences.Trade Review"O’Flynn has boldly ventured into little-known and relatively inaccessible regions that remain insufficiently explored by historians and missiologists. In his painstaking and at times over-detailed and long-winded narrative, he opens up vistas on missionary lives, travels and motives as broad and breathtaking as the Caucasus mountains around which the story revolves. He also leaves many helpful markers on the trail, challenging scholars to engage in greater depth with this neglected region. The book will be a fascinating resource for historians of the Persian and Russian empires, church historians and missiologists, as well as scholars engaged with Muslim/Jewish/Christian and inter-Church ecumenical relations." Alison Ruth Kolosova, in: Journal of Ecclesiastical History Volume 70 (2019). "[This] is a useful book for understanding these missions that took place during the rise of Western hegemony over the course of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It possesses a flowing narrative and is festooned with fascinating characters whose personalities and foibles are as central to understanding the missions as they were to their missionary efforts. It also integrates substantial previous research via its rich footnotes and extensive bibliography. This will enable future scholars to dig deeper into these missions, which certainly deserve monographs of their own. Therefore, O Flynn’s book provides fodder for future research that will further nuance our understanding of these missions on their own terms, in relation to one another, and where they fit into the larger imperialist trajectory of the West and its relationship with Russia and Persia in the long nineteenth century." – Robert John Clines, In: Journal of Jesuit Studies Volume 5.4 (2018). "Over more than a thousand pages, the author orders and paraphrases missionary correspondences, reports, travel accounts, memoirs and other sources that reflect the inner life of European mission projects in Iran and in Russia." – Michael Kemper, In: Die Welt des Islams Volume 58.1 (2018). "What makes the reading interesting and adventurous, is that he [the author] also tells anecdotes, such as when a missionary lost and found his horse in the Caucasus, or walked on foot to Tblisi for 10 hours. He also completes his account with prosopographical as well as other necessary and detailed information. (...) An appendix consists of sources and literature, among them the manuscript sources from the various archives and Arabic and Persian Sources. (...) For me this scholarly apparatus might be the most valuable part of the book, as it gives insight into archival resources for further research." – Cornelia Soldat, In: Exchange Volume 47.4 (2018). "Dr. Flynn’s work, the product of a lifetime of totally dedicated scholarship, is by all accounts a monumental enterprise: not only in its sheer volume with over 1,000 pages of text, exploring around 25 different archives, and providing some 2500 printed sources listed in the bibliography; but also in its scope, aspiration, and achievement: it covers the entirety of the Western missionary enterprise in Iran and the Caucasus between the mid-18th and the mid-19th centuries, connecting the Safavid period to the Qajar era thorough the lesser known post-Safavid 18th century." – Association for Iranian Studies, Award News, In: AIS Newsletter Volume 39.2 (2018) "[...] for the period prior to 1870, Thomas O'Flynn has written the definitive history of western missionaries in Iran and the Caucasus and for many years to come it will remain the authoritative text on the subject." – Willem Floor, MD, Bethesda

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Book SynopsisIn Envoys of A Human God Andreu Martínez offers a comprehensive study of the religious mission led by the Society of Jesus in Christian Ethiopia. The mission to Ethiopia was one of the most challenging undertakings carried out by the Catholic Church in early modern times. The book examines the period of early Portuguese contacts with the Ethiopian monarchy, the mission’s main developments and its aftermath, with the expulsion of the Jesuit missionaries. The study profits from both an intense reading of the historical record and the fruits of recent archaeological research. Long-held historiographical assumptions are challenged and the importance of cultural and socio-political factors in the attraction and ultimate estrangement between European Catholics and Ethiopian Christians is highlighted.Trade Review“This is the first comprehensive English-language account of the best-documented case of early modern missionarism in sub-Saharan Africa: the Jesuit mission to Ethiopia. Whereas in recent decades the topic has received the attention of many scholars, none of the extant accounts [...] can be compared in terms of comprehensiveness and depth of analysis to Martínez’s. […] The volume is bound to become required reading for specialists of the Horn, of Africa’s missionary history, and of the Society of Jesus. Furthermore, because of the original framing of the mission in the larger world of the society’s endeavors in Asia and the rise and demise of the Estado da India, the volume will attract considerable interest among Indian Ocean specialists. Lastly, the volume’s encyclopedic character, the generous bibliography, its noteworthy appendixes dedicated to the genealogy of the Ethiopian royal house, and the demographics of the Jesuits in Ethiopia and their intellectual production are likely to make it an appealing reference work for scholars in other fields.” Matteo Salvadore, Gulf University for Science and Technology. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 69, No. 2 (Summer 2016), pp. 749-750. “The phenomenon [of the Jesuit mission to Ethiopia] has attracted a great many studies, but none have been so meticulously researched as Envoys of a Human God by Andreu Martínez d’ Alòs-Moner. For the first time we have a thorough reconstruction not only of the historical, political, and religious background of the mission, but of every detail of the daily lives of the missionaries, their policy, and the various attempts to transform the local culture undertaken by the indefatigable members of the Society of Jesus. […] Envoys of a Human God is a fascinating study accompanied by excellent maps and a useful index. The second volume of Brill’s new series of Jesuit Studies, nowhere does it fall short of the high standard set by the first.” Alastair Hamilton, The Warburg Institute, London. In: Church History and Religious Culture, Vol. 95, No. 4 (2015), pp. 534-537. “Andreu Martínez d'Alòs-Moner has written a superb and comprehensive study of the origin, rise and fall of the Jesuit mission in Ethiopia. This great achievement will be the standard work on this venture for many years to come. Thoroughly researched and well structured, the book presents the vast material in a consistently interesting narrative, which is complemented by five appendices, an extensive bibliography and a detailed index.” Jan Loop, The University of Kent. In: The Heythrop Journal, Vol. 58, No. 3 (May 2017), pp. 459-461. “Martínez d’Alòs-Moner’s excellent book provides fertile soil for future research in the Society of Jesus missionary studies, representing as it does an attempt to move the discipline forward and attest to the new vitality of multidisciplinary research in the field. […] The result is a new interpretation that will help to redefine Jesuit missionary studies by guiding the research toward issues of connections and collaboration in diverse geo-cultural areas. Martínez d’Alòs-Moner’s sophisticated reading shows a rich insight into the Ethiopian responses to European colonialism and the Jesuit global mission.” Raúl Marrero-Fente, University of Minnesota. In: Itinerario, Vol. 40, No. 3 (2016), pp. 549-586. “Envoys of a Human God is a welcome addition to the literature on Ethiopia and the Society of Jesus. Martínez d’Alòs-Moner takes stock of the most important works on this topic and skillfully assays the events leading up to the expulsion and its immediate aftermath. Fittingly, the last chapter, “Exile and Memory,” raises new questions and lines of research that have been prompted by this compelling monograph.” Leonardo Cohen, University of Haifa. In: Archivum Historicum Societatis Iesu, Vol. 86, No. 171 (2017), pp. 228-230. “a valuable contribution to Ethiopian studies.” Bairu Tafla, University of Hamburg. In: Aethiopica, Vol. 19 (2016), pp. 286-288.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Figures, Maps, Plates and Tables List of Abbreviations Glossary of Terms Introduction PART 1 From Diu to Fǝremona 1 The Prester John’s New Clothes The Courting of the nǝguś Dom João III: Religious Reform as Expansion The Preste’s New Clothes 2 From Santiago to St. Paul Evangelizing the Preste Santiago’s Last Call Paul’s Momentum 3 Native Networks The Carreira to the Preste Diu and the Banyans Massawa, Fǝremona and the Ethio-Portuguese PART 2 From Fǝremona to Gorgora 4 Mission Metrics 1555–1603: Difficult Beginnings 1603–1623: Setting up a Local Missionary Network 1623–1632: The Catholic Patriarchate and the Expansion of the Network 5 Mission Politics The Redução of Christian Ethiopia Observation, Deconstruction, and Replacement of Ethiopian Christianity Beyond Absolutism 6 Mission Culture The Presentation of Self in Missionary Life A Theology of the Visible Spaces of Faith, Spaces of Power Mission Support PART 3 From Gorgora to Goa 7 Yäṭǝnt Utopian Ethiopia The Mission of the Qwälläfä and Chalcedonians From Dissent to Open Resistance 8 Exile and Memory The Mission after the Jesuits Longing for Ethiopia A Mission between Oblivion and Curiosity 9 Conclusions Appendix 1 Leading Political Figures in the Red Sea, India, and Europe, ca. 1600–1635 Appendix 2 National and Provincial Rulers in Christian Ethiopia, 1603–1636 Appendix 3 Jesuit Missionaries in Ethiopia, 1555–1632 Appendix 4 Intellectual Production during the Mission, 1611–1632 Appendix 5 Genealogical Chart of the Extended Ethiopian Royal Family (ca. 1550–1640) Sources and bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn Ethnography from the Mission Field: The Hoffmann Collection of Cultural Knowledge Joubert et al. offer a translated and annotated edition of the 24 ethnographic articles by missionary Carl Hoffmann and his local interlocutors published between the years 1913 and 1958. The edition is introduced by a historic contextualisation using a cultural historical approach to analyse the contexts in which Hoffmann’s ethnographic texts were produced. Making use of historical material and Hoffmann’s own words from personal diaries and letters, the authors convincingly draw the attention to the discursive context in which the texts annotated in this book had been compiled. In a concluding chapter the book traces the captivating developments of the orthography of Northern Sotho through Hoffmann’s texts over almost half a century. Brill has made the documentary film “A Journey into the Life of a Mission-Ethnographer” which is interlinked with this book available online via its online channels. To access it please click here. The digital database of the “Hoffmann Collection of Cultural Knowledge” (HC-CK) can be accessed by clicking here. It is an amalgamation of digital scans, images and video footage relating to missionary Carl Hoffmann’s work and life on various mission stations, made available by the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin.Trade ReviewThe ambitious publication project under review here has the potential of creating a novel genre of presenting transcultural perspectives in mission studies, documenting fragmented archive resources and optimizing interdisciplinary research perspectives. (...) this project represent an exemplary elaboration of a multi-faceted concept to access, explore, and distribute archive sources. The project establishes links between oral and published history, and interests of present day users of the archive sources. Andreas Heuser, in Interkulturell Theologie 4/2016. Occasionally, missionary writers have transcended the limitations of their focused calling and written deeply sympathetic, evocative treatises that permit people to speak for themselves, thus valorizing perspectives that may differ from those of the expatriates, however well intentioned most missionaries were and are. As editor Joubert (Humboldt Univ. of Berlin) and her collaborators make clear, Carl Hoffmann (1868–1962) was one such missionary. In over 1,000 pages and an accompanying film, Sotho people of the Transvaal, South Africa, present nuances of their intellect and daily lives in great detail. This trove offers introductory essays and matches Sotho texts with English translations. It will attract a few scholars but, more important, it should serve Sotho interests as the wisdom of elders contributes to contemporary heritage politics.(...) Summing Up: Highly recommended. Graduate students, faculty, specialists. - A. F. Roberts, University of California, Los Angeles, in Choice 2016. Taken as a whole, the project is a remarkable effort to preserve and make accessible important archival materials from an understudied place and time. Thoughtfully contextualized and assembled, the book and database will no doubt serve as a valuable scholarly resource for years to come. - Oliver Charbonneau, Western University, in Itinerario 39.3 (2015). For its part, the Hoffman book does not just present a body of inert texts waiting to be plundered for “facts” by the researcher; it is a book which requires the researcher to work with it, to engage with it intellectually. It opens up numbers of different avenues for active scholarly discussion. - Professor John Wright, University of Cape Town, published on the web site of Archive & Public Culture Research Initiative 2015.Table of ContentsContents Preface Acknowledgements Summarised Preview Introduction In and from the Field: A Journey into the Life of a ‘Mission-Ethnographer’ and his Co-Producers Annekie Joubert 1. Introduction 2. Visual systems as an integral part of research and presentation 3. Biographical filmmaking 4. Databank Part 1 Historic Contextualisation Lize Kriel 1. Introduction 2. Knowledge production in a Christian missionary context 3. Becoming a missionary: Hoffmann’s inspiration and motivation 4. Missionising and Afrikanistik 5. Hoffmann in the field: government agent, ethnographer, proselytiser, guest 6. Hoffmann and anthropology: his position and his reception 7. The particular case of the missionary anthropologist 8. Hoffmann’s interlocutors 9. Genealogy of the ethnological publications 9.1. The folktales 9.2. The Woodbush articles (Articles 1–2 and 7–18) 9.3. The “Northen Transvaal” articles (Articles 19–24) 10. Conclusion Part 2 Corpus of Hoffmann’s Ethnographic Articles Inge Kosch, Gerrie Grobler, Annekie Joubert 1. Introduction 2. The phenomenon of co-production in Hoffmann’s corpus of ethnographic writings 3. Translating from German into English 4. Annotating the ethnographic corpus Rites of Passage Article 1 Engagement and Marriage among the Sotho People in the Woodbush Mountains of the Transvaal – Peeletšo le lenyalo Basothong ba Lebowa ba Dithabeng tša Woodbush go la Transfala (1913) Article 2 The Initiation School of the Sotho People in the Woodbush Mountains of the Transvaal – Koma ya banna ya Basotho ba Lebowa ba Dithabeng tša Woodbush go la Transfala (1915) Folklore: Stories from the Transvaal Article 3 Folktales and Stories of the Natives in Northern Transvaal – Dinonwane le dikanegelo tša Basotho ba Lebowa (1915) Article 4 Folktales and Stories of the Natives in Northern Transvaal – Dinonwane le dikanegelo tša Basotho ba Lebowa (1916) Article 5 Folktales and Stories of the Natives in Northern Transvaal – Dinonwane le dikanegelo tša Basotho ba Lebowa (1916) Article 6 Folktales and Stories of the Natives in Northern Transvaal – Dinonwane le dikanegelo tša Basotho ba Lebowa (1916) Mother and Child Article 7 Sotho Texts from the Woodbush Mountains in the Transvaal – Dingwalwa tša Sesotho tše di tšwago Dithabeng tša Woodbush go la Transfala (1928) Witchcraft, Gods, Prophets, Spirits and Totems Article 8 Sotho Texts from the Woodbush Mountains in the Transvaal – Dingwalwa tša Sesotho tše di tšwago Dithabeng tša Woodbush go la Transfala (1928/29) Article 9 Sotho Texts from the Woodbush Mountains in the Transvaal: Totems and Prohibitions – Dingwalwa tša Sesotho tše di tšwago Dithabeng tša Woodbush go la Transfala: Meano le Dikganetšo (1920/31) Article 10 Sotho Texts from the Woodbush Mountains in the Transvaal: Spirits That Are with Some Stones and Other Things and Witchcraft – Dingwalwa tša Sesotho tše di tšwago Dithabeng tša Woodbush go la Transfala: Moya wo o nago le maswika a mangwe le ge e le dilo tše dingwe le boloi (1931/32) Article 11 Sotho Texts from the Woodbush Mountains in the Transvaal: The Soul in Death and after Death – Dingwalwa tša Sesotho tše di tšwago Dithabeng tša Woodbush go la Transfala: Moya wa motho mohlang wa lehu le ka morago ga lehu (1932) Land, Laws and Punishment Article 12 Sotho Texts from the Woodbush Mountains in the Transvaal: Legal Practices of the Northern Sotho People – Dingwalwa tša Sesotho tše di tšwago Dithabeng tša Woodbush go la Transfala: Tirišo ya melao ya Basotho ba Lebowa (1933/34) Article 13 Sotho Texts from the Woodbush Mountains in the Transvaal: Legal Practices of the Northern Sotho People – Dingwalwa tša Sesotho tše di tšwago Dithabeng tša Woodbush go la Transfala: Tirišo ya melao ya Basotho ba Lebowa (1933/34) Article 14 Sotho Texts from the Woodbush Mountains in the Transvaal: Legal Practices of the Northern Sotho People – Dingwalwa tša Sesotho tše di tšwago Dithabeng tša Woodbush go la Transfala: Tirišo ya melao ya Basotho ba Lebowa (1933/34) Article 15 Sotho Texts from the Woodbush Mountains in the Transvaal: Legal Practices of the Northern Sotho People – Dingwalwa tša Sesotho tše di tšwago Dithabeng tša Woodbush go la Transfala: Tirišo ya melao ya Basotho ba Lebowa (1933/34) People, Politics and Government Article 16 Sotho Texts from the Woodbush Mountains in the Transvaal: Political Organisation – Dingwalwa tša Sesotho tše di tšwago Dithabeng tša Woodbush go la Transfala: Peakanyo ya borerapušo (1937/38) Article 17 Sotho Texts from the Woodbush Mountains in the Transvaal: Political Organisation – Dingwalwa tša Sesotho tše di tšwago Dithabeng tša Woodbush go la Transfala: Peakanyo ya borerapušo (1937/38) Article 18 Sotho Texts from the Woodbush Mountains in the Transvaal: Political Organisation – Dingwalwa tša Sesotho tše di tšwago Dithabeng tša Woodbush go la Transfala: Peakanyo ya borerapušo (1937/38) Home, Habits and Conduct Article 19 Customs and Traditions of the Sotho People in Northern Transvaal – Mekgwa le botlwaelo bja Basotho ba Transfala-Lebowa (1956) Article 20 Customs and Traditions of the Sotho People in Northern Transvaal – Mekgwa le botlwaelo bja Basotho ba Transfala-Lebowa (1956) Article 21 Customs and Traditions of the Sotho People in Northern Transvaal – Mekgwa le botlwaelo bja Basotho ba Transfala-Lebowa (1957) Article 22 Customs and Traditions of the Sotho People in Northern Transvaal – Mekgwa le botlwaelo bja Basotho ba Transfala-Lebowa (1957) Article 23 Customs and Traditions of the Sotho People in Northern Transvaal – Mekgwa le botlwaelo bja Basotho ba Transfala-Lebowa (1958) Article 24 Customs and Traditions of the Sotho People in Northern Transvaal – Mekgwa le botlwaelo bja Basotho ba Transfala-Lebowa (1958) Obituary E. Kähler-Meyer, In Remembrance of Missionary C. Hoffmann (1963) Part 3 Orthographic Developments and Grammatical Observations Inge Kosch 1. Notes on orthography and spelling conventions 1.1. Background to the orthographical development of Northern Sotho 1.2. Active participation at decision-making level 1.3. Phases in the development of the orthography 1.3.1. Phase I (Articles 1–6): 1913–1916 1.3.2. Phase II (Articles 7–10): 1928–1932 1.3.3. Phase III (Articles 11–18): 1932–1938 1.3.4. Phase IV (Articles 19–24): 1956–1958 1.4. Observations regarding spelling conventions 1.4.1. Spacing 1.4.2. Capitalisation 1.4.3. Vowels 1.4.4. Hyphens 1.4.5. Diacritics 1.4.6. Rendering of Northern Sotho words for German readership 1.5. Phonological processes 2. Grammatical observations 2.1. Pronouns 2.1.1. Absolute pronouns 2.1.2. Demonstrative pronouns 2.2. Adjectival and verbal relative constructions 2.3. Verbal forms 2.3.1. Participial form 2.3.2. Consecutive form 2.3.3. Indicative form 2.4. Reflexive prefix 2.5. Locative suffix 3. Syntactic devices 4. Notes on lexical peculiarities 4.1. Non-standard spelling 4.2. Dialectical forms 4.3. Semantic bleaching List of Contributors References Index Appendix (Maps, Drawings and Photos)

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Book SynopsisIt is impossible to understand the early history of the Society of Jesus and the Catholic Church in China without understanding the preeminent role played by the island of Macau in the Jesuit missionary endeavor; indeed, it can even be said that Catholicism would not exist in China if there was no Macau. This book seeks to restore Macau to its proper place in the history of Catholicism and the Jesuit missions in China during the Ming and Qing dynasties by offering a unique insight into subjects ranging from the origins of Jesuit missionary work on the island to the history of Jesuit education and Catholic art and music on the Chinese mainland.Trade Review“Setting Off from Macau is a good general introduction to the spread of Christianity in China, with Kaijian’s well-documented synthesis of all the improvements and missteps of the Society of Jesus, accompanied by brief mentions of the other religious orders (Dominicans, Augustinians etc.) as well. Some of the chapters of this book deal with art (music, painting, clock manufacturing) and can be inviting even for a non-historian audience.” Elisa Frei, University of Trieste/Udine. In: Journal of Early Modern History, Vol. 21, No. 3 (2017), pp. 271-273.Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Origins and Development of Catholicism in Macau during the Late Ming and Early Qing Dynasties 2. Macau and the Spread of Catholicism in Mainland China during the Late Ming and Early Qing Dynasties 3. Japanese Christians in Macau and the Guangdong Government’s Response 4. The Rise and Fall of Catholicism in Hainan during the Late Ming and Early Qing Dynasties 5. Funding Jesuit Missionary Work in China during the Late Ming and Early Qing Dynasties 6. Catholic Art in Macau and Mainland China during the Late Ming and Early Qing Dynasties 7. Catholic Music in Macau and Mainland China during the Late Ming and Early Qing Dynasties 8. Jesuit Clock Diplomacy and the Use of Western Clocks during the Late Ming and Early Qing Dynasties Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisMission and Money; Christian Mission in the Context of Global Inequalities offers academic discussion about the mission of the Church in the context of contemporary economic inequalities globally, challenging the reader to reconsider mission in the light of existing poverty, and investigating how economic structures could be challenged in the light of ethical and spiritual considerations. The book includes contributions on the subjects of poverty and inequality from the theologians, economists and anthropologists who gave keynote presentations at the European Missiological Conference (IAMS Europe) that took place in April 2014 in Helsinki, Finland. This conference was a major step forward in terms of discussion between missiologists and economists on global economic structures and their influence on human dignity. Contributors are: Mari-Anna Auvinen-Pöntinen, Stephen B. Bevans, Jonathan J. Bonk, Ulrich Duchrow, Jonas Adelin Jørgensen, Vesa Kanniainen, Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, Tinyiko Sam Maluleke, Gerrie Ter Haar, Evi Voulgaraki-Pissina, Mika Vähäkangas, Felix Wilfred.Trade Review"The book offers academic discussion on the topic of tackling contemporary global economic inequalities in the light of missional, ethical and spiritual considerations.(...) The reader gets a distinct feeling of the evident vibrancy of the conference as it broke ground in the field, exploring new ways to tackle difficulties regarding mission and money in the future. The book is a worthwhile read for academics and laypersons, as well as secularists wishing to understand where it would be fruitful to dig into the topic and contribute." Maria Gruber Wikström, in: Exchange Vol. 45 (2016)Table of ContentsContents Introduction - Jonas Adelin Jørgensen and Mari-Anna Auvinen-Pöntinen Introducing Authors Part I A Challenge of Theological-Missiological Reflection on Money and Mobility in the Globalizing World - Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen Part II Ethics and Global Economics - Vesa Kanniainen Asian Perspectives on Global Economic Inequality - Felix Wilfred Christian Mission in a World under the Grip of an Unholy Trinity: Inequality, Poverty and Unemployment - Tinyiko Sam Maluleke Poverty and Power: African Challenges to Christian Mission - Gerrie ter Haar The Mission of the Church amidst European Social and Economic Crisis: The Case of Greece - Evi Voulgaraki-Pissina Interreligious Liberation Theologies, Money and Just Relations - Ulrich Duchrow Economic Development and Christian Mission: A Perspective from History of Mission - Jonathan J. Bonk Part III Mission and Money in Two Recent Mission Documents: The WCC’s Together towards Life and Pope Francis’s Evangelii Gaudium - Stephen Bevans Mission and Money—Mapping the Field - Mika Vähäkangas Index

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Book SynopsisAmong the assumptions interrogated in this volume, edited by Anthony E. Clark, is if Christianity should most accurately be identified as “Chinese” when it displays vestiges of Chinese cultural aesthetics, or whether Chinese Christianity is more indigenous when it is allowed to form its own theological framework. In other words, can theological uniqueness also function as a legitimate Chinese Christian cultural expression in the formation of its own ecclesial identity? Also central to what is explored in this book is how missionary influences, consciously or unconsciously, introduced seeds of independence into the cultural ethos of China’s Christian community. Chinese girls who pushed “the limits of proper behaviour,” for example, added to the larger sense of confidence as China’s Christians began to resist the model of Christianity they had inherited from foreign missionaries. Contributors are: Robert E. Carbonneau, CP, Christie Chui-Shan Chow, Amanda C. R. Clark, Lydia Gerber, Joseph W. Ho, Joseph Tse-hei Lee, Audrey Seah, Jean-Paul Wiest, and Xiaoxin Wu.Trade Review"(...) the book is well written and worth reading." Dave Keane, in: Journal of European Baptist Studies Volume 19.1 (2019)Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction: China’s Christianity’ and the Ideal of a Universal Church Anthony E. Clark Chapter 1: Christianity Along the Warpath: The Anti-Christian Movement in Shantou during the Eastern Expedition (1925) Joseph Tse-hei Lee Chapter 2: Imaging Missions, Visualizing Experience: American Presbyterian Photography, Filmmaking, and Chinese Christianity in Republican China Joseph W. Ho Chapter 3: The 1670 Chinese Missal: A Struggle for Indigenization Amidst the Chinese Rites Controversy Audrey Seah Chapter 4: Sealing Fate and Changing Course: French Catholicism and Chinese Conversion Anthony E. Clark Chapter 5: Testing the Limits of Proper Behavior: Women Students in and beyond the Weimar Mission Schools in Qingdao 1905-1914 Lydia Gerber Chapter 6: Father Leonard Amrhein, CP: Missionary Zeal and Shared Experience of Suffering and Compassion with Chinese Catholics in Wartime and late Twentieth-Century China Robert E. Carbonneau Chapter 7: Adjustment and Advocacy: Charles McCarthy, SJ, and China’s Jesuit Mission in Transition Amanda C. R. Clark Chapter 8: Indigenizing the Prophetess: Toward a Chinese Denominational Practice Christie Chui-Shan Chow Chapter 9: The Making of a Chinese Church: As Lived by Chinese Christians Jean-Paul Wiest Chapter 10: Rapid Progress and Remarkable Accomplishments: Study of Christianity in China by a New Generation of Chinese Scholars Wu Xiaoxin Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe Jesuit Missions of Paraguay and a Cultural History of Utopia (1568–1789) explores the religious foundations of the Jesuit missions in Paraguay, and the discussion of the missionary experience in the public opinion of early modern Europe, from Montaigne to Diderot. This book presents a wealth of documentation to highlight three key aspects of this debate: the relationship between civilisation and religion, between religion and political imagination, and between utopia and history. Girolamo Imbruglia's analysis of the Jesuits' own narrative reveals that the idea and the practice of mission have been one of the essential features of the European identity, and of the shaping modern political thought.Trade Review"This is an excellent and well-read piece of thinking, and an interesting approach to the longue durée of belief and practice." Sarah Barber, in: Journal of Ecclesiastical History Volume 70 (2019). "The invaluable contribution of Imbruglia’s monograph is obvious: While the numerous tracts, reports and pamphlets about the Jesuit missions in Paraguay were used until recently only as arsenals for isolated pro-Jesuit or anti-Jesuit arguments, Imbruglia has instead analysed them as part of a dialogue which reaches far beyond mission history, deep inside the history of the underlying ideas that informed it. Paraguay has once more moved closer to Europe." - Fabian Fechner, Fernuniversität, Hagen, in: Archivum Historicum Societatis Iesu Volume LXXXVII.174, 2018-II, pp. 517-518. "The concept of utopia belongs to a very long tradition, and the Christian and civic humanist—not only Platonic but also Ciceronian—contexts would have benefited from a more in-depth exploration. This of course does not deny the impressive contribution of this book in correcting the tendency in the historiography to ignore the broader horizons of European political thought; it is a valuable addition for anyone interested in the history of the Jesuit missions and ideal-society tropes." - Catherine Ballériaux, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, in: Renaissance Quarterly Volume LXXII.1, pp. 317-318.Table of ContentsIntroduction  The Hybrid Society of the Missions   The Indians   Life in the missions   Religion   Institutions   The end  Missions and Modern Public Opinion: The Cultural History of Utopia 1 Europeans and Religious Orders in America  The Jesuit Reducciones of Paraguay  Compelle Intrare   De Vitoria   Fray Martin de Valencia   Las Casas   Quiroga and Cabrera  The Barbarians from Europe  The First Jesuit Missions in Peru  Acosta and the Jesuit Strategy of Accommodation   A ‘new type of mankind’   Religion and Superstition   The Missionary Strategy of Accommodation 2 The Society of Jesus – Missionaries and Missions  Religion   Preaching   Beyond Millenarism   The Jesuit Missionary  The ‘State’ of Paraguay   Reason of State   Suárez  The People of the Missions   The Litterae Annuae   The Missions and Their Nations   The Imago primi saeculi Societatis Jesu   Miracles, Missionaries, and Sanctity 3 The Missions and Public Opinion in the Crisis of European Conscience – Utopias and Republicanism  Religion and Public Opinion   The Lettres édifiantes et curieuses and the Missions   The Mémoires de Trévoux   The ‘real’ Paraguay at the Start of the Eighteenth Century   Ludovico Antonio Muratori  The Metamorphosis of the Missions into Utopia   The Apostolic Community   Theocracy   The Missions as Utopia – A Literary Genre   After More’s Utopia  Utopia between Police and Sovereignty 4 Montesquieu, Republican Utopia and Civilisation  Montesquieu and the Political Theory of Utopia   Republic and Freedom in the Jesuit Missions; Montesquieu’s Silence   Republics without Virtue   The Birth of the State   Colonisation   Montesquieu and the Jesuits  After the Esprit des Lois   Civilisation   Civilisation and Colonisation   Morelly’s Ideal Republic 5 The Age of the Encyclopédie and Rousseau: New Paths and New Needs to Rethink Utopianism  The Encyclopédie   Paraguay   Theocracy  Rousseau  Which Utopia? 6 1750s–1770s: Political and Social Conflicts  News from Paraguay  Voltaire – Politics without Utopia  The Parliaments and the End of the Society of Jesus  D’Alembert  The Social Problem of Utopia: A Debate at the End of the 1760s   The People of the Missions and the People of Paris – Mably   Physiocracy’s Opposition to Mably   Linguet  The Reformist Utopia of Helvétius 7 Utopias and Human Sciences – Diderot’s Analysis of Society  Echoes of Travel  Bessner and Malouet  De Pauw  Bougainville  Deleyre  The Histoire des deux Indes  Raynal  Diderot. Happiness and Politics  The Society of Jesus and the Science of the Legislator 8 Beyond the Lumières  History, Civilisation, and the End of Utopia  Communities and Rebels without a Revolution   Philosophical Communities Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe present volume is a result of an international symposium on the encounters between Jesuits and Protestants in Asia and the Americas, which was organized by Boston College’s Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies at Boston College in June 2017. In Asia, Protestants encountered a mixed Jesuit legacy: in South Asia, they benefited from pioneering Jesuit ethnographers while contesting their conversions; in Japan, all Christian missionaries who returned after 1853 faced the equation of Japanese nationalism with anti-Jesuit persecution; and in China, Protestants scrambled to catch up to the cultural legacy bequeathed by the earlier Jesuit mission. In the Americas, Protestants presented Jesuits as enemies of liberal modernity, supporters of medieval absolutism yet master manipulators of modern self-fashioning and the printing press. The evidence suggests a far more complicated relationship of both Protestants and Jesuits as co-creators of the bright and dark sides of modernity, including the public sphere, public education, plantation slavery, and colonialism.Trade Review"The reader interested in Jesuit missions will gain a new perspective on how these missions were perceived over time and by different religious entities. Most any reader will learn from these erudite essays or at the very least be able to use them as helpful reference and bibliographic tools for much needed further research not only of Jesuit missions but those of other orders as well." Thomas J. Santa Maria (Yale) in The Sixteenth Century Journal “The essays in this collection complicate the narrative of animosity, often drawing attention to contexts where cooperation or inheritance were the more compelling markers of Jesuit-Protestant interactions.” Andrew T. Kaiser, in: The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Vol. 71, No. 3 (2020), pp. 653–654.Table of ContentsIFigures Introduction: Protestantism and Early Jesuits  Robert Aleksander Maryks Part 1: Asia 1 Introduction  Ronnie Po-chia Hsia 2 We are Not Jesuits: Reassessing Relations between Protestantism, French Catholicism, and the Society of Jesus in Late Tokugawa to Early Shōwa Japan  Makoto Harris Takao 3 Kirishitan Veneration of the Saints: Jesuit and Dutch Witnesses  Haruko Nawata Ward 4 Jesuit and Protestant Use of Vernacular Chinese in Accommodation Policy  Sophie Ling-chia Wei 5 Shaping the Anthropological Context of the “Salus populi Sinensis” Madonna Icon in Xian, China  Hui-Hung Chen 6 Jesuit and Protestant Encounters in Jiangnan: Contest and Cooperation in China’s Lower Yangzi Region  Steven Pieragastini 7 Protestant and Jesuit Encounters in India in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries  Délio Mendonça 8 Beyond Words: Missionary Grammars and the Construction of Language in Tamil Country  Michelle Zaleski Part 2: The Americas 9 Introduction: Jesuit Liminal Space in Liberal Protestant Modernity  Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra 10 José de Acosta, a Spanish Jesuit–Protestant Author: Print Culture, Contingency, and Deliberate Silence in the Making of the Canon  Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra 11 Negotiating the Confessional Divide in Dutch Brazil and the Republic: The Case of Manoel de Morães  Anne B. McGinness 12 A French Jesuit Parish, without the Jesuits: Grand Bay’s Catholic Community and Institutional Durability in British Dominica  Steve Lenik 13 “Tis nothing but French Poison, all of it”: Jesuit and Calvinist Missions on the New World Frontier  Catherine Ballériaux 14 “Americans, you are marked for their prey!” Jesuits and the Nineteenth-century Nativist Impulse  Robert Emmett Curran 15 Wars of Words: Catholic and Protestant Jesuitism in Nineteenth-century America  Steven Mailloux

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Book SynopsisThe Mission of Development interrogates the complex relationships between Christian mission and international development in Asia from the 19th century to the new millennium. Through historically and ethnographically grounded case studies, contributors examine how missionaries have adapted to and shaped the age of development and processes of ‘technocratisation’, as well as how mission and development have sometimes come to be cast in opposition. The volume takes up an increasingly prominent strand in contemporary research that reverses the prior occlusion of the entanglements between religion and development. It breaks new ground through its analysis of the techno-politics of both development and mission, and by focusing on the importance of engagements and encounters in the field in Asia.

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Book SynopsisThe Rites Controversies in the Early Modern World is a collection of fourteen articles focusing on debates concerning the nature of “rites” raging in intellectual circles of Europe, Asia and America in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The controversy started in Jesuit Asian missions where the method of accommodation, based on translation of Christianity into Asian cultural idioms, created a distinction between civic and religious customs. Civic customs were defined as those that could be included into Christianity and permitted to the new converts. However, there was no universal consensus among the various actors in these controversies as to how to establish criteria for distinguishing civility from religion. The controversy had not been resolved, but opened the way to radical religious scepticism. Contributors are: Claudia Brosseder, Michela Catto, Gita Dharampal-Frick, Pierre Antoine Fabre, Ana Carolina Hosne, Ronnie Po-Chia Hsia, Giuseppe Marcocci, Ovidiu Olar, Sabina Pavone, István Perczel, Nicholas Standaert, Margherita Trento, Guillermo Wilde and Ines G. Županov.Trade Review"This collection of essays is a welcome contribution to the study of missionary and indigenous debates regarding non-Christian rites, precisely because this volume widens its purview to include the missionary enterprise beyond China. (...) Županov and Fabre have managed to solicit and inspire contributors who have produced a remarkably interrelated collection of chapters. (...) This volume is an important contribution to the dialogue between cultures, and between scholars of the past and present." - Anthony E. Clark, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA, Journal of Jesuit Studies Volume 6 (2019), pp. 327-330.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Maps and Illustrations List of Frequently Used Abbreviations List of Contributors The Rites Controversies in the Early Modern World: An Introduction  Ines G. Županov and Pierre Antoine Fabre Part 1: Chinese Rites and Jesuit Missions 1 Chinese Voices in the Rites Controversy: From China to Rome  Ronnie Po-chia Hsia 2 Chinese Voices in the Rites Controversy: The Role of Christian Communities  Nicolas Standaert 3 Atheism: A Word Travelling To and Fro Between Europe and China  Michela Catto Part 2: Malabar Rites between Mission and History 4 Śivadharma or Bonifacio? Behind the Scenes of the Madurai Mission Controversy (1608–1619)  Margherita Trento 5 Revisiting the Malabar Rites Controversy: A Paradigm of Ritual Dynamics in the Early Modern Catholic Missions of South India  Gita Dharampal-Frick Part 3: Mission and Inquisition 6 Rites and Inquisition: Ethnographies of Error in Portuguese India (1560–1625)  Giuseppe Marcocci 7 Jesuits and Oriental Rites in the Documents of the Roman Inquisition  Sabina Pavone Part 4: Rites Controversies: Far and Near 8 Accommodationist Strategies on the Malabar Coast: Competition or Complementarity?  Istvan Perczel 9 Orthodoxy and Politics: The Patriarch Nikon of Moscow, the Prince Mihnea III Radu of Walachia and the Great Church of Constantinople  Ovidiu Olar Part 5: Idols, Idolatry and Catholic Mission 10 Writing Rites in the Borderlands: Appropriation, Mimesis and Interaction between Jesuits and Indians in Colonial South America  Guillermo Wilde 11 “Secularizing” the Andes: The Effects of Transcultural Processes on Colonial Andean Rituals  Claudia Brosseder 12 Dios, Dio, Viracocha, Tianzhu: “Finding” and “Translating” the Christian God in the Overseas Jesuit Missions (16th–18th Centuries)  Ana Carolina Hosne Epilogues: Rites Controversies as Cultural Resources 13 A Cross Concealed Among Flowers: Interpreting a Secret Ritual in Seventeenth Century Chinese Christian Communities  Pierre Antoine Fabre 14 Against Rites: Jesuit Accommodatio as Pietist Preparatio Evangelica in Eighteenth Century South India  Ines G. Županov Index

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Book SynopsisJesuit Intellectual and Physical Exchange between England and Mainland Europe, c. 1580–1789: ‘The World is our House’? offers new perspectives on the English Mission of the Society of Jesus. It brings together an interdisciplinary and international group of scholars to explore the Mission’s role and wider impact within the Society, as well as early modern European Catholicism. Building on recent movements within the field to decentralise the Catholic Reformation, the volume seeks to change perceptions of the English Mission as peripheral, bringing the archipelagic experience of Jesuits working in the British Isles in line with work on their European confreres and the broader global network of the Society of Jesus.Table of Contentsntroduction Hannah Thomas Part 1 Rediscovering the English Mission 1. “To wyn yow to heaven”: Edmund Campion’s Winning Words Gerard Kilroy 2. Edmund Campion’s Prague Homilies: The Concionale ex concionibus a R. P. Edmundo Campiano Clarinda Calma 3. The Most Catholic King and the “Hispanized Camelion”: Philip II and Robert Persons Victor Houliston Part 2 The Jesuits and English Culture 4. Jesuit Drama Crossing the Channel: Jakob Gretser and William Shakespeare’s Pericles and Timon of Athens Sonja Fielitz 5. Relics and Cultures of Commemoration in the English Jesuit College of St. Omers in the Spanish Netherlands Janet Graffius 6. Scheming Jesuits and Sound Doctrine?: The Influence of the Jesuits on English Catholic Music at Home and Abroad, c.1580–1640 Andrew Cichy Part 3 English Jesuit Influence in Mainland Europe 7. “Extravagant” English Books at the Library of El Escorial and Jesuit Agency Ana Sáez-Hidalgo 8. Spoils of War?: The Edict of Restitution and Benefactions to the English Province of the Society of Jesus Thomas M. McCoog, S.J. 9. Invisible Threads of Divine Providence: The British Links in the Polemical Theology of Martinus Szent-Ivany (1633–1705) Svorad Zavarský 10. Probabilism, Pluralism, and Papalism: Jesuit Allegiance Politics in the British Atlantic and Continental Europe, 1644–50 Christopher P. Gillett Part 4 Pan-European Networks of Communication 11. Providence and Historiography in Pedro de Ribadeneyra’s Historia ecclesiastica del scisma del reyno de Inglaterra Spencer J. Weinreich 12. Spiritual Exercises and Spiritual Exercises: Ascetic Intellectual Exchange in the English Catholic Community, c.1600–1794 Hannah Thomas 13. “Established and putt in good order”: The Venerable English College, Rome, under Jesuit Administration, 1579‒1685 Maurice Whitehead 14. Jesuit News Networks and Catholic Identity: The Letters of John Thorpe to the English Carmelite Nuns at Lierre, 1769–89 James E. Kelly

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Book SynopsisThe Church as Safe Haven conceptualizes the rise of Chinese Christianity as a new civilizational paradigm that encouraged individuals and communities to construct a sacred order for empowerment in modern China. Once Christianity enrooted itself in Chinese society as an indigenous religion, local congregations acquired much autonomy which enabled new religious institutions to take charge of community governance. Our contributors draw on newly-released archival sources, as well as on fieldwork observations investigating what Christianity meant to Chinese believers, how native actors built their churches and faith-based associations within the pre-existing social networks, and how they appropriated Christian resources in response to the fast-changing world. This book reconstructs the narratives of ordinary Christians, and places everyday faith experience at the center. Contributors are: Christie Chui-Shan Chow, Lydia Gerber, Melissa Inouye, Diana Junio, David Jong Hyuk Kang, Lars Peter Laamann, Joseph Tse-Hei Lee, George Kam Wah Mak, John R. Stanley, R. G. Tiedemann, Man-Shun Yeung.Table of ContentsPreface: In Permanent Gratitude to R. G. Tiedemann List of Figures Notes on Contributors 1 Christianity and Community Governance in Modern China  Joseph Tse-Hei Lee and Lars Peter Laamann part 1: Spirit / 靈: Filling a Cosmological Void 2 Torch-Bearers of Modernity? Western Missionaries, Demonism and Exorcism in Modern China (1860s–1930s)  Lars Peter Laamann 3 Signs of Power: Christians’ Search for Certainty in Troubled Times (1906–1919)  Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye 4 Buddhist-Christian Encounters: Robert Morrison and the Haichuang Buddhist Temple in Nineteenth-Century Canton  Man-Shun Yeung 5 Seeking Convergence: Richard Wilhelm, Wu Leichuan, and their Quest for a Shared Confucian-Christian Vision  Lydia Gerber part 2 : Intellect / 智: Christianizing Chinese Hearts and Minds 6 Mission Education and New Opportunities: American Presbyterian Schools in Shandong Province  John R. Stanley 7 Trained to Care: The Institutionalization of Nursing in Hong Kong (1887–1900)  David Jong Hyuk Kang 8 Patriotic Cooperation: Why was the Church-Run Border Service Department Established in Wartime China?  Diana Junio 9 Building a National Bible Society: The China Bible House and the Indigenization of Bible Work  George Kam Wah Mak part 3: Body / 體: Christian Activism in Local Society 10 Faith and Charity: Christian Disaster Management in 1920s Chaozhou   Joseph Tse-Hei Lee 11 Catholic Mission Stations in Northern China: Centres of Stability and Protection in Troubled Times  Rolf Gerhard Tiedemann 12 Revive, Survive, and Divide: Rebuilding Seventh-Day Adventism in Wenzhou  Christie Chui-Shan Chow Index

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Book SynopsisFrom the early phases of modern missions, Christian missionaries supported many humanitarian activities, mostly framed as subservient to the preaching of Christianity. This anthology contributes to a historically grounded understanding of the complex relationship between Christian missions and the roots of humanitarianism and its contemporary uses in a Middle Eastern context. Contributions focus on ideologies, rhetoric, and practices of missionaries and their apostolates towards humanitarianism, from the mid-19th century Middle East crises, examining different missionaries, their society’s worldview and their networks in various areas of the Middle East. In the early 20th century Christian missions increasingly paid more attention to organisation and bureaucratisation (‘rationalisation’), and media became more important to their work. The volume analyses how non-missionaries took over, to a certain extent, the aims and organisations of the missionaries as to humanitarianism. It seeks to discover and retrace such ‘entangled histories’ for the first time in an integral perspective. Contributors include: Beth Baron, Philippe Bourmaud, Seija Jalagin, Nazan Maksudyan, Michael Marten, Heleen (L.) Murre-van den Berg, Inger Marie Okkenhaug, Idir Ouahes, Maria Chiara Rioli, Karène Sanchez Summerer, Bertrand Taithe, and Chantal VerdeilTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors Introduction  Inger Marie Okkenhaug and Karène Sanchez-Summerer Part 1 Prologue 1 Missions, Charity and Humanitarian Action in the Levant (19th–20th Century)  Chantal Verdeil Part 2 Advocacy 2 Liberated Bodies and Saved Souls: Freed African Slave Girls and Missionaries in Egypt  Beth Baron 3 Physical Expressions of Winning Hearts and Minds: Body Politics of the American Missionaries in “Asiatic Turkey”  Nazan Maksudyan 4 Spiritual Reformation and Engagement with the World: Scandinavian Mission, Humanitarianism and Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, 1905–1914  Inger Marie Okkenhaug 5 ‘A Strange Survival’: The Rev. W.A. Wigram on the Assyrians before and after World War I  Heleen Murre-van den Berg Part 3 Best Practices 6 Missionary Hubris in Colonial Algeria? Founding and Governing Christian Arab Villages 1868–1930  Bertrand Taithe 7 Missionary Work, Secularization and Donor Dependency: Rockefeller-Near East Colleges Cooperation after World War I (1920–1939)  Philippe Bourmaud 8 “Machine Age Humanitarianism”: American Humanitarianism in Early 20th Century Syria and Lebanon  Idir Ouahes 9 Scottish Presbyterian Churches and Humanitarianism in the Interwar Middle East  Michael Marten Part 4 Epilogue: Impact of the 1948 Crisis 10 Confined by Conflict, Run by Relief: Arabs, Jews, and the Finnish Mission in Jerusalem, 1940–1950  Seija Jalagin 11 Catholic Humanitarian Assistance for Palestinian Refugees: The Franciscan Casa Nova of Jerusalem in the 1948 Storm  Maria Chiara Rioli Index

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Book SynopsisIn With Eyes and Ears Open: The Role of Visitors in the Society of Jesus, twelve historians examine important visitations in the history of the Society. After a thorough investigation of the nature and role of the “visitor” in Jesuit rules and regulations, ten visitations of missions and provinces—from Peru in the sixteenth century, to Ireland in the seventeenth, to the Zambesi mission and Australia in the twentieth—are considered. Visitors, appointed by the superior general in Rome, surveyed the situation for fidelity to the Jesuit way of life, resolved any problems, and recommended future paths, often to the disapproval of Jesuit hosts. One contribution concerns the canonical visitation of the non-Jesuit Francis Saldanha da Gama in 1758, which resulted in the expulsion of the Jesuits from Portugal in 1759.Trade Review“This is a readable collection that convinces of the importance of the role of the Visitor, with much to interest scholars of religious history and particularly its globalisation.” James E. Kelly, Durham University. In: The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Vol. 71, No. 3 (2020), pp. 650–651.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Figures List of Abbreviations  Introduction  Thomas M. McCoog, S.J. 1 The Role and Significance of Father Visitor in the Society of Jesus  Robert Danieluk, S.J., 2 The Visitor and the Viceroy: Juan de la Plaza and the First Visitation to Jesuit Peru, 1575–79  Andrés I. Prieto 3 Between King and Superior General: Visitor Lorenzo Maggio and the Rehabilitation of the Society of Jesus in France, 1599–1603  Eric Nelson 4 Seventeenth-century Visitations of the Transmarine Houses of the English Province  Thomas M. McCoog, S.J. 5 The Visitation of Mercure Verdier to Ireland, 1648–1649  Tadhg Ó hAnnracháin 6 A Scandal in Moravia: Jesuit Visitor Nicolò Avancini and the 1674 Case of the Jesuits Jan Tanner and Vilém Frölich  Paul Shore 7 Francisco Saldanha da Gama: The Last Visitor of the Portuguese Assistancy  Francisco Malta Romeiras 8Peter Kenney: Twice Visitor of the Maryland Mission (1819–21, 1830–33) and Father of the First Two American Provinces  Robert Emmett Curran 9 Mission Context and the Jesuit Visitor: Charles Bert and the Visitation of Polish Jesuits in the Zambesi Mission, 1924  Festo Mkenda, S.J. 10 The Visitation of Alois Ersin, S.J., to the Province of Lower Germany in 1931  Klaus Schatz, S.J. 11 The 1961 Visitation of the Australian Province by John J. McMahon, S.J.  David Strong, S.J. 12 Gordon George and the Visitation of the English Province, 1964–65  Oliver P. Rafferty, S.J.  Index

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Book SynopsisThis essay deals with the missionary work of the Society of Jesus in today’s Micronesia from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. Although the Jesuit missionaries wanted to reach Japan and other Pacific islands, such as the Palau and Caroline archipelagos, the crown encouraged them to stay in the Marianas until 1769 (when the Society of Jesus was expelled from the Philippines) to evangelize the native Chamorros as well as to reinforce the Spanish presence on the fringes of the Pacific empire. In 1859, a group of Jesuit missionaries returned to the Philippines, but they never officially set foot on the Marianas during the nineteenth century. It was not until the twentieth century that they went back to Micronesia, taking charge of the mission on the Northern Marianas along with the Caroline and Marshall Islands, thus returning to one of the cradles of Jesuit martyrdom in Oceania.Trade Review“This impressively erudite essay provides a condensed but informative history of Jesuit missionary engagement in Micronesia.” John Barker, University of British Columbia. In: The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Vol. 72, No. 1 (2021), pp. 200–201. “Alexandre Coello de la Rosa offers a brief history of the Jesuit missions in Micronesia from arrival in the Marianas Islands in 1668 to the conclusion of World War II in 1945. The fifteen high-quality images, sixteen sections, over four hundred footnotes, and a bibliography of fourteen pages made for an instructive narrative. I recommend this book as an overview of the Jesuits in Micronesia. In addition, Coello’s wide use of scholars of Pacific Islands studies has much to teach a worldwide audience. The author introduces the global mission of the Society of Jesus and “global modernity in the Iberian colonial empires,” connecting histories of the Jesuits from the Pacific Ocean to Atlantic histories, the Spanish monarchy, and world history, all in a worthy endeavor.” James B. Tueller, Brigham Young University, Hawaii. In: Journal of Jesuit Studies, Vol. 7, No. 4 (2020), pp. 673–675.Table of ContentsIntroduction The Arrival of the Jesuits in the Philippines The Marianas as Part of the Universal Christian Project Gathering Souls at the Margins of the Spanish Empire To Retain or Abandon the Marianas? Corruption, Greed, and Misgovernment New Spiritual and Geopolitical Configurations The Baroque Theater of Power Lights and Shadows: The Virgin of Our Lady of Light A New Foothold in the Nineteenth-Century Carolines Twentieth-Century Jesuits at the Crossroads of the New Pacific World Empires Chuuk Yap Palau and Pohnpei The Marshall Islands Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThe British Isles and Ireland tested the self-proclaimed adaptability and flexibility of the new Society of Jesus. A mission to Ireland highlighted the complexities and ended in failure in the early 1580s, not to be revived until 1598. The fabled Jesuit mission to England in 1580 conceived in wistful optimism was baptized with blood with the execution of Edmund Campion in 1581 and the consequent political manoeuveres of Robert Persons. The Scottish mission began in December 1581. The three missions remained distinct in the pre-suppression period despite an occasional proposal for integration. The English mission was the largest, the bloodiest, the most controversial, and the only one to progress to full provincial status. The government tried to suppress it; the Benedictines tried to complement it; the vicars-apostolic tried to control it; and foreign Jesuits tried to recognize it. Nonetheless, the English province forged a corporate identity that even withstood the suppression.Trade Review“A magisterial overview […]. The volume will be particularly helpful to scholars with expertise in other fields who need an entry point, and to specialists in Jesuit studies who may be shifting their attention from one period to another or simply need a wider perspective.” Victor Houliston, University of the Witwatersrand. In: Journal of Jesuit Studies, Vol. 7, No. 4 (2020), pp. 663–665. “This is a clear and readable book, which makes the complicated pleasingly accessible. After each section, there is a helpful, short historiographical overview. For those looking for an introduction to the topic, this book serves that role admirably. The history of Catholicism in Britain and Ireland is currently a major growth field in historical scholarship, and this work gives some pointers to possible future directions. As a final thought, the book underlines, especially for the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, just how much the history of English Catholicism is dominated by historiography of the Jesuits.” James E. Kelly, University of Durham. In: Journal of British Studies, Vol. 60, No. 1 (January 2021), pp. 206–208.Table of ContentsPre-suppression Jesuit Activity in the British Isles and Ireland  Thomas M. McCoog, S.J.  Abstract  Keywords  1 Initial Contact  2 Jesuit Nuncios  3 Vocations to the Society  4 Permanent Missions in the Sixteenth Century  5 The Early Stuarts and Interregnum  6 Restoration and the Later Stuarts  7 The Eighteenth Century  8 Suppression  9 Conclusion  Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThis selection of texts introduces students and researchers to the multi- and interdisciplinary field of mission history. The four parts of this book acquaint the readers with methodological considerations and recurring themes in the academic study of the history of mission. Part one revolves around methods, part two documents approaches, while parts three and four consist of thematic clusters, such as mission and language, medical mission, mission and education, women and mission, mission and politics, and mission and art. Critical Readings in the History of Christian Mission is suitable for course-work and other educational purposes.Table of ContentsVOLUME 1 Introduction  Dorottya Nagy and Martha Frederiks Part 1: Methods 1 Recent Trends in the Historiography of Christianity in Southern Africa  Norman Etherington 2 Writing of Past Times: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Mission History  Andrea Schultze 3 ‘Trained to Tell the Truth’: Missionaries, Converts, and Narration  Gareth Griffiths 4 The Quest for Muted Black Voices in History: Some Pertinent Issues in (South) African Mission Historiography  Tinyiko Sam Maluleke 5 Sources in Mission Archives  Adam Jones 6 The Midwest China Oral History Collection  Jane Baker Koons 7 From Beyond Alpine Snow and Homes of the East—A Journey Through Missionary Periodicals: The Missionary Periodicals Database Project  Terry Barringer 8 Missionaries as Social Commentators: The Indian Case  Geoffrey A. Oddie 9 Thinking Missiologically about the History of Mission  Stanley H. Skreslet 10 Jesuit Scientific Activity in the Overseas Missions, 1540–1773  Steven J. Harris 11 The Global “Bookkeeping” of Souls: Quantification and Nineteenth-Century Evangelical Missions  Martin Petzke 12 The Visual Embodiment of Women in the Korea Mission Field  Hyaeweol Choi 13 On Using Historical Missionary Photographs in Modern Discussion  Paul Jenkins 14 The Anthropology of Christianity: Unity, Diversity, New Directions An Introduction to Supplement 10  Joel Robbins 15 Expanding Mission Archaeology: A Landscape Approach to Indigenous Autonomy in Colonial California  Lee M. Panich and Tsim D. Schneider 16 Schooling on the Missionary Frontier: The Hohi Mission Station, New Zealand  Ian W. G. Smith 17 Objects of Expert Knowledge: On Time and the Materialities of Conversion to Christianity in the Southern New Hebrides  Jean Mitchell VOLUME 2 Part 2: Approaches 18 Eusebius Tries Again: Reconceiving the Study of Christian History  Andrew F. Walls 19 From Missions to Mission to beyond Missions The Historiography of American Protestant Foreign Missions since World War II  Dana L. Robert 20 The Overly Candid Missionary Historian: C. G. A. Oldendorp’s Theological Ambivalence over Slavery in the Danish West Indies  Anders Ahlbäck 21 The Colonization of Consciousness  John and Jean Comaroff 22 Beyond Cultural Imperialism: Cultural Theory, Christian Missions, and Global Modernity  Ryan Dunch 23 The Culture Concept and the Mission of the Roman Catholic Church  Michael V. Angrosino 24 The Problem of Colonialism in the Western Historiography of Christian Missions  Jane Samson 25 Theology and Mission between Neocolonialism and Postcolonialism  Joerg Rieger 26 Translating the Word: Dialogism and Debate in Two Gikuyu Dictionaries  Derek Peterson 27 The Gospel, Language and Culture: The Theological Method in Cultural Analysis  Lamin Sanneh 28 Women and Cultural Exchanges  Patricia Grimshaw and Peter Sherlock 29 Understanding the World-Christian Turn in the History of Christianity and Theology  Paul Kollman 30 Transcontinental Links, Enlarged Maps, and Polycentric Structures in the History of World Christianity  Klaus Koschorke 31 World Christianity as a Theological Approach: A Reflection on Central and Eastern Europe  Dorottya Nagy VOLUME 3 Part 3: Themes I Mission and Language 32 Bunyan in Africa Text and Transition  Isabel Hofmeyr 33 Translation Teams Missionaries, Islanders, and the Reduction of Language in the Pacific  Jane Samson 34 Christianizing Language and the Dis-placement of Culture in Bosavi, Papua New Guinea  Bambi B. Schieffelin 35 Exploring Nineteenth-Century Haida Translations of the New Testament  Marcus Tomalin Mission and Politics 36 Race, History, and the Australian Faith Missions  Joanna Cruickshank 37 British Missions and Indian Nationalism, 1880–1908: Imitation and Autonomy in Calcutta and Madras  Chandra Mallampalli 38 Medical Missionaries and Modernizing Emirs in Colonial Hausaland: Leprosy Control and Native Authority in the 1930s  Shobana Shankar Mission and Social Change 39 Christian Mind and Worldly Matters Religion and Materiality in Nineteenth-Century Gold Coast  Birgit Meyer 40 Mission or Empire, Word or Sword? The Human Capital Legacy in Postcolonial Democratic Development  Tomila Lankina and Lullit Getachew 41 A Saturated History of Christianity and Cloth in Oceania  Margaret Jolly Missionaries 42 Christian Missionaries as Anticolonial Militants  Karen E. Fields 43 Saint Apolo from Europe, or ‘What’s in a Luganda Name?’  Emma Wild-Wood 44 ‘Culture’ as a Tool and an Obstacle: Missionary Encounters in Post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan  Mathijs Pelkmans 45 ‘It’s Really Where Your Parents Were’: Differentiating and Situating Protestant Missionary Children’s Lives, c. 1900–1940  Hugh Morrison Mission, Women and Gender 46 ‘God and Nature Intended You for a Missionary’s Wife’: Mary Hill, Jane Eyre and Other Missionary Women in the 1840s  Valentine Cunningham 47 Female Emancipation in an Imperial Frame: English Women and the Campaign against Sati (Widow-Burning) in India, 1813–30  Clare Midgley 48 Married to the Mission Field: Gender, Christianity, and Professionalization in Britain and Colonial Africa, 1865–1914  Elizabeth Prevost VOLUME 4 Part 4: Themes II Mission, Education, and Science 49 From Heathen Kraal to Christian Home: Anglican Mission Education and African Christian Girls, 1850–1900  Modupe Labode 50 From Transformation to Negotiation: A Female Mission in a “City of Schools”  Julia Hauser 51 Some Reflections on Anthropology’s Missionary Positions  John W. Burton with Orsolya Arva Burton 52 Natural Science and Naturvölker: Missionary Entomology and Botany  Patrick Harries Mission, Health, and Healing 53 The Medical Mission Strategy of the Maryknoll Sisters  Suzanne R. Thurman 54 Converting the Hospital: British Missionaries and Medicine in Nineteenth-Century Madagascar  Thomas Anderson 55 Chinese Perspectives on Medical Missionaries in the 19th Century: The Chinese Medical Missionary Journal  Gao Xi 56 Language, Medical Auxiliaries, and the Re-interpretation of Missionary Medicine in Colonial Mwinilunga, Zambia, 1922–51  Walima T. Kalusa Mission and Other Faith Traditions 57 Towards a Missionary Theory of Polytheism: The Franciscans in the Face of the Indigenous Religions of New Spain  Sergio Botta 58 Some Hindu Perspectives on Christian Missionaries in the Indic World of the Mid Nineteenth Century  Richard Fox Young 59 Methodists and Muslims in the Gambia  Martha T. Frederiks 60 Evangelicalism, Islam, and Millennial Expectation in the Nineteenth Century  Andrew Porter Mission and Art 61 Dance, Image, Myth, and Conversion in the Kingdom of Kongo, 1500–180  Cécile Fromont 62 The Indian Conquest of Catholic Art. The Mughals, the Jesuits, and Imperial Mural Painting  Gauvin Alexander Bailey 63 The Truth-Showing Mirror: Jesuit Catechism and the Arts in Mughal India  Gauvin Alexander Bailey 64 Africanising Christian Imagery in Southern African Missions  Elizabeth Rankin Index of Names

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Book SynopsisFaith in African Lived Christianity – Bridging Anthropological and Theological Perspectives offers a comprehensive, empirically rich and interdisciplinary approach to the study of faith in African Christianity. The book brings together anthropology and theology in the study of how faith and religious experiences shape the understanding of social life in Africa. The volume is a collection of chapters by prominent Africanist theologians, anthropologists and social scientists, who take people’s faith as their starting point and analyze it in a contextually sensitive way. It covers discussions of positionality in the study of African Christianity, interdisciplinary methods and approaches and a number of case studies on political, social and ecological aspects of African Christian spirituality.Trade Review"This is an important book that indicates a paradigm shift in the study of religion in Africa. It is the first serious attempt to bring anthropological and theological perspectives together in a single analytical framework. The book provides new methodological approaches and offers refreshingly new insights on much-debated issues, notably on contemporary forms of charismatic and Pentecostal Christianity. This is all done with due attention for historical contexts. African Christian spirituality, the book shows, is marked by an historical openness towards the spirit world that is perpetuated in the present. This is the case in Africa as well as among African Christians outside the African continent. [..] Several of the chapters have been contributed by young and upcoming scholars, representing a generational shift in the study of Christianity in Africa. This is a welcome development that will help bring about the much needed decolonization of the academic mind in the study of religion in Africa generally. This book is an exemplary case. [..] Faith in Lived Christianity in Africa is an innovative collection of essays that takes the academic debate to a different level. It should be read by all those engaging in the academic debate on Christianity in Africa." — Gerrie ter Haar, Em. Professor, International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University "For a long time, anthropological and theological approaches to the study of Christianity in Africa have existed alongside each other but with little dialogue and exchange. This important book demonstrates how enriching and stimulating it can be when the boundaries between these disciplines are explored and transgressed. The various contributions offer inter- and transdisciplinary interpretations of diverse forms of Christian faith and practice as lived religion in contemporary Africa, and they reflect critically on the methodological questions at stake." — Adriaan van Klinken, Associate Professor of Religion and African Studies, University of LeedsTable of Contents Forewordvii  Notes on Contributorsviii  1 Faith in African Lived Christianity – Bridging Anthropological and Theological Perspectives: Introduction  Mika Vähäkangas and Karen Lauterbach Part 1: Normativity and Positionality in Anthropology and Theology  2 World Christianity and the Reorganization of Disciplines: On the Emerging Dialogue Between Anthropology and Theology  Joel Robbins  3 From Objects to Subjects of Religious Studies in Africa: Methodological Agnosticism and Methodological Conversion  Frans Wijsen  4 Liberationist Conversion and Ethnography in the Decolonial Moment: A Finnish Theologian/Ethicist Reflects in South Africa  Elina Hankela  5 Re-thinking the Study of Religion: Lessons from Field Studies of Religions in Africa and the African Diaspora  Galia Sabar Part 2: Methods and Approaches: From Anthropology to Theology and Back  6 Fakery and Wealth in African Charismatic Christianity: Moving Beyond the Prosperity Gospel as Script  Karen Lauterbach  7 How to Respect the Religious Quasi-Other? Methodological Considerations in Studying the Kimbanguist Doctrine of Incarnation  Mika Vähäkangas  8 Pentecostal Praise and Worship as a Mode of Theology  Martina Prosén  9 The Sounds of the Christians in Northern Nigeria: Notes on an Acoustic History of Bachama Christianity  Niels Kastfelt  10 What Has Kinshasa to Do with Athens? Methodological Perspectives on Theology and Social Science in Search for a Political Theology  Elias Kifon Bongmba Part 3: Theology in Lived Religion: Case Studies  11 African Migrant Christianities – Delocalization or Relocalization of Identities?  Stian Sørlie Eriksen, Tomas Sundnes Drønen and Ingrid Løland  12 Going to War: Spiritual Encounters and Pentecostals’ Drive for Exposure in Contemporary Zanzibar  Hans Olsson  13 The Dramatization and Embodiment of God of the Wilderness  Isabel Mukonyora  14 Breathing Pneumatology: Spirit, Wind, and Atmosphere in a Zulu Zionist Congregation  Rune Flikke  15 Gendered Narratives of Illness and Healing: Experiences of Spirit Possession in a Charismatic Church Community in Tanzania  Lotta Gammelin  16 Revealed Medicine – As an Expression of an African Christian Lived-Out Spirituality  Carl Sundberg  Index

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Book SynopsisThe situation of religious institutional diminishment in many Western countries requires new approaches to the proclamation of Christian faith. As a response to these complexities, Karl Rahner suggested a “mystagogic” approach as a future pathway for theology. A mystagogical approach seeks modes of spiritual and theological conversation which engage the religious imagination and draws upon personal experiences of transcendence and religious sensibility. In Karl Rahner, Culture and Evangelization: New Approaches in an Australian Setting, Anthony Mellor develops a reflective process of contemporary “mystagogia”, describing how different fields of engagement require different patterns of mystagogical conversation. While focussing on the Australian setting, these differentiate arenas of engagement are also applicable to other cultural settings and offer fresh perspectives for evangelization today.Table of ContentsPreface Abbreviations 1 Introduction: Starting Further Back  1  Beginnings  2  Direction  3  Scope and Methodology  4  To What End?  5  Brief Notes on Terminology   5.1  Church   5.2  Concrete Human Experience   5.3  Contextual Theology   5.4  Culture   5.5  Evangelisation   5.6  Faith   5.7  Gospel   5.8  Mystagogy   5.9  Practical Theology   5.10  Secularisation/Secularism/Secularity   5.11  Transcendent and Religious Experience   5.12  Western Society 2 Faith, Gospel, and Culture: A Complex Drama  1  Introduction  2  Defining “Culture”  3  Interpreting Culture  4  Secularising Culture  5  Reorientating Culture  6  Theologising Culture  7  Contemplating Culture  8  An Australian View  9 Conclusion 3 Readings of the New Evangelisation  1  Introduction  2  Contending with the “New”  3  Latin America and the Birth of the New Evangelisation  4  Redemptoris Missio: From Local to Universal  5  Readings of the New Evangelisation   5.1  The Catechetical Renewal Approach (New Ardour)   5.2  The Pastoral Reform Approach (New Methods)   5.3  The Ecclesial Identity Approach (New Expressions)   5.4  The Cultural Engagement Approach (New Context)  6  Pope Francis and the New Evangelisation  7  Conclusion 4 A Mystagogy of Living Faith: An Analysis of Karl Rahner’s Mystagogical Approach  1  Introduction  2  Mystagogia: A Short History  3  A “Proposition of Grace”: God’s Universal Will for Salvation  4  Made for Grace: Rahner’s Supernatural Existential  5  The Human Orientation towards Transcendence and the Anonymous Christian  6  Receptive Sensibility: Mystagogy for Today  7  Discovering and Developing an Australian Mystagogy  8  Conclusion 5 Mystagogia beyond Rahner: Responses and Developments  1  Introduction  2  Christian Anthropology: Rahner’s “Radical Anthropocentrism”  3  The Source of Christian Witness  4  The Language of Theology  5  Transforming Praxis  6  Four Principles of a Mystagogical Method   6.1  A Mystagogy of Life: Awareness   6.2  A Mystagogy of Religious Experience: Reflection   6.3  A Mystagogy of Theological Conversation: Interpretation   6.4  A Mystagogy of Praxis: Responsiveness  7  Conclusion 6 Context and the Australian Setting: Conversations with Culture, Spirituality, Theology, and Praxis  1  Introduction  2  Theological Foundation for an Inculturated Examination of the Australian Setting  3  Four Transcendental Imperatives  4  Being Attentive in Our Awareness: A Mystagogy of Life and Culture  5  Being Intelligent in Our Reflection: A Mystagogy of Religious Experience  6  Being Reasonable in Our Interpretation: A Mystagogy of Theological Truthful Conversation  7  Being Responsible in Our Response: A Mystagogy of Witness, Action, and Praxis  8  Conclusion 7 Horizons of Conversation: Mystagogical Approaches  1  Introduction  2  Horizons of Conversation  3  Conversational Spaces of “Awareness and Reflection”   3.1  Language and Silence   3.2  Image and Imagination   3.3  Self-Transcendence and Embodiment  4  Conversational Spaces of “Interpretation and Responsiveness”   4.1  The Christic Conversation   4.2  Accompaniment and Fresh Conversational Rhythms   4.3  Conversations of Witness and Service  5  Conclusion 8 Conclusion: Review, Prospects, and Directions  1  Review  2  Prospects   2.1  The Performative Space   2.2  The Dialectic Dialogical Space   2.3  The Open Communicative Space  3  Directions  Appendix: Ecclesiological Development of the Concept of the New Evangelisation  Bibliography  Index

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Book SynopsisFor years the fact that the debate on science and religion was not related to cultural diversity was considered only a minor issue. However, lately, there is a growing concern that the dominance of ‘Western’ perspectives in this field do not allow for new understandings. This book testifies to the growing interest in the different cultural embeddings of the science and religion interface and proposes a framework that makes an intercultural debate possible. This proposal is based on a thorough study of the ‘lived theology’ of Christian students and university professors in Abidjan, Kinshasa and Yaoundé. The outcomes of the field research are related to a worldwide perspective of doing theology and a broader scope of scholarly discussions.Trade ReviewThis important work breaks new ground in the dialogue between science and religion by highlighting the neglect of cultural diversity within western discussions of this theme. Bom and Toren make excellent use of Donald Davidson’s critical tool of ‘triangulation’ in exploring the forms that science and religion take in Francophone Africa, and how these inform our understanding of how different culturally located communities perceive this dialogue. This is a vitally important corrective to the ethnocentric approaches that have dominated western thinking, and opens the way to a deeper and richer understanding of this important intellectual and cultural dialogue. — Alister McGrath, Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion, University of Oxford Bom and van den Toren have written a truly remarkable book; through their examination of how three French-speaking African societies understand the relationship between religion and science they add new insight to the age old debate between these two entities. In addition these scholars bring the best tools of social science to theology. In doing so they chart the way forward for a new field of intercultural theology. This is a book that should be read by theologians, social scientists, and anyone who cares about getting beyond tired westernized understandings of the relationship between religion and science. — Elaine Howard Ecklund, Herbert S. Autrey Chair in Social Sciences, Rice University Through this book the Authors have explored many questions that keep arising in African Academia, pertaining to the conceptual, pedagogical and practical interaction between Religion and Science. The history of schooling in Tropical Africa (both Francophone and Anglophone) has been intertwined with the history of Christian missions colonial rule and struggles for national sovereignty. These processes coincided with " secularization" as process, and "secularism" as ideology. The book invites readers to reflect critically on the porous borders between "Religion" and "Science". Although the book focuses on research based in French-speaking African countries, the theme of the book remains relevant for the whole continent. Readers will find in the book many questions that need more answers, and many issues that require follow up. — Jesse N.K. Mugambi, Professor of Philosophy & Religious Studies, University of Nairobi, Kenya

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Book SynopsisThierry Meynard and Dawei Pan offer a highly detailed annotated translation of one of the major works of Giulio Aleni (1582 Brescia–1649 Yanping), a Jesuit missionary in China. Referred to by his followers as “Confucius from the West”, Aleni made his presence felt in the early modern encounter between China and Europe. The two translators outline the complexity of the intellectual challenges that Aleni faced and the extensive conceptual resources on which he built up a fine-grained framework with the aim of bridging the Chinese and Christian spiritual traditions.Trade Review“Formatted as facing pages of Chinese (the original language of the work) and English, Meynard and Pan's English translation and annotation of Giulio Aleni's A Brief Introduction to the Study of Human Nature is an impressive rendering of the 17th-century Jesuit missionary/scholar's introduction to China of Aristotelian anthropology [...] In Meynard and Pan's hands, Aleni's testimony to the early modern European encounter with China and the charitable and academic attempt to unite harmoniously two philosophical traditions is made accessible to a new audience. This is yet another impressive addition to the Jesuit Studies series.” J. Sienkiewicz, Benedictine College, in: Choice Connect, July 2021 “This book will be useful for sinologists, missiologists, theologians, historians, and anyone interested in the general subject. It presents a bridge in the exchange of ideas between two different cultures during early modern times. It is written on a high scientific level and may well help form the foundation for a further understanding of the history between East and West.” Claudia von Collani, Universität Würzburg. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 76, No. 1 (Spring 2023), pp. 294–295.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Illustrations Foreword: Reading Giulio Aleni’s A Brief Introduction to the Study of Human Nature in Light of the Cursus Conimbricensis-“Urtext”  Mário S. de Carvalho Introduction  Thierry Meynard, S.J., and Dawei Pan A Brief Introduction to the Study of Human Nature / 性學觕述 A Brief Introduction to the Study of Human Nature  Preface to A Brief Introduction to the Study of Human Nature  Preface to The Study of Human Nature  Foreword to The Study of Human Nature  Preface to A Brief Introduction to the Study of Human Nature Appendix: Tables 1–8 Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisEmmett contributes to missional pentecostal historiography through bringing a pre-eminent figure in early British Pentecostalism into the limelight. He shows how Pentecostalism in Belgian Congo was pioneered by W.F.P. Burton alongside local agency. Central to Burton’s contradictory and complex personality was a passionate desire to see the emancipation of humankind from the spiritual powers of darkness believing only Spirit-empowered local agency would enduringly prove effective. Burton’s faith believed for Spirit intervention in church communities converting lives, bringing physical healing and transforming regions. In the maelstrom following Congolese Independence, Burton’s belief in his own brand of indigenisation made him an outlier even among Pentecostals. Burton’s pentecostal faith engendered an idealism which frustratingly conflicted with those not sharing it in the way he pursued it. This book thus serves Pentecostals and historians by clarifying Burton’s ideals and revealing the reasons for his frustrations.Trade ReviewW.F.P. Burton was a mythic and enigmatic figure of early Pentecostalism. Fiercely independent, inconsistent, and successful, he was an unstoppable force (with James Salter) building the Congo Evangelistic Mission, one of the earliest Pentecostal mission societies. Scholars of Pentecostalism and World Christianity have, until now, mostly shied away from Burton, justifiably intimidated by the complications of researching scattered archives, publications in not-yet digitized periodicals, books that are difficult to interpret, and a mass of uncritical popular literature with crucial details lurking in texts aimed at fund and prayer solicitation. David Emmett has had the courage to assemble, sort, and interpret these in the context of the repressive Belgian colonial structures and the evolving UK Pentecostal mission policy and politics. The resulting scholarly interpretation of Burton, his relationship with the Congo, and his role in global Pentecostalism is a historiographical tour-de-force. — Dr. David Bundy, Associate Director, Manchester Wesley Research Centre This book is an important addition to the thriving field of studies on global Pentecostalism. Written in lucid and erudite style, it examines one of the most important Pentecostal missions in Africa, the Congo Evangelistic Mission, through a biography of its founder, the British Pentecostal W.F.P. Burton. Emmett shows how Pentecostalism in the Belgian Congo was pioneered by Burton alongside local agency. The study explores Burton’s pioneering role within two strands of the global Pentecostal movement, British Pentecostalism and Congolese Pentecostalism. Emmett portrays Burton as a frustrated idealist whose ideal of an indigenous church in Congo was frustrated in his lifetime. On the one hand, the book charts the life story of a Pentecostal pioneer and advocate of indigenisation, who has been largely neglected within Pentecostal historiography. On the other, it restores the role played by local agents in establishing Congolese Pentecostalism by creating a historiography ‘from below’. Emmett draws upon both archival and oral sources, which are used critically to illuminate the nature of missionary and Congolese interaction. The book makes a significant contribution to Pentecostal historiography and to our understanding of the evolving interplay between missionaries and indigenous evangelists in one of Africa’s most populous nations. — Dr Richard Burgess, University of Roehampton, UK Given the enormous impact of global Pentecostalism on Christianity in general and African Christianity in particular, few Western figures in twentieth-century Christianity have been more unjustifiably neglected in biographic treatment than William Burton. A majority of academic biographies of early Pentecostals so far have focused on figures in the West, but the ministry of Burton and his African colleagues was highly influential; unlike many stories, it also left behind numerous contemporary records. Emmett is to be commended both for his choice of subject and for his engaging, sympathetic yet critical, and extremely well-researched treatment of this important figure. Emmett is also one of the few scholars, and at one of the last possible times in history, to be able to engage actively much reliable oral memory of this significant leader. — Craig S. Keener, F. M. and Ada Thompson Professor of Biblical Studies, Asbury Theological Seminary Pentecostal Pioneers deserve more than hagiography. William Burton was a pioneering maverick whose insights disturbed existing paradigms and provoked significant changes in outlooks and practices. Dave Emmett's work provides a clear-sighted outline and evaluation of Burton's contribution while also introducing Western readers to the lives and ministries of hither-to overlooked local leaders. This book will serve a future generation to understand its own history with nuanced appreciation. — Rev Dr Neil Hudson, adjunct Lecturer, Regents Theological College, Malvern, UK Burton’s remarkable life can be appreciated at a human level and this book will bring his enthralling story to a wider audience but, when put into the context of the first part of the 20th century, his achievements stand tall. He can reasonably be compared with John Wesley, Hudson Taylor or William Booth. — William K. Kay, Revd Professor, Glyndŵr UniversityTable of ContentsForeword Preface Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Abbreviations Glossary Quotations 1 Introduction  1.0 A Study Worth Doing  1.1 A Study within a Broader Context  1.2 A Brief Survey of Burton’s Resonance in British Pentecostalism  1.4 Methodologies  1.5 The Value of Burton’s Letters  1.6 Preserving Archives  1.7 Personal Connections  1.8 Methods and Approaches to Historiographical Writing  1.9 An Overview  1.1 0Conclusion: the Significance of this Study 2 Emerging as a Pentecostal (1886–1914)  Introduction  2.0 Family Background  2.1 Burton’s Conversion  2.2 Journey into Pentecostalism  2.3 Burton’s Pentecostal Missionary Union Application  2.4 Burton in Christian Ministry  2.5 Frustration with Missionary Societies and Missionary Candidates  2.6 Conclusion 3 Established Leader of Pentecostal Missionaries (1915–1958)  Introduction  3.0 Leaving for Africa in Isolation  3.1 South Africa  3.2 The 1914 Pentecostal Mission Journey to Congo  3.3 Burton’s Journey to Congo  3.4 Early Years at Mwanza  3.5 1921–1922 Burton back in Britain: Assemblies of God Initiative  3.6 The Crawford Link  3.7 The So-called ‘Revolutionary Idea’ of Indigenous Church  3.8 Conclusion 4 Burton’s Relationships with Congolese Pentecostals, Especially Ngoloma Ndela Bantu (1916–1939)  Introduction  4.0 The Frontier Narratives of the CEM  4.1 Ngoloma: one of the ‘Native Evangelists’  4.2 Considerations Based on the Ngoloma Story 5 Evangelising through Shalumbo (1916–1937)  Introduction  5.0 Shalumbo’s Name  5.1 Shalumbo’s Importance  5.2 Pre-Angola  5.3 In Angola  5.4 The Journey to Mwanza  5.5 A ‘Quantum-Leap'  5.6 Shalumbo’s Return to the Basongye  5.7 Back to Mwanza  5.8 Shalumbo and Masele Return to Kipushya with the Burtons  5.9 Burton’s Perceived Need for Spirit-filled Agency  5.10 Missionaries to Kipushya  5.11 The Complicating of Shalumbo’s Relationships  5.12 Shalumbo’s Death  5.13 Considerations on Shalumbo’s Life  5.14 Conclusion 6 Burton’s Devolving Power: the CEM 1959–1964  Introduction  6.0 Conferences, Administrative Board Meetings and Mood Swings 1959–1960  6.1 Growing Triggers for Indigenisation  6.2 Salisbury: July, End of August and Start of September 1960  6.3 June–December 1960: The ‘Hodgson-Knauf affair’  6.4 Time to close the Congo Evangelistic Mission?  6.5 Burton Believes the Old Days are Gone  6.6 Burton’s Post Congo Years  6.7 Conclusion 7 Conclusion: Frustrated Idealist  7.0 Conclusions on Burton’s Impact  7.1 Significance for African Pentecostalism  7.2 Significance for Pentecostals Today  7.3 Significance for Scholarship and Missiological Research Appendices Appendix 1 Timeline of Burton’s life Appendix 2 Burton’s letter to the PMU Council 16/10/1913 Appendix 3 Extract from Burton’s letter to Mundell 24/10/1913 (sic) Appendix 4 Extract from Burton’s letter to the PMU 07/12/1913 Appendix 5 The Rights and Wrongs of Indigenous Principles Appendix 6 Burton’s 1926 map of the working sphere of the CEM Appendix 7 Burton’s 1933 map of the working sphere of the CEM Appendix 8 Harold Womersley’s map of the CEM field in 1935 Appendix 9 Harold Womersley’s map of the CEM field in 1965 Appendix 10 Map of the Burtons’ and Shalumbo’s Return journey from Mwanza to Kipushya Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTheology and the Political: Theo-political Reflections on Contemporary Politics in Ecumenical Conversation, edited by Alexei Bodrov and Stephen M. Garrett, is the fruit of Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant conversations from East and West concerning the retrieval of theological discourse for political praxis, theo-political structural analysis of secularity/post-secularity, and distinct political engagement from varying Christian traditions that not only offer political critique but criticism of its particular tradition. This edited volume is animated by the motif of political action as witness in a missional key and makes a unique interdisciplinary contribution to the field of political theology that invites further reflection on the gospel instantiated in various cultural contexts in light of the boundary-crossing nature of mission and theological discourse.Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors 1 Introduction: Political Action as Witness  Stephen M. Garrett Part 1: Theo-political Retrieval for Contemporary Political Practice 2 Between Politics and Apocalypse: Discerning the missio Dei in the Contemporary Global Crisis  Michael Kirwan 3 Theology and the Basis of Human Rights  David A. Hoekema 4 Human Rights and the Orthodox Church in a Global World  Emmanuel Clapsis 5 Theology and the Justice of Nations: The Pursuit of an Elusive Justice in a Politically Plural World  Stephen M. Garrett Part 2: Theo-political Structural Analysis of Secularity and Post-Secularity 6 Terrorism and Political Theology  Jürgen Moltmann  Translated by Stephen Hamilton 7 A Tortuous Boundary: Polis, Civil Religion, and the Distinction between the Sacred and Profane  Pavlo Smytsnyuk 8 Fundamentalism in Eastern Christianity  Cyril Hovorun 9 The Political Aspects of Weak Theology  Svetlana Konacheva Part 3: Theo-political Engagement from Specific Christian Traditions 10 What Is Wrong with the “Left” and the “Right”? An Orthodox Christian Perspective  Davor Džalto 11 The Prince of Peace Smokes a Peace Pipe: A Church Response to the Challenge of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission  Jon Coutts 12 Going Political? The Involvement of Churches in Public Debates on Prolife Issues in Belarus  Natallia Vasilevich 13 Gendering the Fronts and Fronts against Gender: Feminism and Political Theology in Post-Maidan Ukraine  Heleen Zorgdrager 14 Evangelicalism, Authoritarianism, and Socialism: Dialectical Theology in Twenty-First Century America  W. Travis McMaken Index of Names and Subjects

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Book SynopsisIn The Martyrs of Japan, Rady Roldán-Figueroa examines the role that Catholic missionary orders played in the dissemination of accounts of Christian martyrdom in Japan. The work combines several historiographical approaches, including publication history, history of missions, and “new” institutional history. The author offers an overarching portrayal of the writing, printing, and circulation of books of ‘Japano-martyrology.’ The book is organized into two parts. The first part, “Spirituality of Writing, Publication History, and Japano-martyrology,” addresses topics ranging from the historical background of Christianity in Japan to the publishers of Japano-martyrology. The second part, “Jesuits, Discalced Franciscans, and the Production of Japano-martyrology in the Early Modern Spanish World,” features closer analysis of selected works of Japano-martyrology by Jesuit and Discalced Franciscan writers.Trade Review“Roldán-Figueroa explores their [i.e. Japano-martyrological texts] production, language context, and authors with a reference to the respective orders involved: The Jesuits, the Dominicans, and the Discalced Franciscans. Roldán-Figueroa stresses the fact that publishing was part of the missionary agenda in order to receive donations and in-kind contributions as well as preferential treatment by the European nobility. However, this was not the only aim: As he amply shows in Part Two of the volume, missionaries tended to portray the lives of martyrs as the culminating achievements of Christians who, being ready to sacrifice their lives, demonstrated their authentic faith. The heroism and zeal of Catholic missionaries, with their cult and veneration as saints, aimed at the recruiting of new missionaries.” Marzia Alteno, University of Vienna. In: Religious Studies Review, Vol. 47, No. 4 (2021), p. 560. “ ...el libro es un trabajo de calidad que nos acerca a un mejor conocimiento de las políticas de publicación dirigidas por las órdenes religiosas a través de las relaciones de los autores con sus instituciones. Por tanto, es un destacado aporte historiográfico a la cultura intelectual del clero y a los horizontes planetarios en los que actuaron.” Daniel Atienza-Atienza, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. In: Anuario de Historia de la Iglesia, Vol. 31 (2022), pp. 671–672. “Stressing the popularity of religious literature in Spain and its overseas possessions, Roldán-Figueroa argues that one cannot neatly dissect these texts into decontextualized parts to meet current research needs. One must focus on their religious character, because religious men were their primary authors. This self-evident conclusion is often overlooked, especially the fact that Jesuit and mendicant writers were deeply influenced by their orders' spiritual practices and institutional cultures. Roldán-Figueroa rightly links the many tasks and responsibilities of missionary offices to the very act of writing itself and hence the content and narrative structures of religious literature. A major strength of The Martyrs of Japan is Roldán-Figueroa's qualitative analysis of Japano-martyrological texts. Drawing primarily on the Laures Kirshita [sic. Kirishitan, rrf] Bunko Database, he identified 382 publications that referenced Christian martyrdom in Japan between 1598 and 1700 (numbered and organized by date in a separate bibliography). Based upon the available bibliographic data, Roldán-Figueroa found that members of the religious orders—especially the Jesuits— were the primary authors of these texts; that they were printed in seventy-eight cities in Europe, New Spain, and the Philippines; and that they were published in nine European languages, with Spanish, Italian, and French being the most predominant. Unlike the other mission histories where missionaries are early modern ethnographers or scientists, in The Martyrs of Japan they are administrators, editors, promoters, carriers of manuscripts, and book distributors.” Jason Dyck, University of Western Ontario. In: Journal of History (University of Toronto Press), Vol. 57, No. 3 (December 2022), pp. 497–499. “The book presents a comprehensive and detailed analysis of hagiographic literature related to Catholic missions in Japan, especially in the context of the Spanish Empire. In both parts of the publication, the author pays great attention to the role of individual religious orders and order policies, which were a key factor in the history of early modern Christian missions in East Asia, as well as to the specifics of Japano-martyrological publications among individual orders. […]. The author’s work is valuable in that it illustrates the early history of Christianity in Japan and deepens our understanding of how the missionary activities of the Catholic Church were presented to the Catholic public in other countries, and how missionary activities were linked through hagiography with the life and spirituality of Christians in countries where Christianity was already established. His combined quantitative and qualitative research approach to analyzing the publication history of religious literature can be a methodological inspiration for other areas, not exclusively those focused on missions." Ondřej Pazdírek, Masaryk University. In: Studia Theologica, Vol. 25, No. 1 (2023), pp. 238–241 [translated from the Czech].

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Book Synopsis‘Ecumenism’ and ‘independency’ suggest two distinct impulses in the history of Christianity: the desire for unity, co-operation, connectivity, and shared belief and practice, and the impulse for distinction, plurality, and contextual translation. Yet ecumenism and independency are better understood as existing in critical tension with one another. They provide a way of examining changes in World Christianity. Taking their lead from the internationally acclaimed research of Brian Stanley, in whose honour this book is published, contributors examine the entangled nature of ecumenism and independency in the modern global history of Christianity. They show how the scrutiny afforded by the attention to local, contextual approaches to Christianity outside the western world, may inform and enrich the attention to transnational connectivity.Table of Contents& Notes on Contributors  Introduction: Ecumenism and Independency in World Christianity   Emma Wild-Wood 1 Brian Stanley: Scholar of World Christian History   David Bebbington Part 1: Studying World Christianity 2 1899–1900: Ecumenism and Independency in the Emerging World History of Christianity   Mark Noll 3 Independency in Ecumenical Christianity   David M. Thompson 4 Mission: Integrated or Autonomous? Implications for the Study of World Christianity   Kirsteen Kim 5 Evangelical Revivals in Twentieth Century Christianity: Reflections on the East African Revival in the Light of Revivals in East Asia   Kevin Ward 6 Creation Care in Latin America: Lessons from Catholics and Evangélicos   Allen Yeh Part 2: Christians Working Together 7 The Missionary Concerns of Brunswick Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Leeds, in the Victorian Era   David Bebbington 8 Baptist Students in Cambridge: Denominational and Ecumenical Identities, from the 1920s to the 1940s   Ian Randall 9 ‘You are old, Father William’: Generational Abrasiveness in the Missionary Movement   Andrew F. Walls 10 Field Workers and Mission Leaders in Tension: Practical Ecumenism in the Shanxi Mission   Andrew T. Kaiser 11 The Advance of Pentecostalism in China, 1907–1937   Rolf Gerhard Tiedemann 12 Sacred Music and Christian Transnationalism in 1920s-1930s China and Japan   Dana L. Robert Part 3: Pluriform Christianity 13 China, Social Ethics and the European Enlightenment  Stewart J. Brown 14 ‘The Lutheran AggressionControversy’: Caste and Class Conflict of Christians in 19th Century South India   Robert Eric Frykenberg 15 Edinburgh 1910 Onward: Cheng Jingyi, Vedanayagam S. Azariah and the Ecumenical Movement in Asia   Marina Xiaojing Wang 16 Revolutionary or Reforming? Christian Engagement in Politics during Military-Backed Governments   Sebastian C. H. Kim 17 Urbanisation, Diaspora, and the Tenacity of Chinese Evangelicalism   Alexander Chow  Afterword: Ecclesiological Considerations for Ecumenism and Independency   Alexander Chow   Bibliography of Brian Stanley’s Writings   Index

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Book SynopsisWorld Christianity publications proliferate but the issue of methodology has received little attention. World Christianity: Methodological Considerations addresses this lacuna and explores the methodological ramifications of the World Christianity turn. In twelve chapters scholars from various academic backgrounds (anthropology, religious studies, history, missiology, intercultural studies, theology, and patristics) as well as of multiple cultural and national belongings investigate methodological issues (e.g. methods, use of sources, choosing a unit of analysis, terminology, conceptual categories,) relevant to World Christianity debates. In a closing chapter the editors Frederiks and Nagy converge the findings and sketch the outlines of what they coin as a ‘World Christianity approach’, a multidisciplinary and multiple perspective approach to study Christianity/ies’ plurality and diversity in past and present.Trade Review"this volume is a fine and instructive introduction to the rapidly changing field of World Christianity studies." - Henk Bakker, Amsterdam, in: Journal of European Baptist Studies, Volume 21.2 (2021).Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors Introduction  Martha Frederiks and Dorottya Nagy 1 World Christianity: Contours of an Approach  Martha Frederiks 2 Recalling the Term ‘World Christianity’: Excursions into Worldings of Literature, Philosophy, and History  Dorottya Nagy 3 Decoloniality and Interculturality in World Christianity: A Latin American Perspective  Raimundo C. Barreto Jr. 4 The Interpretations, Problems and Possibilities of Missionary Sources in the History of Christianity in Africa  Emma Wild-Wood 5 Methodological Reflections on the Study of Chinese Christianities  Joseph Tse-Hei Lee and Christie Chui-Shan Chow 6 Interfaith Relations within the Emerging Field of World Christianity  S. Wesley Ariarajah 7 Thai Comparative Theologizing: Material and Methodological Reflections  Kari Storstein Haug 8 Interreligious Dialogue: A Case Study Approach in Respect to the Vatican and the World Council of Churches  Douglas Pratt 9 Conquering Rome: Constructing a Global Christianity in the Face of Terror. A Case Study into the Representations of the Beheading of Twenty-One Migrant Workers in January 2015  Lucien van Liere 10 Multiple Religious Belonging and Identity in Contemporary Nigeria: Methodological Reflections for World Christianity  Corey L. Williams 11 Augustine’s Approach to Heresies as an Aid to Understanding His Ideas on Interaction between Christian Traditions  Paul J.J. van Geest 12 The Rise of ‘New Generation’ Churches in Kerala Christianity  Stanley John 13 Methodological Considerations: Convergences  Martha Frederiks and Dorottya Nagy Index

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Book SynopsisIn Christianity and Conversion among Migrants, Darren Carlson explores the faith, beliefs, and practices of migrants and refugees as well as the Christian organizations serving them between 2014–2018 in Athens, Greece. This is the first major study of migrant faith communities and refugee centers conducted in Athens. The study traces the travel stories of participants as they leave their home countries and migrate to Athens. Darren Carlson discusses the ways evangelical and Pentecostal Christians served migrants along their journey, how churches and specific refugee centers served and proclaimed the gospel, and the impact Christian witness had on migrants, particularly Muslims, who were converting to evangelical Christian faith.Trade Review"It is an excellent primer for those seeking a better understanding of migrant faith, as well as an encouragement to the Western church, showing the positive impact of a theology of welcome towards those displaced."— Will Cumbia, Vienna, in: Journal of European Baptist Studies, Volume 21.2 (2021). This book contributes to a theoretical enrichment of the myriad intersections between religion and forced migration. Hitherto, the forced migration field witnessed a dearth of research on religious imaginaries in refugees and migrants’ journeys. The author, located in diaspora missiology, and utilizing research triangulation and a multi-layered analysis, provides a rich longitudinal study that constructs complex narratives of travel, conversion and faith of refugees and migrants, but also role of migrant organizations in Athens. This book fills an important lacuna by privileging migrants’ agency, voices, profoundly formative Christian experiences and religious imaginaries in transitional, liminal contexts of displacement, journeys and sojourning. — Afe Adogame, Maxwell M. Upson Professor of Religion and Society, Princeton Theological Seminary, USA. Darren Carlson has broken new ground with his portraits of migrant Christian communities in Athens. There have been studies of churches formed by immigrants in places like London, but this is the first analysis of churches composed of migrants from Africa and the Middle East in transit to a final destination in Europe. — Dr Mark Beaumont, Research Associate, London School of Theology Christianity and Conversion among Migrants is a theoretically robust ethnographic account of immigrants, refugees, and the Christian ministries which serve them in Athens. Carlson provides a wealth of moving stories, interviews, and analysis to show how testimony to the life of Jesus is at work amongst these people on the move. For confessing Christians, Carlson also provides powerful stories for how the biblical practice of hospitality to strangers is being embodied in migrants, refugees, and others in the 21st century in Athens. — Joshua W. Jipp, Associate Professor of New Testament, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School The migrants’ conversion to Christianity is one of several ‘responses’ to crises people on the move face. Whilst there are fine works on conversion to Christianity, this ethnographic analysis goes further. i. it rigorously maintains a distinction between Iranian, Afghan, Eritrean and Ghanaian migrants into Greece and offers an empirically supported and unexpectedly complex reasons for their conversion; ii. It underlines converts’ agency in conversion without over simplifying it by excluding the agency of the Christian workers; and iii. it highlights the crucial sense in which the context where this occurs is significantly different from other analyses of conversion stories; in that Greece, where all this unfolds, merely serves as a transit station in the converts’ stories. This book is an excellent resource for both missiologist and conversion specialists; it is also a must read for those starting their research in these fields. — David Emmanuel Singh, The Oxford Centre for Mission StudiesTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgements Abbreviations List of Tables and FiguresI 1 Methodological Reflections  1.1 Overview of Research  1.2 Missiology, Diaspora, and Ethnography  1.3 Critical Realism, Theological Understanding, and Social Science  1.4 Challenges to Conducting Research with Immigrant Populations  1.5 The Participants  1.6 Insider/Outsider  1.7 Interviews  1.8 Participant Observation  1.9 Research Ethics 2 The Field of Study  2.1 The Great Movement of People  2.2 Reasons for Migration  2.3 Global Christianity  2.4 Diaspora Christianity Literature Review  2.5 Definitions  2.6 Christian Witness and Migration 3 Travel  3.1 The Basics  3.2 Leaving Home  3.3 Travel Stories  3.4 The Migration Industry  3.5 Conclusion 4 Evangelical Refugee Centers  4.1 Oasis  4.2 Helping Hands  4.3 Hellenic Ministries  4.4 AMG International  4.5 Father’s Heart  4.6 Bridges  4.7 Faros  4.8 Issues Faced  4.9 Conclusion 5 Conversion from Islam to Evangelical Christianity  5.1 Conversion from Islam to Christianity Literature  5.2 Defining Conversion  5.3 Reasons Given for Converting  5.4 Dreams and Visions  5.5 Fake Conversions and Reconversions  5.6 What Happens Next  5.7 Conclusion 6 “Churches”  6.1 Eritrean Church of Athens  6.2 Redeemed Lighthouse  6.3 Polis: Glyfada Church and Exarchia Church  6.4 Iranian Evangelical Church of Athens  6.5 Agape Church—Afghan  6.6 Persian Leader 4’s Church  6.7 Man Cave Church  6.8 Conclusion 7 Summary  7.1 Immigration as Mission  7.2 Hospitality, Evangelism, and Tensions  7.3 “Western” vs. “Biblical” 8 Chosen Sojourners  8.1 Hospitality to Strangers  8.2 Hospitality as Advocacy  8.3 Hospitality as Gospel Proclamation  8.4 Salvation for the Migrant Appendix A: List of Known Migrant Churches in Athens, Greece Appendix B: Interview Guide Appendix C: Key Issues to Address While Attending Migrant Churches and Refugee Centers Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTrade and Finance in Global Missions (16th-18th Centuries) is a collection of twelve articles focusing on missionary economic practices, often perceived as an important tool in their spiritual and missionary endeavours, but also raising controversies in Europe and in the overseas missions. Missionaries, just like merchants and other investors, sought the most profitable ventures and tapped into transcontinental flow of capital during the first globalisation. All the chapters in this volume address the question of Catholic missionary economy in the early modern period by looking into concrete cases of the opening, financing, growth and preservation of Christian missions and related institutions such as churches, colleges and other permanent endowments in Asia, Europe and Latin America.

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