The Evangelization of the World
Jacques A. Blocher (1909-1986) was a well-known writer on missions and a professor of mission history at three French institutes: L’Institut Biblique de Nogent-sur-Marne, Faculté de théologie protestante d’Aix-en-Provence, and Faculté de théologie évangelique de Vaux-sur-Seine.
Jacques Blandenier has been a professor of mission history at three institutions in France and Switzerland: Faculté de Vaux-sur-Seine, Institut Biblique Emmaus, and L’Institut Biblique de Nogentsur-sur-Marne. Among other mission-related publishing and educational work, he has also been the editor of Semailles et Moisson (Sowing and Reaping), a monthly journal of the evangelical churches of French-speaking Switzerland.
Michael Parker received his MDiv from Fuller Theological Seminary and his PhD in American Religious and Cultural History from the University of Maryland. From 1995 to 2006, he served as a Presbyterian missionary in Sudan and Rwanda.
The book is careful to explain historical context and mission theory, but the foci of the narrative are the great personalities of mission—the Apostle Paul, St. Martin of Tours, St. Patrick, St. Francis Xavier, John Eliot, Count Von Zinzendorf, William Carey, Robert Morrison, David Livingstone, Mary Slessor, Albert Schweitzer, and many others—who make this account of the expansion of the church a fascinating and often dramatic tale.
In addition, the book does not neglect the great mission conferences of the twentieth century, nor does it avoid the controversial aspects of mission that, in many instances, continue to vex the movement today.
Preface
Preface by the Translator
Author’s Postscript to the French Edition
Introduction
Book I: THE HISTORY OF MISSION THROUGH THE LATE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
Section I The Church of the First Centuries
1. Apostolic Mission: From the Ascension to the End of the First Century
2. The Mission of the Persecuted Church:From the Apostle John to Constantine (100–313)
3. Evangelization in the Fourth Century: The Imperial Church and Expansion Beyond the Roman Empire
Section II Mission in the Middle Ages
4. The West: From the Fifth to the Eighth Century.
5. Islam and the Decline of Christianity in the East
6. The Last Step in the Expansion of the Church in Europe: From the Ninth to the Tenth Century
7. The Churches of the East and West Confronted by Islam
8. The Extension of the Church beyond Europe (400–1450)
Section III Catholic Mission: From the Renaissance through the Eighteenth Century
9. New Horizons in Europe
10. Catholic Mission in the Americas
11. Catholic Mission in Africa
12. Catholic Mission in Asia and Oceania
Section IV The Emergence of Protestant Mission
13. Protestant Missionary Thought
14. The Beginnings of Protestant Mission
15. The First Missionary Societies (1670–1800)
16. The Moravians
Book II: A CONCISE HISTORY OF MISSIONS FROM 1792 to 1945
Introduction to Book II
Section I The Birth of the Principal Protestant Societies in the Age of Modern Missions
1. Precursors and Founders
2. The Missionary Societies of the “Second Wave”
Section II Protestant Mission in Asia
3. William Carey: “Father of Modern Missions”
4. Protestant Missions in India and Neighboring Countries
5. Protestant Pioneers in China: Robert Morrison and Karl Gutzlaff
6. Hudson Taylor and the China Inland Mission
7. Protestant Missions in the Far East
Section III The Evangelization of the Pacific Islands
8. Tahiti and the Society Islands
9. Two Pioneers of the Pacific: John Williams and John Paton
10. The Loyalty Islands and New Caledonia
Section IV The Evangelization of Africa
Part One: Southern Africa
11. The First Missionaries in South Africa
12. David Livingstone: Missionary and Explorer
13. Francois Coillard: Founder of the Zambezi Mission
Part Two: West Africa
14. Dramatic Beginnings
15. A Self-supporting Church
16. Coastal Regions of West Africa
17. The Ivory Coast
18. Protestant Mission and the Foundation of the Church in Cameroon
19. The Sudanese Regions
Part Three : Central Africa and Madagascar
20. The Belgian Congo: Exploration, Evangelization, and Foundation of a Church
21. An African Prop het: Simon Kimbangu
22. The Pioneers in the Region of the Great Lakes
23. The Horn of Africa
24. French Equatorial Africa
25. Angola
26. Madagascar
Part Four: North Africa and the Near East
27. Evangelistic Presence in the Maghreb and Egypt
28. The Gospel in the Near East
Section V Protestant Mission in Latin America
29. From Protestant Immigration to Evangelization
30. Development of Protestant Missions in Latin America
Section VI Concluding Points
31. Protestant Mission and Colonization
32. The World Missionary Conferences
Afterword
Bibliography
Index
Authors
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Jacques A. Blocher
Jacques A. Blocher
Jacques A. Blocher (1909-1986) was a well-known writer on missions and a professor of mission history at three French institutes: L’Institut Biblique de Nogent-sur-Marne, Faculté de théologie protestante d’Aix-en-Provence, and Faculté de théologie évangelique de Vaux-sur-Seine.
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Jacques Blandenier
Jacques Blandenier
Jacques Blandenier has been a professor of mission history at three institutions in France and Switzerland: Faculté de Vaux-sur-Seine, Institut Biblique Emmaus, and L’Institut Biblique de Nogentsur-sur-Marne. Among other mission-related publishing and educational work, he has also been the editor of Semailles et Moisson (Sowing and Reaping), a monthly journal of the evangelical churches of French-speaking Switzerland.
Contributor
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Michael Parker
Michael Parker
Michael Parker received his MDiv from Fuller Theological Seminary and his PhD in American Religious and Cultural History from the University of Maryland. From 1995 to 2006, he served as a Presbyterian missionary in Sudan and Rwanda.
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William Carey Publishing
William Carey Publishing
- Binding: Paperback
- Publish Year: 2013
- Vendor: William Carey Library
