Ken Stewart on Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe: Fictional Missionary in Britain’s Pre-Missionary Age
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Mrs M.A. Miller was well qualified to write a history of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society, having served with them since its foundation in 1879. My thanks to Redcliffe College for providing me with a copy of the book to digitise. This title is in the public domain. Mrs M.A. Miller, History of the Woman’s…
This little book tells the story of the Church Missionary Society’s work in Egypt and Palestine up to the early 1930s. S.A. Morrison, The Way of Partnership With the C.M.S. in Egypt and Palestine. London: Church Missionary Society, 1936. Hbk. pp.87. Click to download in PDF. Reproduced by kind permission of the Church Missionary Society…
Despite its somewhat unfortunate title, this book provides a helpful overview of Christian missions in Egypt before focusing on the work of the Presbyterian Church of North America. My thanks to Redcliffe College for providing me with a copy to digitise. This book is now in the public domain. Charles R. Watson [1873-1948], Egypt and…
This is a book for children about the life of the missionary pioneer to South America, W. Barbrooke Grubb. This is the second of four in this blog mini-series featuring Grubb. Norman James Davidson [1860-1936], Barbrooke Grubb Pathfinder. The Record of an Adventurous Life of Courage & Endurance Nobly Spent Amongst the Savage Peoples of…
John Sung was a Chinese evangelist. He travelled to the US, where he earned a Ph.D. from Ohio State University before studying theology at Union Theological Seminary. Ralph R. Covell, writing in the Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions, notes that… After his return to China in 1927, he engaged in widespread evangelism, teaching, and training…
An important historical study of the relationships between the Government of India, that of Great Britain (and others), and Christian mission in India. My thanks to the Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide for providing a copy of this public domain title for digitisation. Arthur Innes Mayhew [1878-1948], Christianity and the Government of India. An Examination…