Ken Stewart on Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe: Fictional Missionary in Britain’s Pre-Missionary Age
The following article is now available on-line in PDF by permission of the author:
The following article is now available on-line in PDF by permission of the author:
James Whitford Bashford [1848-1919] wrote this biblical theology of mission after spending 15 years as a Methodist bishop in China. He worked for the unification of Methodism within China, but opposed independence from the American church. This book is in the public domain. James Whitford Bashford [1849-1919], God’s Missionary Plan for the World. London: Robert…
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…
The first request I received when I announced that I would be uploading books on mission was for something about work in Japan. This little booklet contains “some soul-stirring accounts of God’s grace in Japan”, so I hope that it proves of interest. G.D., “Pulled out of the Fire”. Birkenhead: The Japan Rescue Mission, [c.1930]. pp.62. Click…
The 1928 Jerusalem Missions Conference discussed a wide range of topics from industrialisation to race relations. Some of the material in this 8 Volume set remains in copyright, but I have now made available what can be published legally. My thanks to the Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide for providing the set of reports for…
Edwin Hodder’s 6 volume work intended to provide an overview of the progress of Christian Missions since the 17th Century extends to over 1,700 pages and is profusely illustrated throughout. In particular, the detailed colour maps included in each volume are worth examining closely. My thanks to Redcliffe College for providing me with a copy…
This book tells the story of the work of the Church Missionary Society in Nigeria. My thanks the the C.M.S. for their permission to place this book on on-line. F. Deaville Walker, The Romance of the Black River. The Story of C.M.S. Nigeria Mission. London: Church Missionary Society, 1931. Hbk. pp.267. [Click to download the…