The Church Mission Society and World Christianity, 1799-1999

Kevin Ward (Editor), Brian Stanley (Editor)

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Abstract

The Church Missionary Society (now renamed the Church Mission Society) has been for most of its 200-year history the largest and most influential of the British Protestant missionary agencies. Its bicentenary in 1999 is being marked by the publication of this collection of historical and theological essays by an international team of scholars, including Lamin Sanneh, Kenneth Cragg, and Geoffrey A. Oddie. The volume contains re-assessments of the classic centenary history of the CMS by Eugene Stock and of the strategic vision of Henry Venn, one of the two architects of the Three-Self theory of the indigenous church. There are chapters on the close links between the CMS and the Basel Mission, women missionaries, and regional studies of Samuel Crowther and the Niger mission, Iran, the Middle East, New Zealand, India, and Kikuyu Christianity. The volume makes a major contribution to the growing body of literature on the indigenization of missionary traditions, and will be of interest to historians of the missionary movement and non-western Christianity, as well as theologians concerned with religious pluralism, dialogue, and Christian mission.

Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationLondon
PublisherRoutledge
Number of pages400
Edition1st
ISBN (Electronic)9781136830891, 9781315028033
ISBN (Print)9780700712083, 9781032340371
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 17 Feb 2000

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NameStudies in the History of Christian Missions

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  • Afterword: The CMS and the separation of anglicanism from “Englishness”

    Stanley, B., 17 Feb 2000, The Church Mission Society and World Christianity, 1799-1999. Ward, K. & Stanley, B. (eds.). 1st ed. London: Routledge, p. 344-352 9 p. (Studies in the History of Christian Missions).

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