Series: Studies in the History of Christian Missions (SHCM)

In this volume, leading historians of Christianity in the non-Western world examine the relationship between missionaries and nineteenth-century European colonialism, and between indigenous converts and the colonial contexts in which they lived. Forced to operate within a political framework of European expansionism that lay outside their power to control, missionaries and early converts variously attempted to co-opt certain aspects of colonialism and to change what seemed prejudicial to gospel values.

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Exploring how Christianity became a world religion, this brief history examines Christian missions and their relationship to the current globalization of Christianity.

• A short and enlightening history of Christian missions: a phenomenon that many say reflects the single most important intercultural movement over a sustained period of human history
• Offers a thematic overview that takes into account the political, cultural, social, and theological issues
• Discusses the significance of missions to the globalization of Christianity, and broadens our understanding of...