| Nothing But Christ: Rufus Anderson and the Ideology of Protestant Foreign Missions Contributor(s): Harris, Paul William (Author) |
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ISBN: 019513172X ISBN-13: 9780195131727 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $178.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2000 Annotation: This book examines the career of Rufus Anderson, the central figure in the formation and implementation of missionary ideology in the middle decades of the nineteenth century. Corresponding Secretary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions from 1832 to 1866, Anderson effectively set the terms of debate on missionary policy on both sides of the Atlantic and indeed long after his death. In telling his story, Harris also speaks to basic questions in nineteenth-century American history and in the relationship between American culture and the cultures of what later came to be known as the third world. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Ministry - Missions - Religion | Christianity - History - Religion | History |
| Dewey: 266.023 |
| LCCN: 99019369 |
| Lexile Measure: 1620 |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 6.4" W x 9.24" (1.15 lbs) 216 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book examines the career of Rufus Anderson, the central figure in the formation and implementation of missionary ideology in the middle decades of the nineteenth century. Corresponding Secretary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions from 1832 to 1866, Anderson effectively set the terms of debate on missionary policy on both sides of the Atlantic and indeed long after his death. In telling his story, Harris also speaks to basic questions in nineteenth-century American history and in the relationship between American culture and the cultures of what later came to be known as the third world. |