The nature of the seafarers' life is one of mobility and therefore separation from family and the local religious community. In terms of Christian Mission, this makes evangelism difficult and fellowship and nurturing by the church almost impossible. The focus of this dissertatio…
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This study arose from experiential, historical, theological, and theoretical convictions as to the inadequate, inappropriate, and ineffective nature of Western theology in Arab Muslim contexts. It will explore the issues involved in enabling Christian theologians, theological ed…
The thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries mark a turning point in the history of relations between Muslims, Christians and Jews living in the Iberian peninsula and its environs. As the so-called wars of reconquista brought practically all of Muslim al-Andalus under the rule …
This dissertation offers a historical narrative and postcolonial assessment of the Pentecostal mission in Palestine. Its methodology is informed by Edward Said's Orientalism. The Pentecostal mission in Palestine is a virtually unknown episode in the history of Pentecostalism. Th…
The thesis follows the development of selected Christian missions in India as a form of NGO activity. The thesis examines the development of this form of NGO activity seeking to find factors that have made for success in areas of Christian expansion but also the resultant social…
Mennonites have engaged in education, medical, and peacemaking work in Somalia since entering the country in 1953. This dissertation focuses on what theological differences or continuity can be identified across the span of these six decades. My research included secondary sourc…
This book explores the emergence and subsequent refinement of the idea of Hinduism as it developed among British Protestant missionaries in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The author demonstrates how the missionaries' construction of Hinduism grew out of their own …
This important book explores the emergence and subsequent refinement of the idea of Hinduism as it developed among British Protestant missionaries in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The author demonstrates how the missionaries' construction of Hinduism grew out of …
We are entering a new era--an era of impact. The largest intergenerational transfer of wealth in history will soon be under way, bringing with it the potential for huge increases in philanthropic funding. Engine of Impact shows how nonprofits can apply the principles of strategi…
