Matteo Ricci (1552-1610) var jesuit og rejste som missionær i Kina fra 1583 til sin død i 1610
This book is not only a rich and compelling narrative about Ricci's life in Italy, India, and China, but also a significant work of global history, in which intellectual, social, military, maritime, and religious themes are drawn together, juxtaposing the world of Counter-Reform…
This book is not only a rich and compelling narrative about Ricci's life in Italy, India, and China, but also a significant work of global history, in which intellectual, social, military, maritime, and religious themes are drawn together, juxtaposing the world of Counter-Reform…
Introduction: Evangelical Christianity and the problem of difference -- "A grand and awful time"--Faith and hope -- Callings -- Congregation -- Conflict and community -- Conclusion: Transformations
Mission to Siam
by Project Muse, Acocella, Joan Ross, Hartzell, Jessie MacKinnon
fromBook collections on Project MUSE
"Jessie MacKinnon Hartzell arrived in Northern Thailand in 1912, the young wife of a recently ordained Presbyterian missionary. Thousands of miles lay between her and her grandparents' farm in Nova Scotia, where she had been born and raised. But over the next sixteen years, Thai…
"Jessie MacKinnon Hartzell arrived in Northern Thailand in 1912, the young wife of a recently ordained Presbyterian missionary. Thousands of miles lay between her and her grandparents' farm in Nova Scotia, where she had been born and raised. But over the next sixteen years, Thai…