American women played in important part in Protestant foreign missionary work from its early days at the beginning of the nineteenth century. This work allowed them to disseminate the Prostestant religious principles in which they believed, and by enabling them to...

Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 1997-10-23

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This book explains the concept of Islamic "da'wah", or missionary activity, as it has developed in contemporary Western contexts. Poston traces the transition from the early "external-institutional" missionary approach impracticable in modern Western society, to an...

Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 1992-06-04

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In 1983 three priests--among them Irishman Niall O'Brien --together with six lay leaders were arrested in the Philippines on a false charge of murder. The government of Ferdinand Marcos hoped in this way to silence those within the church who were increasingly speaking...

Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 1987-10-29

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Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 1985-02-21

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