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Copertina Czarist Missionary Contact with Central Asia: Models of Contextualization?

Czarist Missionary Contact with Central Asia: Models of Contextualization? / David M. Johnstone

Abstract/Sommario: From the 16. century the Russian Empire became more assertive and expansionist. The conquest of Kazan and Astrakhan opened the door to localized evangelism among the people of Siberia by exceptional men. Russian expansion into the Crimea and Central Asia linked conversion with colonization: as Russian expanded into the southern steppes, missionary work was used as a way to assimilate and penetrate new regions. In 1773 Catherine adopted a new policy toward the Muslims of her empire. Tr ...; [Leggi tutto...] From the 16. century the Russian Empire became more assertive and expansionist. The conquest of Kazan and Astrakhan opened the door to localized evangelism among the people of Siberia by exceptional men. Russian expansion into the Crimea and Central Asia linked conversion with colonization: as Russian expanded into the southern steppes, missionary work was used as a way to assimilate and penetrate new regions. In 1773 Catherine adopted a new policy toward the Muslims of her empire. Trying to avoid rebellions, she sought to win to the goodwill of her Muslim subjects. Reversing earlier imperial policies, she had new mosques built, and benefits were no longer offered to new Christian converts. This change led to a mass exodus to superficial converts back to Islam. In 19. century, the apostasy that widespread in Muslim regions caused the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church to begin appealing for missionaries. Makarii Glukharev (1792-1849) began his mission in the Altai Range. When preaching proved to be inadequate, Glukharev set out to become a servant to the nomads, especially in the areas of medicine and hygiene, introducing vaccination , going into local homes and doing the cleaning himself. In 1839 he published a volume outlining his theology and incorporating some of his ideas on missionary training (Thoughts on Means of the Most Successful Expansion of the Christian Faith Among Jews, Mohammedans, and Heathens in the Russian Empire). He recommended a program that included medicine, nursing, and agriculture. On the field, Glukharev was very cautious in admitting the nomadic tribesman to baptism: over the course of 13 years he baptized 650 adults. By the turn of the century there were 25.000 converts, 188 Christian villages, 67 churches with services entirely in the vernacular languages. Nikolai Ivanovitch Ilminskii (1822-1891) outlined the principles for cross-cultural evangelism. He translated portions of the Scripture and liturgical works into the colloquial languages of the Tatars. Illminskii first assertion was that a mission must preach to each tribe in its common conversational language. Accordingly, the Scriptures and the Orthodox liturgical books must be translated into the vernacular of each people, with the direct aid of the indigenous people. He produced a phonetic script easily accessible to common people, then using Russian characters, he eliminated the use of Arabic script: in this way Ilminskii set out to break the link with Islam. Because of the needs for highly influent teachers and priests, Ilminskii recommended that indigenous educators and clergy be trained. The establishment of the Russian Missionary Society in 1865 further consolidated the work of the Orthodox Church

Copertina In the Shadow of the Missionary Captain: Captain James Wilson and the LMS Mission to the Pacific

In the Shadow of the Missionary Captain: Captain James Wilson and the LMS Mission to the Pacific / Kirsteen Murray

Abstract/Sommario: James Wilson (1760-1814) converted to evangelical faith late in his life and he felt called to volunteer for missionary service after reading the Evangelical Magazine. Due to his experience of navigation and of India, he was sent to the South Sea by the London Missionary Society in 1795. He arrived at Thaiti on March 1797, with other twenty missionaries, but misunderstandings between mission field and London overshadowed the mission at Thaiti until the conversion of the island in 18 ...; [Leggi tutto...]

The Legacy of Melvill Horne / Suzanne Schwarz

Abstract/Sommario: Melville Horne (1762-1841) was ordained to the ministry of the Church of England in 1786 and accepted the appointment as chaplain to the colony at Sierra Leone as a springboard for his missionary work but returned home a year after, disappointed by the failure of his mission. Horne's writings caught the evangelical imagination and stimulated a number of initiatives to expand missionary work overseas. Horne was an early advocate of the formation of voluntary societies, recognizing tha ...; [Leggi tutto...]

Copertina Maori and Mission Sisters in New Zealand Since 1865: Changing Approaches

Maori and Mission Sisters in New Zealand Since 1865: Changing Approaches / Susan Smith

Abstract/Sommario: The increasing number of settlers in New Zealand during the first half of 19. century, produced a shift from a mission of evangelization of the Maori population to a mission of retention, for the largely Irish settler community. The Mission Sisters, founded by Euphrasie Barbier for the education of women and children in non-Catholic countries, arrived in New Zealand in 1865. They took the responsibility to teach to Maori girls in the St. Joseph's Maori Girls' College, in which there ...; [Leggi tutto...]

Copertina Thinking Missiologically About the History of Mission

Thinking Missiologically About the History of Mission / Stanley H. Skreslet

Abstract/Sommario: Is there a missiological approach to the history of mission? A growing legion of scholars is being drawn to the study of mission history, among whom specialists in economy and politics. Do missiological investigations add anything distinctive to these other scholarly efforts? To be avoided is the misconception that mission history is an unvarying story of missionary initiative followed by indigenous response. Good missiological technique will not allow a hoped-for outcome to dominate ...; [Leggi tutto...]