Coming to Grips with the Complexity and Impact of Christian Missions in Africa
When seeking to take the gospel of Christ into all the world, religion, politics, history, and culture often collide. Lucy Perrin, director and archivist for the Rushford Center and the Churches of Christ Heritage Collection, has curated a display of titles examining the profound impact of Christian missions and service in Africa. A display of these books is on view at Payson Library through June 2023.
“’Preach the gospel to all creation,’ said Christ. Are we only now beginning to understand what he meant?”
-Donovan, V. (2003). Christianity Rediscovered. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, p. xiv
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Vincent J. Donovan
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Into Africa: A Transnational History of Catholic Medical Missions and Social Change
Barbra Mann Wall
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Mission of Apolo Kivebulaya: Religious Encounters and Social Change in the Great Lakes
Emma Wild-Wood
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The Missionary Letters of Vincent Donovan, 1957-1973
Vincent Donovan
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Missions: Biblical Foundations and Contemporary Strategies
Gailyn Van Rheenen
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Protestants Abroad: How Missionaries Tried to Change the World but Changed America
David A Hollinger
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A Time to Heal: Missionary Nurses in Churches of Christ, Southeastern Nigeria (1953-1967)
Martha E. Farrar Highfield