Author: Edwin Munsell Bliss
Publisher:
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Category : Missions
Languages : en
Pages : 876
Book Description
The Encyclopedia of Missions
Author: Edwin Munsell Bliss
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Missions
Languages : en
Pages : 876
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Missions
Languages : en
Pages : 876
Book Description
A History of Christianity in Indonesia
Author: Jan Sihar Aritonang
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 900417026X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 1021
Book Description
Indonesia is the home of the largest single Muslim community of the world. Its Christian community, about 10% of the population, has until now received no overall description in English. Through cooperation of 26 Indonesian and European scholars, Protestants and Catholics, a broad and balanced picture is given of its 24 million Christians. This book sketches the growth of Christianity during the Portuguese period (1511-1605), it presents a fair account of developments under the Dutch colonial administration (1605-1942) and is more elaborate for the period of the Indonesian Republic (since 1945). It emphasizes the regional differences in this huge country, because most Christians live outside the main island of Java. Muslim-Christian relations, as well as the tensions between foreign missionaries and local theology, receive special attention.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 900417026X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 1021
Book Description
Indonesia is the home of the largest single Muslim community of the world. Its Christian community, about 10% of the population, has until now received no overall description in English. Through cooperation of 26 Indonesian and European scholars, Protestants and Catholics, a broad and balanced picture is given of its 24 million Christians. This book sketches the growth of Christianity during the Portuguese period (1511-1605), it presents a fair account of developments under the Dutch colonial administration (1605-1942) and is more elaborate for the period of the Indonesian Republic (since 1945). It emphasizes the regional differences in this huge country, because most Christians live outside the main island of Java. Muslim-Christian relations, as well as the tensions between foreign missionaries and local theology, receive special attention.
The Conversion of India
Author: George Smith
Publisher:
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Category : Christianity
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christianity
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Foreign Missions Year Book of North America ...
Author: Foreign Missions Conference of North America. Committee of Reference and Counsel
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Missions
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Missions
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
The Routledge Encyclopedia of Missions and Missionaries
Author: Jon Bonk
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780415880893
Category : Buddhism
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Encyclopedia of Missions and Missionaries examines the nature and effects of missionary work around the world and throughout history, analyzing how secular and clerical people from major religions (especially Christianity, Buddhism and Islam) have brought social changes along with words of a new faith.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780415880893
Category : Buddhism
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Encyclopedia of Missions and Missionaries examines the nature and effects of missionary work around the world and throughout history, analyzing how secular and clerical people from major religions (especially Christianity, Buddhism and Islam) have brought social changes along with words of a new faith.
The Malay Archipelago
Author: Alfred Russel Wallace
Publisher:
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Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
The Coronado Expedition, 1540-1542
Author: George Parker Winship
Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
The Vitamin A Story
Author: R.D. Semba
Publisher: Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers
ISBN: 331802189X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
This book shows how vitamin A deficiency – before the vitamin was known to scientists – affected millions of people throughout history. It is a story of sailors and soldiers, penniless mothers, orphaned infants, and young children left susceptible to blindness and fatal infections. We also glimpse the fortunate ones who, with ample vitamin A-rich food, escaped this elusive stalker. Why were people going blind and dying? To unravel this puzzle, scientists around the world competed over the course of a century. Their persistent efforts led to the identification of vitamin A and its essential role in health. As a primary focus of today’s international public health efforts, vitamin A has saved hundreds of thousands of lives. But, we discover, they could save many more were it not for obstacles erected by political and ideological zealots who lack a historical perspective of the problem. Although exhaustively researched and documented, this book is written for intellectually curious lay readers as well as for specialists. Public health professionals, nutritionists, and historians of science and medicine have much to learn from this book about the cultural and scientific origins of their disciplines. Likewise, readers interested in military and cultural history will learn about the interaction of health, society, science, and politics. The author’s presentation of vitamin A deficiency is likely to become a classic case study of health disparities in the past as well as the present.
Publisher: Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers
ISBN: 331802189X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
This book shows how vitamin A deficiency – before the vitamin was known to scientists – affected millions of people throughout history. It is a story of sailors and soldiers, penniless mothers, orphaned infants, and young children left susceptible to blindness and fatal infections. We also glimpse the fortunate ones who, with ample vitamin A-rich food, escaped this elusive stalker. Why were people going blind and dying? To unravel this puzzle, scientists around the world competed over the course of a century. Their persistent efforts led to the identification of vitamin A and its essential role in health. As a primary focus of today’s international public health efforts, vitamin A has saved hundreds of thousands of lives. But, we discover, they could save many more were it not for obstacles erected by political and ideological zealots who lack a historical perspective of the problem. Although exhaustively researched and documented, this book is written for intellectually curious lay readers as well as for specialists. Public health professionals, nutritionists, and historians of science and medicine have much to learn from this book about the cultural and scientific origins of their disciplines. Likewise, readers interested in military and cultural history will learn about the interaction of health, society, science, and politics. The author’s presentation of vitamin A deficiency is likely to become a classic case study of health disparities in the past as well as the present.
The Indianized States of Southeast Asia
Author: George Coedès
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 9780824803681
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Traces the story of India's expansion that is woven into the culture of Southeast Asia.
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 9780824803681
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Traces the story of India's expansion that is woven into the culture of Southeast Asia.
An Introduction to the Study of Indian History
Author: Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi
Publisher: Popular Prakashan
ISBN: 9788171540389
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
This book is the culmination of patient research and mature reflection of a profoundly original mind and has earned universal recognition and honour over the last few decades.
Publisher: Popular Prakashan
ISBN: 9788171540389
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
This book is the culmination of patient research and mature reflection of a profoundly original mind and has earned universal recognition and honour over the last few decades.