TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tucker,Ruth
TI  - From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya: a biographical history of Christian missions 
SN  - 9780310239376
AV  - BV3700 .T83 2004
U1  - 266/.0092/2 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Grand Rapids, MI
PB  - Zondervan
KW  - Missionaries
KW  - Biography
KW  - Missions
KW  - History
KW  - Biographies
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 513-514) and indexes; The irresistible advance. -- The early centuries : evangelizing the Roman Empire -- Roman Catholic missions : baptizing the masses -- American Indian missions : seeking the "noble savage" -- The Moravian advance : dawn of Protestant missions -- The "great century". -- South Central Asia : confronting ancient creeds -- Black Africa : "the white man's graveyard" -- China : "barbarians not welcome" -- The Pacific Islands : preaching in "paradise" -- The Muslim world : mission field in the desert -- Korea and Japan : a contrast in receptivity -- The expanding involvement. -- Single women missionaries : "second-class citizens" --
N2  - A revised edition of a highly acclaimed textbook on the history of Christian missions.--From publisher's description
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0412/2003027902.html
ER  -