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Encyclopedia of mission and missionaries / Jonathan J. Bonk, editor.
LIBRA BV2040 .E48 2007
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge encyclopedias of religion and society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Missions--Encyclopedias.
- Missions.
- Missionaries--Encyclopedias.
- Missionaries.
- Genre:
- Encyclopedias.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 473 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2007.
- Summary:
- This reference 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.
- Contents:
- Editorial advisory board
- List of entries
- Introduction
- List of contributors
- Entries A to Z
- Index.
- Notes:
- "A Berkshire Reference work."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Delphine Okie Richardson Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780415969482
- 0415969484
- OCLC:
- 162507254
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