An inadvertent missiologist: Edward Gibbon and the science of mission

Edward Gibbon unintentionally inaugurated the science of mission (Missionswissenschaft), when he published in 1776 the first volume of his celebrated History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Gibbon included in his groundbreaking work a new approach to mission history that emphasized soci...

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Main Author: Skreslet, Stanley H. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage [2016]
In: Missiology
Year: 2016, Volume: 44, Issue: 1, Pages: 20-32
IxTheo Classification:KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
RJ Mission; missiology
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