Voluntary Societies as Communities: Insights from Rufus Anderson
Our series of articles on great missiologists has not yet brought forth a manuscript on the work of Rufus Anderson. Contributors take note! Meanwhile, Assistant Editor Mellis has drawn a few insights from Anderson on a single subject in which he has a particular interst (his book-length treatment of...
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| Language: | English |
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1978
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Missiology
Year: 1978, Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Pages: 91-95 |
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| Summary: | Our series of articles on great missiologists has not yet brought forth a manuscript on the work of Rufus Anderson. Contributors take note! Meanwhile, Assistant Editor Mellis has drawn a few insights from Anderson on a single subject in which he has a particular interst (his book-length treatment of community-as-mission-structure is reviewed in this issue). While the emergence of voluntary societies, as the basic structure of the Protestant missionary movement, represented a measure of discontinuity with the Roman Catholic missionary orders, reflective leaders like Anderson still saw the continuing need for the kind of supportive, corrective community which has become a more strongly felt need in our day. |
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| ISSN: | 2051-3623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Missiology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/009182967800600106 |