Mission Impossible: Causes behind the Abandonment of Mission Stations in Nias between 1865 to 1890
In places where, today, Christianity is successfully established, the historical narrative is often one of growth: tracing the path from the first converts to the seemingly inevitable triumph of Christianity. Within such a narrative, little attention is given to the failures and disappointments that...
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| Language: | English |
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2025
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Mission studies
Year: 2025, Volume: 42, Issue: 2, Pages: 187-215 |
| Further subjects: | B
Missionaries
B missionary failure B Rhenish Mission B Nias island B Colonialism B Indonesia |
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