Evangelical Dictionary of World Missions (Baker Reference Library) [Hardcover]

A. Moreau (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Baker Reference Library | Publication Date: July 1, 2000

The first comprehensive, one-volume reference work to consider the history of world missions and contemporary study of the subject from an evangelical perspective.

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About the Author

A. Scott Moreau is associate professor of missions and intercultural studies at Wheaton College Graduate School. He taught for eight years at the Nairobi International School of Theology and served as a deputy administrator for the Accrediting Council for Theological Education in Africa.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1072 pages
• Publisher: Baker Academic (July 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0801020743
• ISBN-13: 978-0801020742
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.3 x 2.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #788,762 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Everything you wanted to know about missions, October 4, 2000

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Peter J. Silzer "AKA Dr. Language" (Monterey, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Evangelical Dictionary of World Missions (Baker Reference Library) (Hardcover)

Imagine assembling over 300 missionaries, mission leaders and professors of missions to ask them any question you wanted. Now imagine that they addressed over 1400 topics. This new encyclopedic dictionary has done just that. With 700 topical articles, almost 500 short biographical articles, and hundreds of country profiles, the Evangelical Dictionary of World Missions is a veritable goldmine of up-to-date information on missions.

The authors include people from East and West, North and South; practioners and teachers. All have written in non-technical vocabulary and evaluate their assigned topic(s) in light of evangelical thought. The book is decidedly Christian and missiological in tone.

There are short bibliographical notes at the end of many articles and a good indexing system.

Dive in anywhere and enjoy the learning experience.

5.0 out of 5 stars Explore the meaning behind mission terms, November 14, 2005

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Justin D. Long (Southeast Asia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Evangelical Dictionary of World Missions (Baker Reference Library) (Hardcover)

For anyone who is just getting into missions & isn't familiar with all the "mission jargon," or for someone who is writing and needs a good baseline definition of certain terms (coupled with a great bibliography), this is an excellent resource. Note also that the entire book (on CDROM) comes with Moreau's later work, "Introducing World Missions."