In the Way: A Study of Christian Missionary Endeavours

By Kenelm Burridge

Christian missionaries, usually regarded as relics of an outgrown andmostly discredited colonialism, are still playing an active role inmany parts of the world. Their number is, in fact, increasing. In thisbook, Kenelm Burridge examines their work from a new perspective,combining anthropology with insights from history, sociology,missiology, and theology. He exposes and explicates the contradictionsand ambiguities involved in missionary endeavours and establishes atheory about theapparently inevitable processes that arise out of thenature of Christianity and the building of a Christian community.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774803762
• ISBN13: 9780774803762
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Univ of British Columbia Pr
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 1.0" x 6.5"