A long-awaited revised edition of a highly acclaimed textbook on the history of Christian missions by one of the most respected missiologists of our day. List of Graphics 9(2) Preface to the Second Edition 11(2) Preface 13(8) PART I: THE IRRESISTIBLE ADVANCE 1 THE EARLY CENTURIES: EVANGELIZING THE ROMAN EMPIRE 21(23) Paul the Apostle 26(4) Polycarp 30(2) Perpetua 32(2) Ulfilas 34(3) Patrick 37(3) Columba 40(4) 2 ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSIONS: BAPTIZING THE MASSES 44(27) Boniface (Winfried) 47(4) Anskar 51(2) Cyril and Methodius 53(3) Raymond Lull 56(4) Bartholomew de Las Casas 60(2) Francis Xavier 62(5) Matthew Ricci 67(4) 3 AMERICAN INDIAN MISSIONS: SEEKING THE "NOBLE SAVAGE" 71(26) Paul Le Jeune 72(2) John Eliot 74(5) The Mayhews 79(1) David Brainerd 80(4) Eleazer Wheelock 84(1) David Zeisberger 85(1) Isaac McCoy 86(2) Marcus and Narcissa Whitman 88(9) 4 THE MORAVIAN ADVANCE: DAWN OF PROTESTANT MISSIONS 97(24) Count Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf 100(4) Christian David and Hans Egede 104(6) George Schmidt 110(11) PART 2: THE "GREAT CENTURY" 5 SOUTH CENTRAL ASIA: CONFRONTING ANCIENT CREEDS 121(26) William Carey 122(8) Adoniram and Ann Judson 130(9) George and Sarah Boardman 139(2) Alexander Duff 141(3) James and Isabella Thoburn 144(3) 6 BLACK AFRICA: "THE WHITE MAN'S GRAVEYARD" 147(29) Robert and Mary Moffat 149(6) David Livingstone 155(8) George Grenfell 163(2) William Sheppard 165(2) Alexander Mackay 167(3) Mary Slessor 170(6) 7 CHINA: "BARBARIANS NOT WELCOME" 176(32) Robert Morrison 178(4) Liang Afa 182(2) Karl F.A. Gutzlaff 184(2) J. Hudson Taylor 186(15) Jonathan and Rosalind Goforth 201(4) Mildred Cable 205(3) 8 THE PACIFIC ISLANDS: PREACHING IN "PARADISE" 208(28) Henry Nott and the Duff Missionaries 211(3) Hiram Bingham and Hawaiian Missions 214(5) John Williams 219(5) John G. Paton 224(4) John Coleridge Patteson 228(2) Florence Young 230(6) 9 THE MUSLIM WORLD: MISSION FIELD IN THE DESERT Henry Martyr 236(2) Samuel Zwemer 238(4) Temple Gairdner 242(3) Constance Padwick 245(3) Maude Cary 248(6) 10 KOREA AND JAPAN: A CONTRAST IN RECEPTIVITY 254(33) Horace Allen 256(2) Henry Appenzeller 258(4) Horace and Lillias Horton Underwood 262(2) John L. Nevius 264(4) Protestant Mission Initiatives in Japan 268(1) William Smith Clark and Kanzo Uchimura 269(3) Charles and Lettie Cowman 272(3) Mabel Francis 275(12) PART 3: THE EXPANDING INVOLVEMENT 11 SINGLE WOMEN MISSIONARIES: "SECOND-CLASS CITIZENS" 287(25) Adele Marion Fielde 290(4) Charlotte (Lottie) Diggs Moon 294(4) Amy Carmichael 298(5) Johanna Veenstra 303(3) Gladys Aylward 306(6) 12 STUDENT VOLUNTEERS: FORSAKING WEALTH AND PRESTIGE 312(23) C.T. Studd 314(5) John R. Mott 319(6) Robert E. Speer 325(2) Fletcher Brockman 327(3) E. Stanley Jones 330(5) 13 "FAITH" MISSIONARIES: DEPENDING ON GOD ALONE 335(29) A.B. Simpson and the Christian and Missionary Alliance 336(4) Fredrik Franson and TEAM 340(1) Rowland Bingham and the Sudan Interior Mission 341(5) Peter Cameron Scott and the Africa Inland Mission 346(3) C.I. Scofield and the Central American Mission 349(3) Jim Elliot and Operation Auca 352(8) Eliza Davis George and the Elizabeth Native Interior Mission 360(4) 14 INNOVATION AND INGENUITY: THE CALL FOR SPECIALIZATION 364(35) Medical Missions: "Angels of Mercy" 366(2) Ida Scudder 368(4) Carl Becker 372(3) William Cameron Townsend and Bible Translation 375(6) Clarence W. Jones and HCJB 381(5) Elizabeth "Betty" Greene and Mission Aviation 386(13) PART 4: THE ERA OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM 15 TWENTIETH-CENTURY MARTYRS: "YANKEE, GO HOME" 399(21) Betty and John Stam and China Martyrs 402(4) Paul Carlson and the Congo Martyrs 406(4) Betty Olsen and the Vietnam Martyrs 410(4) Chet Bitterman and Latin America Martyrs 414(3) William Donald McClure 417(3) 16 THIRD WORLD MISSIONS: YOUNGER CHURCHES REACH OUT 420(19) Pandita Ramabai 423(5) William Wade Harris 428(2) Semisi Nau 430(2) John Sung 432(3) Elka of the Wai Wai 435(4) 17 NEW METHODS AND STRATEGY: REACHING TOMORROW'S WORLD 439(19) R. Kenneth Strachan 443(4) Orlando Costas 447(2) Donald McGavran 449(3) Ralph and Roberta Winter 452(2) Lesslie Newbigin 454(4) 18 SAINTS AND CELEBRITIES: APPEALING TO THE MASSES 458(21) Bob Pierce 460(1) Bruce Olson 461(1) Mother Teresa 461(3) Brother Andrew and Open Doors 464(4) Helen Roseveare 468(4) Jackie Pullinger 472(3) Don Richardson 475(4) Postscript 479(4) Notes 483(30) General Bibliography 513(2) Illustration Index 515(4) General Index 519