A New Vision for Missions: William Cameron Townsend, the Wycliffe Bible Translators, and the Culture of Early Evangelical Faith Missions, 1896–1945. By William Lawrence Svelmoe. Religion and American Culture. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2008. xi+369 pp. $46.00 cloth; $36.80 e-book.

摘要

The history of twentieth-century missionary activity is undergoing arnrenaissance. Rising interest in globalization and its effects alongsidernheightened awareness of the role of religion in contemporary internationalrnaffairs has prompted scholars from a variety of fields to analyze both the localrnand transnational implications of missionary encounters. William LawrencernSvelmoe’s A New Vision for Missions makes significant contributions to thisrngrowing body of literature.