Missionary Monks by Edward L Smither
Missionaries go into all the world and make disciples of all nations, while monks live cloistered in a monastery and focus their lives on prayer and studying Scripture--correct? Not exactly. When we study the history of Christian mission, especially from around 500 to 1500 CE, the key missionaries that we constantly encounter are monks. In fact, if we don't have monks in this period then we have very little in the way of Christian mission. Our aim in this book is to examine the phenomenon of missionary monks--those who pursued both a monastic and missionary calling. We will meet the monks and monastic orders, narrate their journeys in mission, and evaluate their approaches to and thoughts about mission.
Smither, Edward L.: - Edward L. Smither is Professor of Intercultural Studies and History of Global Christianity and Dean of the College of Intercultural Studies at Columbia International University. His books include Christian Mission: A Concise Global History (2019) and Mission in the Early Church (2014).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781498224161 |
| ISBN 10 | 1498224164 |
| Title | Missionary Monks |
| Author | Edward L Smither |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Wipf & Stock Publishers |
| Year published | 2016-12-02 |
| Number of pages | 204 |
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