The History of Christian Mission

Klaus Wetzel shows in this complete overview the history of the worldwide expansion of Christianity from the spread of Christianity in the first six centuries throughout Asia, Europe and Africa, through the mission efforts in the Middle Ages and the spreading of Christianity from the 16th to the 18 century with the rudiments of protestant world mission up to the worldwide mission of the 19th to the 21st century. He covers mission theological questions at the point of their origin and asks after the motivation for mission and conversion as well as after the importance of contextualisation and transformation processes.