A New Breed of Missionary. Scott Baldauf.
by Baldauf, Scott; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 32Institutions. Publisher: Christian Science Monitor, 2005ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): Christian converts from Hinduism | Christians -- India | Conversion | Dalits | Economics -- Religious aspects | Evangelicalism | Evangelistic work | Evangelists | Hinduism and social problems | Hindus -- India | India -- Religion | Missionaries | Missionaries -- Developing countries | Proselytizing | Religion and social status | Religions -- Relations | Violence -- India | Violence -- Religious aspectsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Biju Verghese believes the end of the world is coming. This faith makes his work urgent: Convert as many Indians to Christianity as possible....Mr. Verghese is a new breed of missionary, tied not to the mainline Protestant or Catholic churches that came with European colonizers but to expansionist evangelical movements in the US, Britain, and Australia." (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) This article reveals how "the success of recent Christian missionaries and their methods of quick conversions have brought tensions with other religions, including some Christians who fear that certain evangelicals are contributing to a volatile--and at times violent--religious atmosphere."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: A New Breed of Missionary, April 1, 2005; pp. n.p..
"Biju Verghese believes the end of the world is coming. This faith makes his work urgent: Convert as many Indians to Christianity as possible....Mr. Verghese is a new breed of missionary, tied not to the mainline Protestant or Catholic churches that came with European colonizers but to expansionist evangelical movements in the US, Britain, and Australia." (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) This article reveals how "the success of recent Christian missionaries and their methods of quick conversions have brought tensions with other religions, including some Christians who fear that certain evangelicals are contributing to a volatile--and at times violent--religious atmosphere."
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