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A New Vision for Missions: William Cameron Townsend, The Wycliffe Bible Translators, and the Culture of Early Evangelical Faith Missions, 1917-1945 (Religion & American Culture)
Professor William Lawrence Svelmoe
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Hardcover. Cam Townsend is known as the visionary founder of the Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL) and the Wycliffe Bible Translators (WBT). Townsend revolutionized Protestant missions by emphasizing that missionaries needed to learn the language of the people to whom they were sent. This title features the biography of the missionary. Series Editor(s): Harrell, David Edwin; Flynt, Wayne; Blumhofer, Edith L. Series: Religion and American Culture. Num Pages: 400 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 748.
This title contains a deep biography of the pioneering missionary William Cameron Townsend. ""Cam"" Townsend is rightly known as the visionary founder of the Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL) and the Wycliffe Bible Translators (WBT). This joint effort is now the largest Protestant mission organization in the world, a mission which has dramatically changed the culture of what used to be known as faith missions.Townsend revolutionized Protestant missions by emphasizing that missionaries needed to learn the language of the people to whom they were sent and to live among them in order to understand their communities. His system stressed training ... Read more
This title contains a deep biography of the pioneering missionary William Cameron Townsend. ""Cam"" Townsend is rightly known as the visionary founder of the Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL) and the Wycliffe Bible Translators (WBT). This joint effort is now the largest Protestant mission organization in the world, a mission which has dramatically changed the culture of what used to be known as faith missions.Townsend revolutionized Protestant missions by emphasizing that missionaries needed to learn the language of the people to whom they were sent and to live among them in order to understand their communities. His system stressed training ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Alabama Press
Condition
New
Series
Religion and American Culture
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Alabama, United States
ISBN
9780817315931
SKU
V9780817315931
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About Professor William Lawrence Svelmoe
William Svelmoe is Associate Professor of American History, St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana.
Reviews for A New Vision for Missions: William Cameron Townsend, The Wycliffe Bible Translators, and the Culture of Early Evangelical Faith Missions, 1917-1945 (Religion & American Culture)
This book is well-written and makes an original and significant contribution to the field of writing on Townsend and SIL. A New Vision for Missions is based on sound research and scholarship. The Christian public, both evangelical and mainstream, will want to read this book. - Ralph R. Covell, Senior Professor of World Christianity, Denver Seminary