Sent to Heal!: Emergence and Development of Medical Missions

by Christoffer H. Grundmann

Overview

Sent to Heal! traces the development of medical missions, one of the most intriguing, complex, and controversial phenomena in the history of the encounter of Western and Non-Western cultures promoted by Christianity. This groundbreaking study surveys the missions from their earliest beginnings in the 15th century until the turn of the twentieth century. Sent to Heal! is a defining reference work on the philosophical, theological, missiological, and scientific aspects of medical missions. An extensive bibliography is included.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761833208
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	10/25/2005
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	392
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Christoffer H. Grundmann is John R. Eckrich University Professor in Religion and the Healing Arts at Valparaiso University, Indiana. Professor Grundmann holds a couple of Doctor of Theology from the University of Hamburg, Germany.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Acknowledgements
Chapter 2 Introduction
Chapter 3 Medical Missions- What is it All About?: Terminological Queries
Chapter 4 Precursors of Medical Missions
Chapter 5 The Emergence of Medical Missions
Chapter 6 How the Concept Takes Hold
Chapter 7 How Medical Missions Were Carried Out
Chapter 8 Medical Missions, an Assessment
Chapter 9 Appendix
Chapter 10 Bibliography
Chapter 11 Indices
Chapter 12 About the Author

Editorial Reviews

Grundmann's closes this laborious study with clarifying assessment...and expresses his intention to continue his study on the subject covering the twentieth century. A second volume of the same quality will be very welcome.
— Gerard Jansen

Missiology: An International Review

.... for the serious student of medical mission, and for those wishing to grapple with the roots of the twentieth/twenty-first century wave of healthcare mission, this book forms an extremely valuable source of detailed background information. It reveals how many of the strategies, questions and struggles being faced today by those using medical skills in the mission field are echoed in the experiences of the past.

Triple Helix - Steve Fouch

Grundmann's closes this laborious study with clarifying assessment...and expresses his intention to continue his study on the subject covering the twentieth century. A second volume of the same quality will be very welcome.

Missiology: An International Review - Gerard Jansen

.... for the serious student of medical mission, and for those wishing to grapple with the roots of the twentieth/twenty-first century wave of healthcare mission, this book forms an extremely valuable source of detailed background information. It reveals how many of the strategies, questions and struggles being faced today by those using medical skills in the mission field are echoed in the experiences of the past.
— Steve Fouch, CMF Allied Porefessions Secretary

Triple Helix

Grundmann's closes this laborious study with clarifying assessment...and expresses his intention to continue his study on the subject covering the twentieth century. A second volume of the same quality will be very welcome.
— Gerard Jansen

Missiology: An International Review

Grundmann's closes this laborious study with clarifying assessment...and expresses his intention to continue his study on the subject covering the twentieth century. A second volume of the same quality will be very welcome.

Missiology: An International Review - Gerard Jansen

Grundmann's closes this laborious study with clarifying assessment...and expresses his intention to continue his study on the subject covering the twentieth century. A second volume of the same quality will be very welcome.--Gerard Jansen "Missiology: An International Review "

.... for the serious student of medical mission, and for those wishing to grapple with the roots of the twentieth/twenty-first century wave of healthcare mission, this book forms an extremely valuable source of detailed background information. It reveals how many of the strategies, questions and struggles being faced today by those using medical skills in the mission field are echoed in the experiences of the past.--Steve Fouch, CMF Allied Porefessions Secretary "Triple Helix "

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