by Dana Robert (Editor)
A fascinating look at the lives of women who bore the heat of day in Christian mission, but who were often forgotten by history until now.
Contributors include:Bonnie Sue Lewis, Christina Tellechea Accornero, Kevin Xiyi Yao, Lydia Huffman Hoyle, Catherine B. Allen, Melissa Lewis Hime, Silas Wu, Angelyn Dries, Mary Joseph Maher, Margaret Eletta Guider, Frances S. Adeney, Young Lee Hertig, Marsha Snulligan-Haney, and Miriam Adeney.
Author Biography
Dana L. Robert is Truman Collins Professor of World Christianity and History of Mission, and Director of the Center for Global Christianity and Mission at the Boston University School of Theology. (http: www.bu.edu/cgcm/) She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2017, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the American Society of Missiology. Her book Christian Mission: How Christianity Became a World Religion is now in its twelfth printing.