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An Inventory of Current Research in Missions in the United states and Canada
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 July 2009
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An inventory of research projects in progress in the field of Missions reveals a marked reversal of the long prevailing trend towards studies concerned with strategy and tactics, with methods and techniques, and with area surveys. History holds the center of interest at this moment. Fully half of the projects reported by the foreign mission boards and by the professors of missions are of a historical nature and numbers of others are closely related and require an historical approach.
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I. THE HISTORICAL FIELD
1 Biography
South Africa General Mission, Fervent in Spirit, a biography of the Reverend Arthur J. Bowen, secretary of the South Afrea General Mission in the United States for thirty-five years.
2 Prof. John R. Weinlich, Moravian Theological Seminary, Bethlehem, Pa., Life of Zinzendorf. To be completed in 1954.
3 Dr. W. Reginald Wheeler, Biography of Robert F. Speer, A project of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A.; to be completed by May 1, 1954. General Histories of Missions
4 Prof. Charles W. Carter, Marion College, The Universal Christian Mission.
5 Prof. J. C. Thiessen, Detroit Bible Intitute, History of Missions. To be published in 1953. Histories of Mission Boards and Societies.
6 American Bible Society, Book of a Thousand Tongues. A revised and enlarged edition of a 1938 publication, giving account of the translation and publcation of the Scriptures in the various languages of the world; to be published ia 1954.
7 Amerran Bible Society and the British and Foreign Bible Society, Historical Catalogue of Printed Scriptures, Vol.1. A joint undertaking of the two Bible Societies in a revision and enlargement of a standard work originally published by the B. and F. Bible Society.
8 DrBarclay, Wade Crawford, History of Methodist Missions, Vol. IIIGoogle Scholar. A project of tue Board of Missions and Church Extension, Methodist Church.
9 DrDeLong, R. V., Fifty Years of, Nazarene Missions, Vol. II.Google Scholar
10 Prof. H. C. Goerner, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky., A Short History of Baptist Missions.
11 Dr. Fred Field Goodsell, History of the American Board. An official project of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
12 Prof. Kenneth Scott Latourette, Yale Divinity School, History of the World Service of the Y.M.C.A.'s of the United States and Canada. A project of the National Councils of Y.M.C.A.'s.
13 Dr. Frank K. Means, History of Southern Baptist Foreign Missions. A project of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Southern Baptist Convention.
14 ProfRebok, D. E., Secretary of the General Conference, Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Missions of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church. Will be published in 1954.Google Scholar
15 Women's Home and Foreign Missionary Society of the Advent Christian Denomination, History of the Society. To be published in 1954.
16 D. J. R. Wilson, in charge, History of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society and Women's American Baptist Foreign Mission Society.
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18 Prof. L. A. Brown, Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, Berkeley, Cal., Sunset Missions. The story of missions in the far west of the U. S. A.
19 Prof. Herbert C. Jackson, Eastera Baptist Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, Pa., History of the American. Baptist Home Missions During the Formative Years. Treating the period when Dr. Henry L. Morehouse was executive secretary; to be completed late in 1952.
20 Prof. Harold L. MeManus, Mercer University, The Activity of the American Baptist Home Missions Society in the Education of Freedmen in Georgia, 1862–1897. Will be completed in 1952, and then will be followed by similar studies of other Southern states.
21 Mennonite Outreach Study. A study to ascertain how much the Church has grown during the past decades, where the growth has occurred, among what kind and classes of people, etc.; reported by the Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities. Histories of Field Missions
22 Prof. James E. Bear, Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Va., History of the Brazil Mission of the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A project of the Board of World Missions, Presbyterian Church in the U. S.
23 The Rev. F. W. Brandauer, History of the Central China Mission of the Evangelical United Brethren Church.
24 Senator Brooks of the Union of South Africa, History of Adams College, an important institution of the American Zulu Mission, American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
25 Dr. A. V. Casselman, Secretary Emeritus, Board of International Missions, Evangelical and Reformed Church, History of the China Mission of the Evangelical and Reformed Church. Completed but not yet published.
26 Dr. Hugh A. Macmillan, History of the Canadian Presbyterian Mission in Formosa.
27 The Rev. Russell E. Nilson, Hongkong, A History of the Lutheran church in China. Reported by Board of Foreign Missions, Augustana Lutheran Church.
28 Dr. J. F. Preston, Sr., History of the Korean Mission of the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A project of the Board of World Missions, Presbyterian Church in the U. S.
29 Miss Ethel T. Wharton, Led in Triumph, a history of the Congo Mission of the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A project of the Board of World Missions; to be published in 1952.
30 Miss Eleanor Wilson, History of Missions in the Micronesian Islands. Particularly the story of American Board missions and the ship Morning Star. Other Historical Studies
31 ProfBates, M. S., Union Theological Seminary, Religious Liberty in the Post-War Era. To be completed in 1954 or 1955.Google Scholar
32 DrBeaver, B. Pierce, Missionary Research Library, St. Augustine as Missionary.Google Scholar
33 To be completed 1953. Also, The Faith Missions. To be completed 1953.
34 ProfGuptill, Roger S., Gammon Theological Seminary, Atlanta, Ga., Early Work of the American Colonization Society.Google Scholar
35 ProfHolmio, Armas K. E., Suomi College, Medieval History of the Church of Finland.Google Scholar
36 ProfLatourette, Kenneth Scott, Yale Divinity School, A History of Christianity. To be published in 1953.Google Scholar
37 ProfRenfer, Rudolph A., Dallas Theological Seminary, Protestant Integration, reflecting corporate trends in American History. To be completed in 1952.Google Scholar
38 PresidentVan Dusen, Henry P., Union Theological Seminary, Christian Missions and Christian Unity. An enlargement of his Cody Lectures given at Toronto in 11, 1952Google Scholar; to be published in 1953. Directories, Gazetteers, Handbooks
39 DrBeaver, R. Pierce, Missionary Library, North American Handbook of Foreign. Missions Agencies. To be published early in 1953.Google Scholar
40 Dr. E. E. Grice, Foreign Missions Handbook of the United Presbyterian Church in N. A. A reference work on the fields and stations of the U. P. Church abroad; a project of the Board of Foreign Missions. To be completed in January, 1953.
41 Miss Barbara Lewis, Methodist Overseas Missions, Gazetteer and Statistics. A revision of a standard Methodist work last published in 1948; a project of the Board of Missions and Church Extension of the Methodist Church; to be published in 1953. Indexing and Microfilming of Archives
42 American Bible Society, A project including the entire archives.
43 DrCorbett, Charles E., in charge of the project: entire archives of the United Board of Christian Colleges in China.Google Scholar
44 DrHooper, J. Leon, in charge of the project: Early Correspondence with the Foreign Fields, Board of Foreign Missions, Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A.Google Scholar