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Category : Christianity and other religions
Languages : en
Pages : 214
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The Journal of the Henry Martyn Institute
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Christianity and other religions
Languages : en
Pages : 214
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Journal of the Henry Martyn Institute
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Category : Christianity and other religions
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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Journals and Letters of the Rev. Henry Martyn, B.D
Author: Henry MartynJournals and Letters of the Rev. Henry Martyn, B.D., Late Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge and Chaplain to the Honourable East India Company
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Category : Missionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 428
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Journal and Letters of the Reverend Henry Martyn
Author: Henry MartynPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781986064668
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Languages : en
Pages : 292
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Henry Martyn was an Anglican priest, famed for his intrepid and innovative missionary work in India and Persia during the early 19th century. His detailed journals, arranged in tandem with his letters, offer readers a cogent and biographical narrative. Born in 1781, Martyn showed intellectual promise at a young age and gained entry to the University of Cambridge. He began his journals and letter writing in 1801, when he was a student of some distinction at St. John's College. His marked ability to understand language and write at first led Martyn to consider a career in law. However, his destiny was as a man of God, serving in the faraway nations of India and Persia as a missionary. Among the first notable events in this journal is Martyn witnessing Charles Simeon, a renowned preacher, speak highly of a missionary in India. He told of great accomplishments; Simeon's narrative would change Henry Martyn's life forever. Although financial troubles in his family delayed his departure, Henry was eventually able to obtain a position of chaplain with the East India Company and set sail in the summer of 1805. The journal elaborates on the details of Martyn's life and contains poignant thoughts on subjects such as religious duty and the daily events and meetings the author had. Lengthy but seldom tedious, it is in the later passages - from 1806 onward - that the journals and letters become deeply interesting. The India of the time, its environment, peoples and customs, are described by the effusive young Henry as he establishes himself as a new missionary. Much of Henry Martyn's abiding legacy is in his translations of ancient texts to English. Intellectually curious and competent, Henry voraciously studied Urdu and Persian, and accomplished translations of the Psalms and scripture into these languages. His efforts brought him renown and favor in the Christian church, and distinction in his missionary work. Tragically, Henry Martyn died young at the age of thirty-one after contracting a powerful fever. The journal's final passages are emotional, as the young priest sits peacefully in an orchard and reflects on his life. Henry looks forward to meeting God, whom he addresses as 'my company, my friend and my comforter'.
The Bulletin of the Henry Martyn Institute of Islamic Studies
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Category : Christianity and other religions
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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The Bulletin of the Henry Martyn Institute of Islamic Studies
Author: Henry Martyn Institute of Islamic StudiesPublisher:
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Category : Islam
Languages : en
Pages : 484
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Unveiling God
Author: Martin ParsonsPublisher: William Carey Library
ISBN: 9780878084548
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 400
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"Muslim responses to Christianity down the ages have been shaped by diverse factors. One of the primary stumbling blocks has been Muslim misperceptions of Christian core beliefs about the person of Jesus and the nature of God. This study includes a practical example of contextualization which should provide great insights to Christians who are trying to explain their faith to Muslims in diverse contexts." -Peter G. Riddell, Professor of Islamics; Director, Centre for Muslim-Christian Relations
Journals and Letters of the Rev. Henry Martyn
Author: Henry MartynA History of Christianity in Asia, Vol. II
Author: Samuel Hugh MoffettPublisher: Orbis Books
ISBN: 1608331636
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 702
Book Description
The story of Christianity in the West has often been told, but the history of Christianity in the East is not as well known. The seed was the same: the good news of Jesus Christ for the whole world, which Christians call "the gospel." But it was sown by different sowers; it was planted in different soil; it grew with a different flavor; and it was gathered by different reapers. It is too often forgotten that the faith moved east across Asia as early as it moved west into Europe. Western church history tends to follow Paul to Philippi and to Rome and on across Europe to the conversion of Constantine and the barbarians. With some outstanding exceptions, only intermittently has the West looked beyond Constantinople as its center. It was a Christianity that has for centuries remained unashamedly Asian. A History of Christianity in Asia makes available immense amounts of research on religious pluralism of Asia and how Christianity spread long before the modern missionary movement went forth in the shelter of Western military might. Invaluable for historians of Asia and scholars of mission, it is stimulating for all readers interested in Christian history. --