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Klappentext First published in 1953! these Hulsean Lectures review the policy and methods of Christian missions to non-Christians. Zusammenfassung First published in 1953! these Hulsean Lectures inquire 'what has been! and what should be! the attitude of the Church and of individual Christians towards religions other than their own' and review the policy and methods of Christian missions to non-Christians. Inhaltsverzeichnis Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. The Challenge from Other Religions to the Christian Church To-Day: 1. The challenge from the 'political religions'; 2. The challenge from the non-Christian religions; 3. The need for an answer to these challenges; Part II. The Answers from the Church To-Day: 4. The answer to the political religions; 5. The answers to the non-Christian religions; 6. The motives behind these answers; Part III. The Message of Jesus Christ, in Relation to Other Religions: 7. The Hebrew background of Christ's message; 8. The message of Jesus of Nazareth; 9. Indirect inferences from the Gospels; Part IV. The Tradition of the Church: 10. The changing historical background; 11. Some permanent trends in Christian thought; Part V. The Recovery of First Principles: 12. The supremacy of Jesus Christ; 13. Principles clearly taught by Jesus Christ; 14. Further principles sometimes regarded as essential to Christianity; 15. The problems of tolerance and impartiality; 16. The validity of the appeal to religious experience; Part VI. The Reform of Missionary Policy and Practice: 17. The constructive purpose of reforms; 18. The weaknesses of missions to-day; 19. Some outstanding problems of missionary work to-day; 20. The aim and purpose of Christian missions; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index of subjects; Index of Persons, authors and books.
