The Life of Alexander Duff, D.d., Ll.d

Klappentext A two-volume! 1879 biography of an early Scottish Presbyterian missionary who influenced educational reform in colonial India. Zusammenfassung George Smith (1833-1919) published several popular books of missionary biography including this two-volume Life of Alexander Duff (1879). Duff! a Scottish Presbyterian missionary in India! was an influential educationalist who believed that successful evangelisation and modernisation depended on the education! in English! of India's upper-caste elite. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The boy and the student; 2. The first missionary of the Church of Scotland; 3. The two shipwrecks; 4. Calcutta as it was; 5. The mine prepared; 6. The first explosion and the four converts; 7. The renaissance in India - the English language and the church; 8. The renaissance in India - science and letters; 9. Work for Europeans! Eurasians and native Christians; 10. The invalid and the orator; 11. Dr Duff organising; 12. Fishers of men; 13. Egypt-Sinai-Bombay-Madras; 14. Fighting the Governor-General; 15. The college and its spiritual fruit.

List of contents

1. The boy and the student; 2. The first missionary of the Church of Scotland; 3. The two shipwrecks; 4. Calcutta as it was; 5. The mine prepared; 6. The first explosion and the four converts; 7. The renaissance in India - the English language and the church; 8. The renaissance in India - science and letters; 9. Work for Europeans, Eurasians and native Christians; 10. The invalid and the orator; 11. Dr Duff organising; 12. Fishers of men; 13. Egypt-Sinai-Bombay-Madras; 14. Fighting the Governor-General; 15. The college and its spiritual fruit.

Product details

• Authors: Smith George, George Smith
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.03.2010
• EAN: 9781108008297
• ISBN: 978-1-108-00829-7
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Religion; The Life of Alexander Duff, D.D., LL.D 2 Volume Set
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Missions, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Evangelism, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Christianity / Presbyterian, RELIGION / Christianity / Calvinist, India, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Christian mission & evangelism, Christianity, Biography: religious & spiritual, Biography: religious and spiritual, Religious mission and Religious Conversion, Calvinist, Reformed & Presbyterian Churches, Calvinist, Reformed and Presbyterian Churches