The Missionary Letters of Vincent Donovan
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Год издания: 0000
Vincent Donovan is best known as the author of the influential bestseller, Christianity Rediscovered (1978). This new book contains the monthly letters he wrote home from Tanzania between 1957 and 1973.
These letters give us previously unknown stories: how Donovan met Julius Nyerere, first prime minister of Tanzania; how a group of Protestants attempted to kill him; of his early disastrous attempt to hear confession in Swahili; of the relationship between Donovan's work and Vatican II; and much about the mysterious Sonjo tribe, among whom Donovan spent his last years in Tanzania. They also give insights, from the hilarious to the poignant, into Donovan the man in relationship to his family, his missionary colleagues, and the Maasai. Copies of original photographs are also included.
Most significantly, the letters show Donovan's evolution over the years from a young missionary who was passionate about acquiring land for church buildings, into a mature visionary convinced that the only job of the missionary is to preach the gospel.
A concluding essay looks at the legacy of Donovan, thirty-five years later, with contributions from three Spiritan missionaries who continue to live out his legacy in Tanzania and elsewhere today. Finally, the essay looks at Donovan's continuing influence on contemporary renewal movements in North America and in Britain.
Those who have been inspired by Christianity Rediscovered–missiologists, church renewal leaders, and students of Gospel and culture–will find much here to delight and to challenge.
Complete Letters of Mark Twain
Автор: Марк Твен
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The letters of Mark Twain are peculiarly of the revealing sort. He was a man of few restraints and of no affectations. In his correspondence, as in his talk, he spoke what was in his mind, untrammeled by literary conventions.
Models of letters for the use of schools and private students
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Полный вариант заголовка: «Models of letters : for the use od schools and private students : being an epitome of the large 8 volume, entitled, Elegant epistles : and containig Select letters from the best English authors : with many translated from the French, which have never appeared in any miscellaneous collection».
Unpublished letters of the eighteenth century
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Полный вариант заголовка: «Unpublished letters of the eighteenth century : illustrative of the Herbert family ; and of the latter part of king William's and the earlier part of queen Anne's reigns : with notes / edited by Rebecca Warner».
Letters from the late Rev. William Romaine
Автор: William Romaine
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Полный вариант заголовка: «Letters from the late Rev. William Romaine, A.M. tо a friend, on the most important subjects : during a correspondence of 20 years / published from the original manuscripts, by Thomas Wills, A.B.».
The letters of Junius. vol. 1
Автор: John Wade
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Полный вариант заголовка: «Junius : Vol. 1 : including letters by the same writer under other signatures : to which are added his confidential correspondence with Mr. Wilkes, and his private letters to Mr. H.S. Woodfall : containing the entier work as originally published, with illustrative notes / by John Wade ; with new evidence as to the authorship, and an analysis by the late Sir Harris Nicolas, G.C.M.G.».