Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions

Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions. Ed. by Gerald H. Anderson. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans Pub., 1999. 845p. acid free. paper, $50 (ISBN 08028-4680-7). www.eerdmans.com.

For anyone studying the expansion of Christianity, the Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions is a valuable resource. In it, one will find the well known, such as Billy Graham and Matteo Ricci, and the less known, such as Salih Abdul Masih and Betsey Stockton. Anderson's intention to produce a major biographical reference tool for Christian missions was motivated by the fact that one-third of the world's population is Christian, and yet no one has ever produced...