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Missionary Education: Historical Approaches and Global Perspectives | Kim Christiaens, Idesbald Goddeeris and Pieter Verstraete (editors)

Missionary Education: Historical Approaches and Global Perspectives

BOOK | Missionary Education: Historical Approaches and Global Perspectives | Kim Christiaens, Idesbald Goddeeris and Pieter Verstraete (editors)

British and Indian officers of the 57th [Wilde's] Rifles [Estaires La Bassée Road, France]. 6 August 1915

The Memory of Indians in Flanders Fields

It was at school in Goa that we first read John McCrae’s1 popular war poem, In Flanders Fields. Much as the history teacher emphasized its historical contexts, the English miss…

The Making of a Poor Saint: Oscar Romero

Much before the announcement of Pope Francis to canonise Oscar Romero a Saint of the Catholic Church, the people of Latin America had already begun to venerate their San Romero, ever since his martyrdom on 24 March 1980. His witness to the gospel message that informed a faith in favour of the poor is as relevant to us today as it was in his own lifetime.