Reginald Hall

Broschiertes Buch

Mission. Impossible?

Taking Christianity to the Congo

Beschreibung

A colonial and post-colonial century history of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) and the effects of Christian missions

Autor

The author studied medicine in London graduating in 1962. Born of Protestant missionary parents in 1939 in the Belgian Congo (now the Democratic Republic of Congo) his African name was Kongo. In 1963 he returned to the Congo as a volunteer doctor for one year with the Congo Balolo Mission.Subsequently, he followed a career as a urological surgeon and cancer specialist in the National Health Service, working, also, with the Medical Research Council and the European Organisation for Research in the Treatment of Cancer in national and international cancer research. Following retirement, he co-founded Cancer Connections, a cancer support charity in the northeast of England where he is still a volunteer.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: The Choir Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9781789633498
• ISBN-10: 1789633494
• Artikelnr.: 66974377