Daryl R. Ireland

Christian History in Seven Sentences

History & Biography

“Jennifer Woodruff Tait tells the story of Christianity with energy, clarity, and audacity. There is no musty smell of the past here. The epoch-making conflicts and the breathtaking creativity described in this book are still with us. Succinct and engaging, this introduction gives readers an appreciation for some of the biggest moments in church history.”

Darkest before the Dawn

History & Biography

“Richard Cook reminds Evangelicals and other Christians that church history is really mission history. With illustrative stories, personal observations, and thoughtful questions, he uses the history of Christianity in China to raise important missiological questions and to invite readers—both Chinese and Western—to develop a more nuanced understanding of the work of God in East Asia.”

Exporting Progressivism to Communist China

History & Biography

“Social networks and social capital generate real and visible changes in world Christianity. Christopher Sneller reveals why Union Theological Seminary in New York has played a formative role in Chinese Christianity. It wasn’t just what was taught there, but also who was introduced to whom and how ties to a common institution mobilized groups on both sides of the Pacific. This book demonstrates the power of relationships and invites deeper investigations into the networked nature of global Christianity today.”

Interrogating the Language of “Self” and “Other” in the History of Modern Christian Mission

Evangelism & Missions

“Mission means to be sent, but sent to whom? That question, Man-Hei Yip argues, reveals that Christian mission is already divided against itself. It suggests that the reconciliation which God accomplished in Jesus Christ is effective for some but not others. Modern missions have often portrayed others as lost, weak, and needy. Yip offers a different portrait: in Christ the other is a gift. Anyone crossing boundaries in Jesus’ name must consider her words.”

The Registered Church in China

“China’s registered churches are the most accessible and visible churches in the country, so it is frustrating we know so little about them. Wayne Ten Harmsel has finally provided an intimate look into these congregations. He worked with them for years, and now allows his friends and colleagues to speak for themselves. This book paints the most lifelike portrait I have read to date.”

Walter and Ingrid Trobisch and the Globalization of Modern, Christian Sexual Ethics

History & Biography

“Good biography does more than introduce a person, it makes larger and more complicated stories accessible. Stasson has written a great biography. She uses one family to rethink twentieth-century missions. This is not the stale tale of cultural domination, but an example of missionaries as global mediators. Through them, questions about sexuality in Africa in the 1950s provided answers for Americans navigating the sexual revolution of the 1960s. This book is missions reimagined!”