Cover illustration: ‘Sarah’, painting by Silvia Dimitrova (2015), the first of a series of seven paintings of ‘Women in the Bible’ in the collection of Graham and Alison Kings. Photo by Natalie Sloan. See Chapter 13.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Kings, Graham, author.
Title: Nourishing mission : theological settings / by Graham Kings.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2022. | Series: Theology and mission in world Christianity, 2452-2953 ; volume 21 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021043039 (print) | LCCN 2021043040 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004469419 (paperback) | ISBN 9789004469389 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Missions.
Classification: LCC BV2061.3 .K56 2022 (print) | LCC BV2061.3 (ebook) | DDC 266—dc23
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