missiologyn.
/ˌmɪsɪˈɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˌmɪsiˈɑlədʒi/ The study of the methods, purpose, etc., of religious missions.
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missiology1936
1936 Pacific Affairs 9 155/1 Professor of Missiology at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome.
1961 A. V. Seumois in G. H. Anderson Theol. Christian Mission ii. 133 Practical missiology, scientifically theological, covers the study of mission spirituality and mission methodology.
1990 Christianity Today 20 Aug. 46/3 Winter credited McGavran..with virtually creating the scholarly field of evangelical missiology.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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