The protestant missionaries that didn't change the world
6/18/202643 min
Why did Protestant missionaries travel the globe across the course of centuries, only to convert remarkably few people? Alec Ryrie – author of new book The World’s Reformation – tells Elinor Evans about the neglected global history of early Protestant missions, how preachers travelled across Asia, Africa and the Americas centuries earlier than many assume, and why so many of their ambitious efforts ended in confusion, contradiction and failure.
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Rachel0:29
Hi, diva. It's Rachel.
Alec Ryrie· Guest0:31
And Jordan. Yeah, hi. Quick question.
Rachel0:33
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Alec Ryrie· Guest0:35
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Rachel0:36
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Alec Ryrie· Guest0:37
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Rachel0:39
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Alec Ryrie· Guest0:41
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Rachel0:44
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Alec Ryrie· Guest0:48
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Eleanor Evans· Host0:51
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Speaker 51:00
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