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Bawden, Charles R. Shamans, Lamas and Evangelicals : The English Missionaries in Siberia
London, England Routledge & Kegan Paul 1985 0-7102-0064-1 / 9780710200648 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Very Good B/W Illustrations, Drawings
Brown paper on boards. Volume has a sharp bruise to the bottom edge of the rear cover. Jacket is lightly worn. Now in clear cover. "This book tells the little-known yet fascinating story of a missionary venture to Eastern Siberia in the year 1818. Two missionaries, one English and one Swedish, sailed across the Baltic and then set out with their pregnant wives to face the daunting prospect of a 3000 mile journey by sledge across the rough snow-roads of Siberia. The mission was unusual in its conception. Established by the London Missionary Society with the backing of the Tsar, Alexander I, its aim was to bring the Christian gospel to the Buryats, and, once that was accomplished, to cross into China, evangelize the Mongols there, and then set about the conversion of the Chinese. The mission failed, but it was nonetheless an extraordinary episode. It is the story of men who had to learn Russian in order to teach themselves Mongolian, who brought up their families, founded schools, treated the sick, and translated the entire Bible into Mongolian, printing the Old Testament on their own local press."
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