handbook, An Introduction to the Science of Missions. Its broader frame of reference can be readily gleaned from his publications, which show how well-read Bavinck was in the scholarly domains relevant to missiology and how closely he integrated this research into his own work. The most salient parts of his theological context can be divided between his theology of religion (theologia religionum) and his theology of mission. Bavinck divided the discipline of missiology into three
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