risks of personal identity are still germane to mission work today. Thus, I spend a great deal of time on Christian history (not just “mission history”)—mostly on the period from the sixteenth century on. A historical study of Christian mission, however, must not stand alone. After looking at the historical contexts, it is necessary to think theologically and biblically about missiology. Missiology must be firmly rooted in a trinitarian understanding of God from which emerge various structures (means