Humanities

Religious Missions

Programs or projects established by religious groups or institution to support and provide missionary activities, including sharing faith or providing educational, medical, or other assistance.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

Programs or projects established by religious groups or institution to support and provide missionary activities, including sharing faith or providing educational, medical, or other assistance.

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Synonyms

4 entry terms
  • Missions
  • Mission, Religious
  • Missions, Religious
  • Religious Mission

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Aspects Covered

10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

MEDICAL MISSIONS and MISSIONARIES are also available

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History Note

2015(1991); was indexed under MISSIONS AND MISSIONARIES 1992-2014

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  1. K01w.844w.777
  2. N03w.540w.297w.500

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NLM Classification

W 323

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Religious Missions. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008921. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008921
  2. Religious Missions. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59055358