1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990000287120203316

Autore

D'ANNA DINATOLO, R.

Titolo

Whoopee again : aspetti di cultura e civiltáa dei paesi di lingua inglese / R. D'Anna Dinatolo, I. Marcarelli, T. Pratt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Napoli : Fratelli Ferraro, 1998

ISBN

88-7276-173-5

Descrizione fisica

359 p. ; 26 cm + 1 audiocassetta

Altri autori (Persone)

MARCARELLI, I.

PRATT, T.

Disciplina

428.2451

Soggetti

Lingua inglese - Manuali

Collocazione

VII.3.D. 406(II i B 1830)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451882403321

Titolo

Missions and empire [[electronic resource] /] / Norman Etherington, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005

ISBN

1-280-75927-5

0-19-153106-5

1-4294-2168-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (347 p.)

Collana

The Oxford history of the British Empire companion series

Classificazione

15.50

Altri autori (Persone)

EtheringtonNorman

Disciplina

266/.02341

Soggetti

Missions, British - History

Christianity and politics - Great Britain - Colonies - History

Imperialism - History

Imperialisme

Zending

Electronic books.

Great Britain Colonies Religion

2

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Prelude: the Christianizing of British America / Eliga H. Gould -- An overview, 1700-1914 / Andrew Porter -- Humanitarians and white settlers in the nineteenth century / Alan Lester -- Where the missionary frontier ran ahead of empire / John Barker -- Christian missions and the Raj / Robert Eric Frykenberg -- New Christians as evangelists / Peggy Brock -- 'Trained to tell the truth': missionaries, converts, and narration / Gareth Griffiths -- Women and cultural exchanges / Patricia Grimshaw and Peter Sherlock -- Language / Paul Landau -- New religious movements / Rober Edgar -- Anthropology / Patrick Harries -- Education and medicine / Norman Etherington -- Decolonization / David Maxwell.

Sommario/riassunto

The widespread idea that Christian missions went hand in hand with Imperialism and colonial conquest is challenged here by a group of



eminent historians. By showing the variety of missions and the vital role played by indigenous men and women, they place missions in a long historical perspective. Special attention is paid to emerging themes such as the missionary role in anthropology, gender relations, language, medicine, and decolonization. - ;The explosive expansion of Christianity in Africa and Asia during the last two centuries constitutes one of the most remarkable cultural transformation