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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784855303321

Autore

Harris Paul William

Titolo

Nothing but Christ : Rufus Anderson and the ideology of Protestant foreign missions / / Paul William Harris

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, c1999

ISBN

0-19-774027-8

1-280-53064-2

0-19-534403-0

1-4294-0364-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (215 pages)

Collana

Religion in America series

Disciplina

266.0092

266/.023/01

Soggetti

Protestant churches - Missions - History - 19th century

Missions - Theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. Rufus Anderson and the Historiography of Missions; 2. Indian Missions and the Puritan Legacy; 3. Self-Denial and Civilization; 4. Educational Ends and Means; 5. Hard Times; 6. The Abolitionist Attack; 7. The Powers That Be; 8. To Ordain Pastors over Them; 9. The Deputation to India; 10. Into History; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Rufus Anderson was a central figure in the formation and implementation of missionary ideology in the middle 19th century. In telling his story, Harris looks at 19th-century American history and the relationship between American culture and those of what later came to be known as the third world.