03455nam 2200709 a 450 991045188240332120200520144314.01-280-75927-50-19-153106-51-4294-2168-1(CKB)1000000000468276(EBL)422564(OCoLC)476258025(SSID)ssj0000203606(PQKBManifestationID)11174130(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000203606(PQKBWorkID)10131759(PQKB)11292576(MiAaPQ)EBC422564(Au-PeEL)EBL422564(CaPaEBR)ebr10233683(CaONFJC)MIL75927(EXLCZ)99100000000046827620050923d2005 ky 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMissions and empire[electronic resource] /Norman Etherington, editorOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20051 online resource (347 p.)The Oxford history of the British Empire companion seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-925347-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 transformationOxford history of the British Empire companion series.Missions, BritishHistoryChristianity and politicsGreat BritainColoniesHistoryImperialismHistoryImperialismegttZendinggttGreat BritainColoniesReligion2gttElectronic books.Missions, BritishHistory.Christianity and politicsColoniesHistory.ImperialismHistory.Imperialisme.Zending.266/.0234115.50bclEtherington Norman711741MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451882403321Missions and empire1968773UNINA