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200 00$aMissions and empire$b[electronic resource] /$fNorman Etherington, editor
210   $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2005
215   $a1 online resource (347 p.)
225 1 $aThe Oxford history of the British Empire companion series
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-19-925347-1 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aPrelude: 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.
330   $aThe 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
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