LEADER 04390nam 2200697 450 001 9910461190003321 005 20210506204414.0 010 $a1-5017-0104-5 024 7 $a10.7591/9781501701047 035 $a(CKB)3710000000470676 035 $a(EBL)4189237 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001544076 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16135204 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001544076 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)13026478 035 $a(PQKB)11236054 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001516680 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4189237 035 $a(OCoLC)919921508 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse46794 035 $a(DE-B1597)478657 035 $a(OCoLC)979596537 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501701047 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4189237 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11129074 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL827500 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000470676 100 $a20151223h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnnu---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aChristian imperialism $econverting the world in the early American republic /$fEmily Conroy-Krutz ; cover design, Scott Levine 210 1$aIthaca, New York ;$aLondon, [England] :$cCornell University Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (265 p.) 225 1 $aUnited States in the World 300 $aIncludes index. 311 0 $a0-8014-5353-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tPrologue: An American Missionary in London --$tIntroduction: Christian Imperialism and American Foreign Missions --$t1. Hierarchies of Heathenism --$t2. Missions on the British Model --$t3. Mission Schools and the Meaning of Conversion --$t4. Missions as Settler Colonies --$t5. American Politics and the Cherokee Mission --$t6. Missionaries and Colonies --$t7. A "Christian Colony" in Singapore --$tConclusion: Missions and American Imperialism --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aIn 1812, eight American missionaries, under the direction of the recently formed American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, sailed from the United States to South Asia. The plans that motivated their voyage were ano less grand than taking part in the Protestant conversion of the entire world. Over the next several decades, these men and women were joined by hundreds more American missionaries at stations all over the globe. Emily Conroy-Krutz shows the surprising extent of the early missionary impulse and demonstrates that American evangelical Protestants of the early nineteenth century were motivated by Christian imperialism-an understanding of international relations that asserted the duty of supposedly Christian nations, such as the United States and Britain, to use their colonial and commercial power to spread Christianity. In describing how American missionaries interacted with a range of foreign locations (including India, Liberia, the Middle East, the Pacific Islands, North America, and Singapore) and imperial contexts, Christian Imperialism provides a new perspective on how Americans thought of their country's role in the world. While in the early republican period many were engaged in territorial expansion in the west, missionary supporters looked east and across the seas toward Africa, Asia, and the Pacific. Conroy-Krutz's history of the mission movement reveals that strong Anglo-American and global connections persisted through the early republic. Considering Britain and its empire to be models for their work, the missionaries of the American Board attempted to convert the globe into the image of Anglo-American civilization. 410 0$aUnited States in the world. 606 $aMissions, American$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aPolitical messianism$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aChristianity and politics$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMissions, American$xHistory 615 0$aPolitical messianism$xHistory 615 0$aChristianity and politics$xHistory 676 $a266/.02373 700 $aConroy-Krutz$b Emily$01055069 702 $aLevine$b Scott 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461190003321 996 $aChristian imperialism$92488187 997 $aUNINA