Missions and empire / / Norman Etherington, editor

• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: xiii, 332 p
• Disciplina: 266/.02341
• Soggetto topico: Missions, British - History; Christianity and politics - Great Britain - Colonies - History; Imperialism - History; Imperialisme; Zending
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Colonies Religion; 2
• Classificazione: 15.50
• Altri autori: EtheringtonNorman
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Missions and empire
• ISBN: 9780191531064; 0191531065
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910956359903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford history of the British Empire companion series.