Drawing on unpublished archival material, this volume compares two
Moravian missions, in Greenland and Australia, to demonstrate how
their practices evolved over the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries as
part of a globalizing world and economy. Delivering in-depth
analysis of the far-reaching and deep-seated effects of missionary
activity on indigenous communities and social relations, it also
explores how the indigenous were ‘othered’ in empire, and the
role missionaries played in this process. Petterson provides an
insight into the lives of indigenous peoples, and the missionaries
who lived amongst them, at a time of changing identities and
socio-economic change. Analysing how missionary practice developed
over this period, it also demonstrates how attitudes to and
engagement with indigenous peoples transformed. Standing outside of
national and imperial boundaries, and ambivalent about the
political notion of imperialism and colonisation itself,
nonetheless missionaries functioned in parallel with colonial
structures, and were part of a broadly culturally colonial mission.
On the outskirts of imperial organisation, they were often a
crucial part of colonial practice. This book examines both
missionaries and indigenous peoples as ‘others’ in imperial
systems through the economic and cultural practices of their
spiritual colonialism.
General
Imprint: |
Bloomsbury Academic
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Empire’s Other Histories |
Release date: |
2024 |
Authors: |
Christina Petterson
|
Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
|
Pages: |
240 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-350-12208-6 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-350-12208-4 |
Barcode: |
9781350122086 |
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