Through an examination of Methodist mission to Southeast Asia at
the turn of the twentieth century, this broad-ranging book unites
the history of globalization with the history of Christian mission
and the history of Southeast Asia. The book explores the
international connections forged by the Methodist Episcopal
Church's Malaysia Mission between 1885 and 1915, putting them in
the context of a wave of globalization that was sweeping the world
at that time, including significant developments in Southeast Asia.
To establish intellectual connections between the study of
globalization and this historical setting, the book suggests six
metaphors for understanding the mission. Each metaphor is based on
some aspect of secular globalization: the Methodist connection as a
migratory network, mission agencies as multinational corporations,
the Malaysia Mission as a franchise system, the Methodist Episcopal
Church as a media conglomerate, mission institutions as civil
society organizations, and Methodist mission as a global vision. In
chapters exploring each metaphor separately, the book reviews how
each form of secular globalization functions to create
transnational connections before examining the details of how the
Malaysia Mission functioned in a similar fashion. Along the way,
the book investigates the lives of all involved in the mission:
missionaries, church members of the mission, and mission
supporters. Although Southeast Asia (including the Straits
Settlements, Federated Malay States, Sarawak, and Netherlands
Indies) and the United States are important geographic foci for the
book, India, China, Britain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Germany, Australia,
and Canada all have parts to play. In exploring these metaphors,
the book draws on several scholarly fields including migration
studies, business history, media studies, political theory, and
cultural history, blending them together into a social history of
the mission. By so doing, it identifies both ways in which the
effects of Christian mission paralleled other globalizing forces
and unique contributions Christian mission made to
turn-of-the-twentieth-century globalization.
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