Missions and Empire (Paperback)

The explosive expansion of Christianity in Africa and Asia during the last two centuries constitutes one of the most remarkable cultural transformations in the history of mankind. Because it coincided with the spread of European economic and political hegemony, it tends to be taken for granted that Christian missions went hand in hand with imperialism and colonial conquest. In this book historians survey the relationship between Christian missions and the British Empire from the seventeenth century to the 1960s and treat the subject thematically, rather than regionally or chronologically. Many of these themes are treated at length for the first time, relating the work of missions to language, medicine, anthropology, and decolonization. Other important chapters focus on the difficult relationship between missionaries and white settlers, women and mission, and the neglected role of the indigenous evangelists who did far more than European or North American missionaries to spread the Christian religion - belying the image of Christianity as the "white man's religion."

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Oxford History of the British Empire Companion Series
Release date:	2008
First published:	March 2008
Editors:	Norman Etherington
Dimensions:	233 x 156 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	332
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-925348-7
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Christian mission & evangelism Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Christian mission & evangelism Books > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Christian mission & evangelism Promotions
LSN:	0-19-925348-X
Barcode:	9780199253487

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