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The British Missionary Enterprise since 1700 / Jeffrey Cox. - New York, London : Routledge, cop. 2008. - XII, [2], 315 s. ; 24 cm.

(Christianity and society in the modern world / ed. Hugh McLeod)

Author

Cox Jeffrey.

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Książki

Subject

MISJE DUCHOWIEŃSTWO PROTESTANCKIE

Słowo kluczowe

England religion missionary history

Missions are an important topic in the history of modern Britain and of even wider importance in the modern history of Africa and many parts of Asia. Yet, despite the perennial subject matter, and the publication of a large number of studies of particular aspects of missions, there is no recent, balanced overview of the history of the missionary moment during the last three hundred years. "The British Missionary Enterprise since 1700" moves away from the partisan approach that characterizes so many writers in field and instead views missionaries primarily as institution builders rather than imperialists or heroes of social reform. This balanced survey examines both Britain as the home base of missions and the impact of the missions themselves, while also evaluating the independent initiatives by African and Asia Christians. Also addressed are the previously ignored issues of missionary rhetoric, the predominantly female nature of missions, and comparisons between British missions and those from other predominantly Protestant countries including the United States. Jeffrey Cox brings a fresh and much needed overview to this large, fascinating and controversial subject.

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Missionary Writing and Empire, 1800-1860 / Anna Johnston. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, cop. 2003. - XII, 262 s. : il. ; 23 cm.

(Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture ; 38)

Author

Johnston Anna.

Form of Work

Książki

Subject

WIELKA BRYTANIA MISJE

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India Polynesia missionary Australia England history

Index s. 253-262

Arguing that missionaries occupied ambiguous positions in colonial cultures, Anna Johnson analyzes missionary writing under the aegis of the British Empire. Johnson reveals how missionaries were caught between imperial and religious interests through an examination of texts published by the largest and most influential nineteenth-century evangelical institution, the London Missionary Society. Texts from Indian, Polynesian, and Australian missions are also examined to highlight their representation of nineteenth-century evangelical activity in relationship to gender, colonialism, and race.

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Biblioteka Główna. Czytelnie

Copies are only available in the library: sygn. 8418.XXIV.8 [Czytelnia A] (1 egz.)