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Missions and Empire
Norman . Ed(S): Etherington
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Description for Missions and Empire
Paperback. 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. Editor(s): Etherington, Norman. Series: Oxford History of the British Empire Companion Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; HBJD1; HBLL; HRCX7. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Series
Oxford History of the British Empire Companion Series
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199253487
SKU
V9780199253487
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About Norman . Ed(S): Etherington
Norman Etherington recieved his BA and PhD degrees from Yale University. He joined the History Department at the University of Adelaide as a Lecturer in 1968 and was subsequently appointed Reader in History. In 1989 he moved to the University of Western Australia taking up the position of Professor and Chair of History. He is a Fellow of the Academy ... Read more
Reviews for Missions and Empire
Missions and Empire is a wonderful addition to the OHBE series.
Kirsten V. Walles, British Scholar
offers a multifaceted and thought-provoking study of the relationship between missions and the British Empire
Kevin Grant, Journal of British Studies
This book features essays of uniformly high quality that articulate many important parts of the relationship between missions and ... Read more
Kirsten V. Walles, British Scholar
offers a multifaceted and thought-provoking study of the relationship between missions and the British Empire
Kevin Grant, Journal of British Studies
This book features essays of uniformly high quality that articulate many important parts of the relationship between missions and ... Read more