| Description |
xiii, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Studies in the history of Christian missions |
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Studies in the history of Christian missions.
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| Contents |
Introduction / Andrew Porter -- Atonement, sin, and empire, 1880-1914 / D. W. Bebbington -- Imperial Christianity? : Bishop Montgomery and the foreign missions of the Church of England, 1895-1915 / Steven Maughan -- Church, state, and the hierarchy of "civilization" : the making of the "Missions and governments" report at the World Missionary Conference, Edinburgh 1910 / Brian Stanley -- Christian missions and mid-nineteenth-century change in attitudes to race : the African experience / Ancrew C. Ross -- Missionaries, science, and the environment in nineteenth-century Africa / John M. MacKenzie -- Rethinking gender roles : the field experience of women missionaries in South Africa / Deborah Gaitskell -- British missions and Indian nationalism, 1880-1908 : imitation and autonomy in Calcutta and Madras / Chandra Mallampalli -- Rethinking mission in China : James Hudson Taylor and Timothy Richard / Lauren F. Pfister -- "Who did they think they were?" : some reflections from a theologian on grand narratives and identity in the history of missions / John W. de Gruchy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-241) and index |
| Subject |
Missions, British -- History -- 19th century -- Congresses.
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Protestant churches -- Missions -- History -- 19th century -- Congresses.
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Missions, British -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses.
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Protestant churches -- Missions -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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History.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Porter, A. N. (Andrew N.)
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| LC no. |
2003052857 |
| ISBN |
0802860877 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780802860873 paperback alkaline paper |
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