The imperial horizons of British Protestant missions, 1880-1914

Author(s)

• Porter, A. N. (Andrew Neil)

Bibliographic Information

The imperial horizons of British Protestant missions, 1880-1914

edited by Andrew Porter

（Studies in the history of Christian missions）

W.B. Eerdmans Pub., 2003

• : pbk.

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Written by acknowledged experts, The Imperial Horizons of British Protestant Missions includes chapters on the imperial and ecclesiastical ambitions of the high-church Society for the Propagation of the Gospel; the role of empire as an arena for working out Christian understandings of atonement; the international politics of the missionary movement; conflicting understandings of race, missionary strategies, and the transfer of Western scientific knowledge; Indian nationalist responses to Christian teaching; and changing interpretations of Western missionary methods in China and of female missionary roles in South Africa.

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• NCID: BA6468808X
• ISBN:
  • 0802860877
• LCCN: 2003052857
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Grand Rapids, Mich.
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 250 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BV2420
  • DC21 : 266/.02341
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Missions, British -- History -- 19th century -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Protestant churches -- Missions -- History -- 19th century -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Missions, British -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Protestant churches -- Missions -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA46314612