The imperial horizons of British Protestant missions, 1880-1914

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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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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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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