Cultural conversions : unexpected consequences of Christian missionary encounters in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia /
"Essays in this volume study unforeseen cultural conversions that arose from missionary activities in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
| Други автори: | Sharkey, Heather J. 1967- (Editor) |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Syracuse, New York :
Syracuse University Press,
2013.
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| Издание: | First edition. |
| Серия: |
Religion and politics.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=714593 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Cultural conversions. |
Съдържание:
- Introduction: the unexpected consequences of Christian missionary encounters / Heather J. Sharkey
- Conflicting conversions and unexpected Christianities in Central Africa / David M. Gordon
- Church versus country: Palestinian Arab Episcopalians, nationalism, and revolt, 1936-39 / Laura Robson
- Missionaries and ethnography in the service of litigation: Hindu law and Christian custom in India's Deccan, 1750-1863 / Chandra Mallampalli
- Hybridity, parody, and contempt: Buddhist responses to Christian missions in Sri Lanka / Stephen C. Berkwitz
- The Port Said orphan scandal of 1933: colonialism, Islamism, and the Egyptian welfare state / Beth Baron
- Robert Moffat and the invention of Christianity in South Africa / Paul S. Landau
- Missionaries and the making of colonial notables: conversions to modernity in Eritrea and Ethiopia, 1890-1935 / James De Lorenzi
- The scholar-missionaries of the Basel Mission in southwest India: language, identity, and knowledge in flux / Mrinalini Sebastian
- The gospel in Arabic tongues: British Bible distribution, evangelical mission, and language politics in North Africa / Heather J. Sharkey.