Critical Readings in the History of Christian Mission : Volume 1 /
Critical Readings in the History of Christian Mission : Volume 1 /
edited by Martha Frederiks, Dorottya Nagy.
- 1 online resource.
- Critical Readings Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2021, ISBN: 9789004441309 .
- Critical Readings. Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2021, ISBN: 9789004441309. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Front Matter -- Preliminary Material -- Copyright page -- Introduction / Part 1 Methods -- Recent Trends in the Historiography of Christianity in Southern Africa / Writing of Past Times: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Mission History / 'Trained to Tell the Truth': Missionaries, Converts, and Narration / The Quest for Muted Black Voices in History: Some Pertinent Issues in (South) African Mission Historiography / Sources in Mission Archives / The Midwest China Oral History Collection / From Beyond Alpine Snow and Homes of the East-a Journey Through Missionary Periodicals: The Missionary Periodicals Database Project / Missionaries as Social Commentators: The Indian Case / Thinking Missiologically about the History of Mission / Jesuit Scientific Activity in the Overseas Missions, 1540-1773 / The Global 'Bookkeeping' of Souls: Quantification and Nineteenth-Century Evangelical Missions / The Visual Embodiment of Women in the Korea Mission Field / On Using Historical Missionary Photographs in Modern Discussion / The Anthropology of Christianity: Unity, Diversity, New Directions An Introduction to Supplement 10 / Expanding Mission Archaeology: A Landscape Approach to Indigenous Autonomy in Colonial California / Schooling on the Missionary Frontier: The Hohi Mission Station, New Zealand / Objects of Expert Knowledge: On Time and the Materialities of Conversion to Christianity in the Southern New Hebrides / Authors: Dorottya Nagy and Martha Frederiks -- Author: Norman Etherington -- Author: Andrea Schultze -- Author: Gareth Griffiths -- Author: Tinyiko Sam Maluleke -- Author: Adam Jones -- Author: Jane Baker Koons -- Author: Terry Barringer -- Author: Geoffrey A. Oddie -- Author: Stanley H. Skreslet -- Author: Steven J. Harris -- Author: Martin Petzke -- Author: Hyaeweol Choi -- Author: Paul Jenkins -- Author: Joel Robbins -- Authors: Lee M. Panich and Tsim D. Schneider -- Author: Ian W. G. Smith -- Author: Jean Mitchell.
This selection of texts introduces students and researchers to the multi- and interdisciplinary field of mission history. It apprises them with current discussions, insights and theories. The four parts of this book acquaint the readers with methodological considerations and recurring themes in the academic study of the history of mission. Part one revolves around methods, part two documents approaches, while parts three and four consist of thematic clusters, such as mission and language, medical mission, mission and education, women and mission, mission and politics, and mission and art. The text-selection represents a wide variety of disciplines, authors and backgrounds. The texts were chosen because they address the complexities involved in studying the history of Christian mission. Critical Readings in the History of Christian Mission is suitable for course-work and other educational purposes.
9789004399587 9789004395435
10.1163/9789004399587 DOI
Protestant churches.
BV3420.F8
280.40951245
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Front Matter -- Preliminary Material -- Copyright page -- Introduction / Part 1 Methods -- Recent Trends in the Historiography of Christianity in Southern Africa / Writing of Past Times: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Mission History / 'Trained to Tell the Truth': Missionaries, Converts, and Narration / The Quest for Muted Black Voices in History: Some Pertinent Issues in (South) African Mission Historiography / Sources in Mission Archives / The Midwest China Oral History Collection / From Beyond Alpine Snow and Homes of the East-a Journey Through Missionary Periodicals: The Missionary Periodicals Database Project / Missionaries as Social Commentators: The Indian Case / Thinking Missiologically about the History of Mission / Jesuit Scientific Activity in the Overseas Missions, 1540-1773 / The Global 'Bookkeeping' of Souls: Quantification and Nineteenth-Century Evangelical Missions / The Visual Embodiment of Women in the Korea Mission Field / On Using Historical Missionary Photographs in Modern Discussion / The Anthropology of Christianity: Unity, Diversity, New Directions An Introduction to Supplement 10 / Expanding Mission Archaeology: A Landscape Approach to Indigenous Autonomy in Colonial California / Schooling on the Missionary Frontier: The Hohi Mission Station, New Zealand / Objects of Expert Knowledge: On Time and the Materialities of Conversion to Christianity in the Southern New Hebrides / Authors: Dorottya Nagy and Martha Frederiks -- Author: Norman Etherington -- Author: Andrea Schultze -- Author: Gareth Griffiths -- Author: Tinyiko Sam Maluleke -- Author: Adam Jones -- Author: Jane Baker Koons -- Author: Terry Barringer -- Author: Geoffrey A. Oddie -- Author: Stanley H. Skreslet -- Author: Steven J. Harris -- Author: Martin Petzke -- Author: Hyaeweol Choi -- Author: Paul Jenkins -- Author: Joel Robbins -- Authors: Lee M. Panich and Tsim D. Schneider -- Author: Ian W. G. Smith -- Author: Jean Mitchell.
This selection of texts introduces students and researchers to the multi- and interdisciplinary field of mission history. It apprises them with current discussions, insights and theories. The four parts of this book acquaint the readers with methodological considerations and recurring themes in the academic study of the history of mission. Part one revolves around methods, part two documents approaches, while parts three and four consist of thematic clusters, such as mission and language, medical mission, mission and education, women and mission, mission and politics, and mission and art. The text-selection represents a wide variety of disciplines, authors and backgrounds. The texts were chosen because they address the complexities involved in studying the history of Christian mission. Critical Readings in the History of Christian Mission is suitable for course-work and other educational purposes.
9789004399587 9789004395435
10.1163/9789004399587 DOI
Protestant churches.
BV3420.F8
280.40951245