Race and redemption: British missionaries encounter Pacific peoples, 1797-1920
Race and Redemption is the latest volume in the Studies in the History of Christian Missions series, which explores the significant, yet sometimes controversial, impact of Christian missions around the world. In this historical examination of the encounter between British missionaries and people in...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Grand Rapids, Michigan
William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
2017
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Series/Journal: | Studies in the history of Christian missions
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Church of England
/ Mission (international law
/ Pacific Area
/ History 1797-1928
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| IxTheo Classification: | RJ Mission; missiology |
| Further subjects: | B
Missions, British
History
Islands of the Pacific
B Missions, British Pacific Ocean Islands of the Pacific |
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| Summary: | Race and Redemption is the latest volume in the Studies in the History of Christian Missions series, which explores the significant, yet sometimes controversial, impact of Christian missions around the world. In this historical examination of the encounter between British missionaries and people in the Pacific Islands, Jane Samson reveals the paradoxical yet symbiotic nature of the two stances that the missionaries adopted--"othering" and "brothering." She shows how good and bad intentions were tangled up together and how some blind spots remained even as others were overcome. Arguing that gender was as important a category in the story as race, Samson paints a complex picture of the interactions between missionaries and native peoples--and the ways in which perspectives shaped by those encounters have endured |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | x, 274 Seiten, 1 Karte, 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 0802875351 |