Protestants abroad: how missionaries tried to change the world but changed America
Between the 1890s and the Vietnam era, many thousands of American Protestant missionaries were sent to live throughout the non-European world. They expected to change the people they encountered, but those foreign people ended up transforming the missionaries. Their experience abroad made many of th...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton Oxford
Princeton University Press
2019
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Hollinger, David, Protestants Abroad: How Missionaries Tried to Change the World but Changed America] (2019) (Bruner, Jason)
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| Edition: | First paperback printing, 2019 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Protestant Church
/ Mission
/ Non-European countries
/ History
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Social History / HISTORY
B United States / Generals / HISTORY B Missions, American B United States B Protestant Churches Missions History B Missions, American History B Protestant Churches Missions B United States United States B World / HISTORY |
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| Summary: | Between the 1890s and the Vietnam era, many thousands of American Protestant missionaries were sent to live throughout the non-European world. They expected to change the people they encountered, but those foreign people ended up transforming the missionaries. Their experience abroad made many of these missionaries and their children critical of racism, imperialism, and religious orthodoxy. When they returned home, they brought new liberal values back to their own society. Protestants Abroad reveals the untold story of how these missionary-connected individuals left an enduring mark on American public life as writers, diplomats, academics, church officials, publishers, foundation executives, and social activists. -- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0691192782 |