All Things to All Persons — The Missionary as a Racist-Imperialist, 1860–1918: A Study in Historical Irony
We need this helpful essay. In it Professor Bonk gently chides us for regarding 19th century missionaries with scholarly scorn because of their racist-imperialism overlarded with triumphalistic paternalism. Whereas we, as “modern” missiologists, think we are particularly sensitive to the demands of...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
1980
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Missiology
Year: 1980, Volume: 8, Issue: 3, Pages: 285-306 |
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| Summary: | We need this helpful essay. In it Professor Bonk gently chides us for regarding 19th century missionaries with scholarly scorn because of their racist-imperialism overlarded with triumphalistic paternalism. Whereas we, as “modern” missiologists, think we are particularly sensitive to the demands of contextualizing the Christian mission, he calls us to apply this in reverse and interpret the labors of those devoted missionaries more charitably as we see them in their context. |
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| ISSN: | 2051-3623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Missiology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/009182968000800303 |