Philip Jenkins
- Published in print:
- 2002
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780195146165
- eISBN:
- 9780199834341
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0195146166.003.0002
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
This chapter addresses the myth of Western Christianity and outlines the true origins and development of Christianity, as opposed to those presented in the history books. Accounts are given of the ...
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This chapter addresses the myth of Western Christianity and outlines the true origins and development of Christianity, as opposed to those presented in the history books. Accounts are given of the early Eastern churches, particularly those in Ethiopia and Armenia, and of the survival of Christian traditions in Asia and Africa through the Middles Ages, and under Islamic (Muslim) rule. Next, an analysis is presented of the size of Christian communities that survived under Muslim rule in ancient and medieval times and up to the early twentieth century, and the question addressed as to why, when Christians survived Muslim conquests so successfully, they form such a small minority in the modern Middle East. Further sections of the chapter discuss the Catholic missions that took place from about 1500 and the different ways in which Christianity developed in countries beyond the reach of the European empires, where missionaries where not able to enforce their will politically, and in those countries where this was not the case; and the adaptation of the gospel to local cultures, customs, and practices in countries where there was no imperial backing is described, with particular reference to the “silk strategy” in Japan (where the priests dressed in silk in preference to cotton and thus identified themselves with the social elite, who were able to assist in the spread of Christianity), and Jesuit missions to China. The last part of the chapter looks at Protestant missions from the late eighteenth century in Africa and China.Less
This chapter addresses the myth of Western Christianity and outlines the true origins and development of Christianity, as opposed to those presented in the history books. Accounts are given of the early Eastern churches, particularly those in Ethiopia and Armenia, and of the survival of Christian traditions in Asia and Africa through the Middles Ages, and under Islamic (Muslim) rule. Next, an analysis is presented of the size of Christian communities that survived under Muslim rule in ancient and medieval times and up to the early twentieth century, and the question addressed as to why, when Christians survived Muslim conquests so successfully, they form such a small minority in the modern Middle East. Further sections of the chapter discuss the Catholic missions that took place from about 1500 and the different ways in which Christianity developed in countries beyond the reach of the European empires, where missionaries where not able to enforce their will politically, and in those countries where this was not the case; and the adaptation of the gospel to local cultures, customs, and practices in countries where there was no imperial backing is described, with particular reference to the “silk strategy” in Japan (where the priests dressed in silk in preference to cotton and thus identified themselves with the social elite, who were able to assist in the spread of Christianity), and Jesuit missions to China. The last part of the chapter looks at Protestant missions from the late eighteenth century in Africa and China.
Norman Etherington
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199253487
- eISBN:
- 9780191698156
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199253487.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, World Modern History
This introductory chapter explains the coverage of this book, which is about the relations between the Christian missions and the British Empire during the period from the 17th century to the 1960s. ...
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This introductory chapter explains the coverage of this book, which is about the relations between the Christian missions and the British Empire during the period from the 17th century to the 1960s. This book examines the connections between the explosive expansion of Christianity in Africa and Asia and the spread of European economic and political hegemony during this period. It also analyses the contributions of Christian missions in the field of medicine, anthropology, language and decolonization.Less
This introductory chapter explains the coverage of this book, which is about the relations between the Christian missions and the British Empire during the period from the 17th century to the 1960s. This book examines the connections between the explosive expansion of Christianity in Africa and Asia and the spread of European economic and political hegemony during this period. It also analyses the contributions of Christian missions in the field of medicine, anthropology, language and decolonization.
Robert Eric Frykenberg
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199253487
- eISBN:
- 9780191698156
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199253487.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, World Modern History
This chapter examines the relations between Christian missions and the British Indian Empire or the British Raj. When missionaries gained access to East India their efforts brought counter-currents ...
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This chapter examines the relations between Christian missions and the British Indian Empire or the British Raj. When missionaries gained access to East India their efforts brought counter-currents of religious renewal, social reform, and the eventual rise of nationalism. The Christian missions often attracted their greatest followings where their connection to imperial authority was least in evidence. Thus, dissenting and non-British Christian missions succeeded while missions that were closely associated with the Anglican establishment faltered.Less
This chapter examines the relations between Christian missions and the British Indian Empire or the British Raj. When missionaries gained access to East India their efforts brought counter-currents of religious renewal, social reform, and the eventual rise of nationalism. The Christian missions often attracted their greatest followings where their connection to imperial authority was least in evidence. Thus, dissenting and non-British Christian missions succeeded while missions that were closely associated with the Anglican establishment faltered.
GOODMAN MARTIN
- Published in print:
- 1995
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198263876
- eISBN:
- 9780191682674
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198263876.003.0005
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion in the Ancient World, Judaism
This chapter explores the Christian mission in the early church. To some extent, some early Christian institutions mirrored those in contemporary Jewish society. The biggest agent of transformation ...
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This chapter explores the Christian mission in the early church. To some extent, some early Christian institutions mirrored those in contemporary Jewish society. The biggest agent of transformation for the convert was negative: withdrawal from pagan worship. Withdrawal from cult separated Christians from the surrounding society. The pressure of such separation from ordinary people led Christians to stick together to form their own alternative communities. In any case, converts were welcomed into the communities and given a status equal in theory to that of the existing members of the community.Less
This chapter explores the Christian mission in the early church. To some extent, some early Christian institutions mirrored those in contemporary Jewish society. The biggest agent of transformation for the convert was negative: withdrawal from pagan worship. Withdrawal from cult separated Christians from the surrounding society. The pressure of such separation from ordinary people led Christians to stick together to form their own alternative communities. In any case, converts were welcomed into the communities and given a status equal in theory to that of the existing members of the community.
Philip Jenkins
- Published in print:
- 2002
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780195146165
- eISBN:
- 9780199834341
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0195146166.003.0003
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
This chapter looks at the nature of the religious changes involved in successful Christian missions and the resulting expansion of Christianity in Asia and Africa: success that is impossible to ...
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This chapter looks at the nature of the religious changes involved in successful Christian missions and the resulting expansion of Christianity in Asia and Africa: success that is impossible to understand if the new Christians were only responding out of fear or envy of imperial conquerors. The chapter starts by examining the view developing in the West in the mid-twentieth century that the Christian mission venture was solely misguided imperialism and an attempt to export Western culture. It goes on to analyse the reasons for Southern Christian expansion, and the synthesis of this Christianity into local cultures. The last two sections investigate the newer autonomous (independent) Christian churches in Africa; these are one of the most notable aspects of Southern Christianity and can be expected to play an increasing role in world Christianity.Less
This chapter looks at the nature of the religious changes involved in successful Christian missions and the resulting expansion of Christianity in Asia and Africa: success that is impossible to understand if the new Christians were only responding out of fear or envy of imperial conquerors. The chapter starts by examining the view developing in the West in the mid-twentieth century that the Christian mission venture was solely misguided imperialism and an attempt to export Western culture. It goes on to analyse the reasons for Southern Christian expansion, and the synthesis of this Christianity into local cultures. The last two sections investigate the newer autonomous (independent) Christian churches in Africa; these are one of the most notable aspects of Southern Christianity and can be expected to play an increasing role in world Christianity.
Peggy Brock
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199253487
- eISBN:
- 9780191698156
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199253487.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, World Modern History
This chapter examines the role of non-European evangelists in Great Britain's Christian missions. It analyses the first-hand accounts of the missionary experiences of five evangelists. They are Tiyo ...
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This chapter examines the role of non-European evangelists in Great Britain's Christian missions. It analyses the first-hand accounts of the missionary experiences of five evangelists. They are Tiyo Soga, a Xhosa man from the South African war zone; Arthur Wellington Clah, a Tsimshian who lived in British Columbia; Maretu and Ta'unga, Rarotongans of the Cook Islands in the South Pacific; and Moses Tjalkabota, a western Arrernte from central Australia.Less
This chapter examines the role of non-European evangelists in Great Britain's Christian missions. It analyses the first-hand accounts of the missionary experiences of five evangelists. They are Tiyo Soga, a Xhosa man from the South African war zone; Arthur Wellington Clah, a Tsimshian who lived in British Columbia; Maretu and Ta'unga, Rarotongans of the Cook Islands in the South Pacific; and Moses Tjalkabota, a western Arrernte from central Australia.
David Maxwell
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199253487
- eISBN:
- 9780191698156
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199253487.003.0014
- Subject:
- History, World Modern History
This chapter examines the negative impact of decolonization on the works of Christian missionaries. By the mid-1950s, the global prospects for mission Christianity started to look bleak and gloomy. ...
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This chapter examines the negative impact of decolonization on the works of Christian missionaries. By the mid-1950s, the global prospects for mission Christianity started to look bleak and gloomy. This is attributed to the rise of anti-colonial movements in India and China, which appeared to have ended all hope for establishing self-sustaining national churches. The situation in Africa, where missionary personnel were most numerous, is the same as those in Asia.Less
This chapter examines the negative impact of decolonization on the works of Christian missionaries. By the mid-1950s, the global prospects for mission Christianity started to look bleak and gloomy. This is attributed to the rise of anti-colonial movements in India and China, which appeared to have ended all hope for establishing self-sustaining national churches. The situation in Africa, where missionary personnel were most numerous, is the same as those in Asia.
Andrew Porter
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199253487
- eISBN:
- 9780191698156
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199253487.003.0003
- Subject:
- History, World Modern History
This chapter provides an overview of the connection between the British Empire and Christian missions overseas during the period from 1700 to 1914. From the beginning of the eighteenth century ...
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This chapter provides an overview of the connection between the British Empire and Christian missions overseas during the period from 1700 to 1914. From the beginning of the eighteenth century Christianity expanded as part of British culture and activities overseas on an unprecedented scale. Home and colonial governments supported ecclesiastical and missionary expansion wherever they can assert their authority and promote social order. However, the dynamics of religion were unpredictable and often inconsistent with imperial needs. This led to the negative relationship between imperial control and the missionary movement.Less
This chapter provides an overview of the connection between the British Empire and Christian missions overseas during the period from 1700 to 1914. From the beginning of the eighteenth century Christianity expanded as part of British culture and activities overseas on an unprecedented scale. Home and colonial governments supported ecclesiastical and missionary expansion wherever they can assert their authority and promote social order. However, the dynamics of religion were unpredictable and often inconsistent with imperial needs. This led to the negative relationship between imperial control and the missionary movement.
Norman Etherington
- Published in print:
- 1999
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198205661
- eISBN:
- 9780191676741
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198205661.003.0019
- Subject:
- History, World Modern History, British and Irish Modern History
The study of Christian missions has not developed as a recognized and coherent branch of British Imperial and Commonwealth history. In many places, the advent of British missionaries preceded ...
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The study of Christian missions has not developed as a recognized and coherent branch of British Imperial and Commonwealth history. In many places, the advent of British missionaries preceded colonial annexations by decades. There is a problem in the ambiguity of the term ‘mission’. The story of missions is also a longer story than the chronicle of empire. The turn of the 20th century approximates the high-water mark of Christian missionary prosperity and activity. Throughout the British Empire, penny-pinching colonial administrations avoided welfare responsibilities by allowing missions to become the principal providers of educational and medical services to subject peoples. Political developments after the Second World War accelerated the trend towards missionary rapprochements with local cultures and religions. The implications for missionary history were considerable. The study of the religious aspects of Britain’s Imperial experience has not featured prominently in mainstream secular journals, but there are indications of change in Africa and South Asia.Less
The study of Christian missions has not developed as a recognized and coherent branch of British Imperial and Commonwealth history. In many places, the advent of British missionaries preceded colonial annexations by decades. There is a problem in the ambiguity of the term ‘mission’. The story of missions is also a longer story than the chronicle of empire. The turn of the 20th century approximates the high-water mark of Christian missionary prosperity and activity. Throughout the British Empire, penny-pinching colonial administrations avoided welfare responsibilities by allowing missions to become the principal providers of educational and medical services to subject peoples. Political developments after the Second World War accelerated the trend towards missionary rapprochements with local cultures and religions. The implications for missionary history were considerable. The study of the religious aspects of Britain’s Imperial experience has not featured prominently in mainstream secular journals, but there are indications of change in Africa and South Asia.
John Barker
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199253487
- eISBN:
- 9780191698156
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199253487.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, World Modern History
This chapter examines the areas where the Christian missionary movement ran ahead of the colonization efforts of the British Empire. In the 1790s newly formed British mission societies began sending ...
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This chapter examines the areas where the Christian missionary movement ran ahead of the colonization efforts of the British Empire. In the 1790s newly formed British mission societies began sending evangelists to the far corners of the world and within 30 years missions had become firmly established in the Pacific Islands and Africa. This chapter also examines the developments in missions to the Pacific Islands with some comparative notes on Africa in order to highlight the key interactions that shaped the early reception of Christianity on a frontier where indigenous peoples retained autonomy over their lives.Less
This chapter examines the areas where the Christian missionary movement ran ahead of the colonization efforts of the British Empire. In the 1790s newly formed British mission societies began sending evangelists to the far corners of the world and within 30 years missions had become firmly established in the Pacific Islands and Africa. This chapter also examines the developments in missions to the Pacific Islands with some comparative notes on Africa in order to highlight the key interactions that shaped the early reception of Christianity on a frontier where indigenous peoples retained autonomy over their lives.
John G. Stackhouse
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195173581
- eISBN:
- 9780199851683
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195173581.003.0008
- Subject:
- Religion, Theology
This chapter examines the concept of religious vocation. In Christian history, vocation has become bound up with the category of work in three different ways. The chapter explains these three ways. ...
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This chapter examines the concept of religious vocation. In Christian history, vocation has become bound up with the category of work in three different ways. The chapter explains these three ways. The chapter also discusses the typical conceptions of Christian mission that have emerged over the last century or so. Evangelicalism and certain strands of Roman Catholicism have emphasized personal evangelism while Liberal Christianity has taken up another form of gospel service and tried to save society.Less
This chapter examines the concept of religious vocation. In Christian history, vocation has become bound up with the category of work in three different ways. The chapter explains these three ways. The chapter also discusses the typical conceptions of Christian mission that have emerged over the last century or so. Evangelicalism and certain strands of Roman Catholicism have emphasized personal evangelism while Liberal Christianity has taken up another form of gospel service and tried to save society.
Pamela J. Walker
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520225916
- eISBN:
- 9780520925854
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520225916.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
The Christian Mission was part of a broad evangelical missionary effort to reach the urban working class. Its theology drew on Methodism, American revivalism, and the holiness movement. William ...
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The Christian Mission was part of a broad evangelical missionary effort to reach the urban working class. Its theology drew on Methodism, American revivalism, and the holiness movement. William Booth's open-air preaching was similar to the work which had been carried out by evangelicals for decades. The Mission, however, differed from other home missions. The authority it granted women, its emphasis on holiness theology and revivalist methods, its growing independence, and its strict hierarchical structure were all features that sharply distinguished it from its contemporaries. As the movement grew, William Booth determined that the democratic system borrowed from the Methodists for the first fourteen years had to be abandoned in favor of an autocratic and hierarchical structure. Under the banner of the Salvation Army, disciplined and faithful soldiers and officers fought the enemy in the streets, music halls, and gin palaces of England's urban working-class communities.Less
The Christian Mission was part of a broad evangelical missionary effort to reach the urban working class. Its theology drew on Methodism, American revivalism, and the holiness movement. William Booth's open-air preaching was similar to the work which had been carried out by evangelicals for decades. The Mission, however, differed from other home missions. The authority it granted women, its emphasis on holiness theology and revivalist methods, its growing independence, and its strict hierarchical structure were all features that sharply distinguished it from its contemporaries. As the movement grew, William Booth determined that the democratic system borrowed from the Methodists for the first fourteen years had to be abandoned in favor of an autocratic and hierarchical structure. Under the banner of the Salvation Army, disciplined and faithful soldiers and officers fought the enemy in the streets, music halls, and gin palaces of England's urban working-class communities.
Paul Landau
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199253487
- eISBN:
- 9780191698156
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199253487.003.0010
- Subject:
- History, World Modern History
This chapter examines the effects of the evangelical concern for Christian missions for language, translation, and literacy. It analyses the Yorubaland in Nigeria and Kikuyuland in Kenya to ...
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This chapter examines the effects of the evangelical concern for Christian missions for language, translation, and literacy. It analyses the Yorubaland in Nigeria and Kikuyuland in Kenya to demonstrate how colonized people used Christian-inflected languages in their nationalist projects. It also explores relevant conditions in Oceania and suggests that comparative impulse in Christian missionaries' scholarship could enfeeble subject peoples. And in multi-confessional and urbanized Bengal in India, the literate elites played off one another in competing translational projects.Less
This chapter examines the effects of the evangelical concern for Christian missions for language, translation, and literacy. It analyses the Yorubaland in Nigeria and Kikuyuland in Kenya to demonstrate how colonized people used Christian-inflected languages in their nationalist projects. It also explores relevant conditions in Oceania and suggests that comparative impulse in Christian missionaries' scholarship could enfeeble subject peoples. And in multi-confessional and urbanized Bengal in India, the literate elites played off one another in competing translational projects.
Pamela J. Walker
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520225916
- eISBN:
- 9780520925854
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520225916.003.0004
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
Elijah Cadman and Adalaide Cox took paths that were, in many respects, similar. Like all Salvationists, they adopted a special form of dress and relinquished tobacco, drink, and many of the leisure ...
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Elijah Cadman and Adalaide Cox took paths that were, in many respects, similar. Like all Salvationists, they adopted a special form of dress and relinquished tobacco, drink, and many of the leisure activities their neighbors enjoyed. Their days were filled with God's work. Their choices set them apart from their respective families and neighborhoods albeit for different reasons. The Christian Mission, and later the Salvation Army, adopted a structure and practice that combined submission to God's will and discipline with an unusual degree of authority and responsibility to evangelism. The Salvation Army was a part of wider changes in evangelical culture, but it offered a distinctive response to the dilemmas facing Victorian Christians. The relationship among what Salvationists believed, their social, culture, and religion, and the work they did is the subject of this article.Less
Elijah Cadman and Adalaide Cox took paths that were, in many respects, similar. Like all Salvationists, they adopted a special form of dress and relinquished tobacco, drink, and many of the leisure activities their neighbors enjoyed. Their days were filled with God's work. Their choices set them apart from their respective families and neighborhoods albeit for different reasons. The Christian Mission, and later the Salvation Army, adopted a structure and practice that combined submission to God's will and discipline with an unusual degree of authority and responsibility to evangelism. The Salvation Army was a part of wider changes in evangelical culture, but it offered a distinctive response to the dilemmas facing Victorian Christians. The relationship among what Salvationists believed, their social, culture, and religion, and the work they did is the subject of this article.
Arieh Bruce Saposnik
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780195331219
- eISBN:
- 9780199868100
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195331219.003.0011
- Subject:
- Religion, Judaism
This chapter examines the “language war”—the effort to establish Hebrew as the language of instruction in Haifa's Technion and its high school—as a defining struggle for the Yishuv's national ...
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This chapter examines the “language war”—the effort to establish Hebrew as the language of instruction in Haifa's Technion and its high school—as a defining struggle for the Yishuv's national culture. Together with the fight against missionary institutions that preceded it, this was a battle for institutional and organizational autonomy (in particular, from the German‐Jewish Hilfsverein), for the hegemony of the Hebraist nationalizing elite in Jewish Palestine, and for the supremacy of that group's vision of national culture. Bearing quasi‐religious overtones of cataclysmic conflict, the undertaking was incorporated into new holidays such as “Flower Day” and transformed traditional celebrations. Frequent conflations of educational struggle with escalating national conflict and the fallen of Ha‐Shomer* proved formative for new Hebrew masculinities and femininities. By the outbreak of WWI, a distinct culture had emerged in which an altered distribution of power between the Yishuv and the Diaspora was an essential component.Less
This chapter examines the “language war”—the effort to establish Hebrew as the language of instruction in Haifa's Technion and its high school—as a defining struggle for the Yishuv's national culture. Together with the fight against missionary institutions that preceded it, this was a battle for institutional and organizational autonomy (in particular, from the German‐Jewish Hilfsverein), for the hegemony of the Hebraist nationalizing elite in Jewish Palestine, and for the supremacy of that group's vision of national culture. Bearing quasi‐religious overtones of cataclysmic conflict, the undertaking was incorporated into new holidays such as “Flower Day” and transformed traditional celebrations. Frequent conflations of educational struggle with escalating national conflict and the fallen of Ha‐Shomer* proved formative for new Hebrew masculinities and femininities. By the outbreak of WWI, a distinct culture had emerged in which an altered distribution of power between the Yishuv and the Diaspora was an essential component.
Albert H. Tricomi
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813035451
- eISBN:
- 9780813039640
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813035451.003.0006
- Subject:
- Literature, Criticism/Theory
This chapter studies two notable missionary novels, Alice Tisdale Hobart's 1936 Yang and Yin and Claude McKay's Banana Bottom. The first novel is considered to be the best fictional account of an ...
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This chapter studies two notable missionary novels, Alice Tisdale Hobart's 1936 Yang and Yin and Claude McKay's Banana Bottom. The first novel is considered to be the best fictional account of an American Protestant medical missionary placed in China during the first quarter of the twentieth century. The other novel is a result of its author's experience with Baptist missionaries prevalent in the British colony of Jamaica. Both the novels engage the subject of Western imperialism. The main point of view of Yang and Yin is the rigid theology of the Christian mission, which is highly misdirected and counterproductive. On the other hand, Banana Bottom treats missionary evangelicalism with respect to post-colonial slavery legacy in the Americas.Less
This chapter studies two notable missionary novels, Alice Tisdale Hobart's 1936 Yang and Yin and Claude McKay's Banana Bottom. The first novel is considered to be the best fictional account of an American Protestant medical missionary placed in China during the first quarter of the twentieth century. The other novel is a result of its author's experience with Baptist missionaries prevalent in the British colony of Jamaica. Both the novels engage the subject of Western imperialism. The main point of view of Yang and Yin is the rigid theology of the Christian mission, which is highly misdirected and counterproductive. On the other hand, Banana Bottom treats missionary evangelicalism with respect to post-colonial slavery legacy in the Americas.
Alan Lester
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199253487
- eISBN:
- 9780191698156
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199253487.003.0004
- Subject:
- History, World Modern History
This chapter discusses the beginning the conflict between the British Empire and the Christian missionary movement. Missionaries often saw themselves as an anomalous element of the British Empire ...
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This chapter discusses the beginning the conflict between the British Empire and the Christian missionary movement. Missionaries often saw themselves as an anomalous element of the British Empire because they were simultaneously struggling to acquire authority over indigenous people and resisting aggressive colonial forces. The most notable struggles between missions and secular forces was during the period from the late 1820s to the mid-1840s when missionaries proposed their model of Christian, humanitarian imperialism as an alternative to the practices prevailing in the settler colonies.Less
This chapter discusses the beginning the conflict between the British Empire and the Christian missionary movement. Missionaries often saw themselves as an anomalous element of the British Empire because they were simultaneously struggling to acquire authority over indigenous people and resisting aggressive colonial forces. The most notable struggles between missions and secular forces was during the period from the late 1820s to the mid-1840s when missionaries proposed their model of Christian, humanitarian imperialism as an alternative to the practices prevailing in the settler colonies.
Reeva Spector Simon and Eleanor Tejirian
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- November 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780231138659
- eISBN:
- 9780231511094
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7312/columbia/9780231138659.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, Middle East History
This book surveys two thousand years of the Christian missionary enterprise in the Middle East within the context of the region's political evolution. Its broad, rich narrative follows Christian ...
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This book surveys two thousand years of the Christian missionary enterprise in the Middle East within the context of the region's political evolution. Its broad, rich narrative follows Christian missions as they interacted with imperial powers and as the momentum of religious change shifted from Christianity to Islam and back. It adds new dimensions to the history of the region and the nature of the relationship between the Middle East and the West. The book explains how historians and political scientists are increasingly recognizing the importance of integrating religion into political analysis, and uses long-neglected sources to advance this effort. It surveys Christian missions from the earliest days of Christianity to the present, paying particular attention to the role of Christian missions, both Protestant and Catholic, in shaping the political and economic imperialism of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It delineates the ongoing tensions between conversion and the focus on witness and “good works” within the missionary movement, and shows how these have contributed to the development and spread of nongovernmental organizations.Less
This book surveys two thousand years of the Christian missionary enterprise in the Middle East within the context of the region's political evolution. Its broad, rich narrative follows Christian missions as they interacted with imperial powers and as the momentum of religious change shifted from Christianity to Islam and back. It adds new dimensions to the history of the region and the nature of the relationship between the Middle East and the West. The book explains how historians and political scientists are increasingly recognizing the importance of integrating religion into political analysis, and uses long-neglected sources to advance this effort. It surveys Christian missions from the earliest days of Christianity to the present, paying particular attention to the role of Christian missions, both Protestant and Catholic, in shaping the political and economic imperialism of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It delineates the ongoing tensions between conversion and the focus on witness and “good works” within the missionary movement, and shows how these have contributed to the development and spread of nongovernmental organizations.
Patricia Lim
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789622099906
- eISBN:
- 9789882207714
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789622099906.003.0011
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Asian Studies
This chapter discusses three groups of missionaries who were part of the missionary fervour that led men to bring their families to China. These groups were the English Nonconformist Union Church ...
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This chapter discusses three groups of missionaries who were part of the missionary fervour that led men to bring their families to China. These groups were the English Nonconformist Union Church Missionaries, the American Missionaries, and the Karl Gutzlaff's Christian Mission. The latter paved the way for the arrival of the Basel Mission, the Berlin missionaries, and the Mission of the Rhenish Church.Less
This chapter discusses three groups of missionaries who were part of the missionary fervour that led men to bring their families to China. These groups were the English Nonconformist Union Church Missionaries, the American Missionaries, and the Karl Gutzlaff's Christian Mission. The latter paved the way for the arrival of the Basel Mission, the Berlin missionaries, and the Mission of the Rhenish Church.
Kathryn Talalay
- Published in print:
- 1998
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195113938
- eISBN:
- 9780199853816
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195113938.003.0030
- Subject:
- History, Cultural History
Philippa believed that the future of Africa and its salvation lay in Christianity. Over the past few years, she had become an intensely religious person, a turn that could not have been predicted ...
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Philippa believed that the future of Africa and its salvation lay in Christianity. Over the past few years, she had become an intensely religious person, a turn that could not have been predicted because Philippa grew up to share her mother's fascination with the supernatural and even her belief in reincarnation. Philippa worked hard at being a Catholic and she would sit in front of her piano, reading aloud passages from the Bible. While travelling in Africa to perform, report to the news media, gather knowledge about the continent's music, the most significant collateral activity for Philippa was getting acquainted with the work of Christian missions.Less
Philippa believed that the future of Africa and its salvation lay in Christianity. Over the past few years, she had become an intensely religious person, a turn that could not have been predicted because Philippa grew up to share her mother's fascination with the supernatural and even her belief in reincarnation. Philippa worked hard at being a Catholic and she would sit in front of her piano, reading aloud passages from the Bible. While travelling in Africa to perform, report to the news media, gather knowledge about the continent's music, the most significant collateral activity for Philippa was getting acquainted with the work of Christian missions.