| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 315 pages) |
| Series |
Christianity and society in the modern world |
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Christianity and society in the modern world.
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| Contents |
PART I: The religious crisis of the British imperial state, 1700-1800. Introduction: religion and empire in the modern world -- Confessional improvisation -- Voluntarist improvisation -- -- PART II: Building a movement, 1800-1870. "Little detachments of maniacs": early failures -- The home base: networks and societies -- Missionary literature: the defamation of the "other" -- The missionary hero and missionary institutions -- -- PART III: Imperial high noon, 1870-1945. The growth of mission institutions before the Great War -- Conflict and consensus in mission institutions -- Ecclesiastical sprawl: the triumph of bricks and mortar -- -- PART IV: Post-colonial missions since 1945. Evangelicals and unreached peoples |
| Summary |
A fresh and much needed overview of the fascinating and controversial subject that is history of the missionary, Jeffrey Cox presents a balanced survey which examines Britain as the home base of missions and the impact of the missions themselves |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-309) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Missions, British -- History
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RELIGION -- Christian Ministry -- Missions.
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Missions, British
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2007021584 |
| ISBN |
0415090040 |
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9780415090049 |
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0203936213 |
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9780203936214 |
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