Cultural conversions :
Cultural conversions : unexpected consequences of Christian missionary encounters in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia /
edited by Heather J. Sharkey.
- First edition.
- 1 online resource (xiv, 328 pages).
- Religion and politics .
- Religion and politics. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-306) and index.
Introduction: the unexpected consequences of Christian missionary encounters / Heather J. Sharkey -- Conflicting conversions and unexpected Christianities in Central Africa / David M. Gordon -- Church versus country: Palestinian Arab Episcopalians, nationalism, and revolt, 1936-39 / Laura Robson -- Missionaries and ethnography in the service of litigation: Hindu law and Christian custom in India's Deccan, 1750-1863 / Chandra Mallampalli -- Hybridity, parody, and contempt: Buddhist responses to Christian missions in Sri Lanka / Stephen C. Berkwitz -- The Port Said orphan scandal of 1933: colonialism, Islamism, and the Egyptian welfare state / Beth Baron -- Robert Moffat and the invention of Christianity in South Africa / Paul S. Landau -- Missionaries and the making of colonial notables: conversions to modernity in Eritrea and Ethiopia, 1890-1935 / James De Lorenzi -- The scholar-missionaries of the Basel Mission in southwest India: language, identity, and knowledge in flux / Mrinalini Sebastian -- The gospel in Arabic tongues: British Bible distribution, evangelical mission, and language politics in North Africa / Heather J. Sharkey.
"Essays in this volume study unforeseen cultural conversions that arose from missionary activities in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
9780815652205 0815652208
22573/ctt1hz9tbb JSTOR
Missions--Middle East.
Missions--Africa.
Missions--South Asia.
Christianity--Influence.
Christianity and culture.
Christianity and politics.
Christianity--Influence.
Christianity and culture.
Christianity and politics.
Missions--Africa.
Missions--Middle East.
Missions--South Asia.
RELIGION--Christian Ministry--Missions.
Christianity and culture.
Christianity and politics.
Christianity--Influence.
Missions.
Mission
Kulturkontakt
Kulturvermittlung
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Essays
Africa.
Middle East.
South Asia.
Electronic books.
BV2063 / .C785 2013eb
266.023
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-306) and index.
Introduction: the unexpected consequences of Christian missionary encounters / Heather J. Sharkey -- Conflicting conversions and unexpected Christianities in Central Africa / David M. Gordon -- Church versus country: Palestinian Arab Episcopalians, nationalism, and revolt, 1936-39 / Laura Robson -- Missionaries and ethnography in the service of litigation: Hindu law and Christian custom in India's Deccan, 1750-1863 / Chandra Mallampalli -- Hybridity, parody, and contempt: Buddhist responses to Christian missions in Sri Lanka / Stephen C. Berkwitz -- The Port Said orphan scandal of 1933: colonialism, Islamism, and the Egyptian welfare state / Beth Baron -- Robert Moffat and the invention of Christianity in South Africa / Paul S. Landau -- Missionaries and the making of colonial notables: conversions to modernity in Eritrea and Ethiopia, 1890-1935 / James De Lorenzi -- The scholar-missionaries of the Basel Mission in southwest India: language, identity, and knowledge in flux / Mrinalini Sebastian -- The gospel in Arabic tongues: British Bible distribution, evangelical mission, and language politics in North Africa / Heather J. Sharkey.
"Essays in this volume study unforeseen cultural conversions that arose from missionary activities in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
9780815652205 0815652208
22573/ctt1hz9tbb JSTOR
Missions--Middle East.
Missions--Africa.
Missions--South Asia.
Christianity--Influence.
Christianity and culture.
Christianity and politics.
Christianity--Influence.
Christianity and culture.
Christianity and politics.
Missions--Africa.
Missions--Middle East.
Missions--South Asia.
RELIGION--Christian Ministry--Missions.
Christianity and culture.
Christianity and politics.
Christianity--Influence.
Missions.
Mission
Kulturkontakt
Kulturvermittlung
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Essays
Africa.
Middle East.
South Asia.
Electronic books.
BV2063 / .C785 2013eb
266.023
