04807cam a2200877Ki 4500 ocn880148042 OCoLC 20200709060108.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 140519s2013 nyu ob 001 0 eng d N$T eng rda pn N$T YDXCP OCLCO E7B VLB OCLCO P@U OCLCQ EBLCP OCLCO IDEBK OCLCQ OCLCO JSTOR 882260970 923422830 9780815652205 (electronic bk.) 0815652208 (electronic bk.) 9780815633150 0815633157 714593 (N$T) (OCoLC)880148042 (OCoLC)882260970 (OCoLC)923422830 22573/ctt1hz9tbb JSTOR aw----- a-is--- f------ az----- BV2063 .C785 2013eb REL 045000 bisacsh SOC041000 bisacsh 266.023 23 MAIN Cultural conversions : unexpected consequences of Christian missionary encounters in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia / edited by Heather J. Sharkey. First edition. Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2013. 1 online resource (xiv, 328 pages). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Religion and politics "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. 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. Print version record. Master record variable field(s) change: 072 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. bisacsh Christianity and culture. fast (OCoLC)fst00859660 Christianity and politics. fast (OCoLC)fst00859736 Christianity Influence. fast (OCoLC)fst00859619 Missions. fast (OCoLC)fst01023771 Africa. fast (OCoLC)fst01239509 Middle East. fast (OCoLC)fst01241586 South Asia. fast (OCoLC)fst01244520 Mission gnd (DE-588)4039567-4 Kulturkontakt gnd (DE-588)4033569-0 Kulturvermittlung gnd (DE-588)4165992-2 SOCIAL SCIENCE / Essays bisacsh Electronic books. Sharkey, Heather J. (Heather Jane), 1967- editor. Print version: Cultural conversions. First Edition 9780815633150 (DLC) 2013022123 (OCoLC)813949549 Religion and politics. EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=714593 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL3410184 ebrary EBRY ebr10876129 EBSCOhost EBSC 714593 Ingram Digital eBook Collection IDEB cis26339193 Project MUSE MUSE muse22546 YBP Library Services YANK 9953713 92 N$T 54633 54633