Missionary writing and empire, 1800-1860
Johnston, Anna,
Missionary writing and empire, 1800-1860 / Anna Johnston - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003. - xii, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm - Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture, 38 .
The British Empire, colonialism, and missionary activity --
Gender, domesticity, and colonial evangelisation --
Empire, India, and evangelisation --
Missionary writing in India --
Imperialism, suffragism, and nationalism --
Polynesian missions and the European imaginary --
Missionary writing in Polynesia --
The Australian colonies and empire --
Missionary writing in Australia --
Conclusion: missionary writing, the imperial archive and postcolonial politics.
Johnston analyses missionary writing under the aegis of the British Empire and argues that missionaries occupied ambiguous positions in colonial cultures, caught between religous and imperial interests.
9780521049559
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Social & Ecclesiastical Theology
Missions
London Missionary Society -- History -- 19th century.
Missions, English -- Polynesia -- History -- 19th century
Imperialism -- History -- 19th century.
Missions, English.
Australia.
Londoner Mission
Rapporteren.
Imperialismus
266.023 JOH
Missionary writing and empire, 1800-1860 / Anna Johnston - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003. - xii, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm - Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture, 38 .
The British Empire, colonialism, and missionary activity --
Gender, domesticity, and colonial evangelisation --
Empire, India, and evangelisation --
Missionary writing in India --
Imperialism, suffragism, and nationalism --
Polynesian missions and the European imaginary --
Missionary writing in Polynesia --
The Australian colonies and empire --
Missionary writing in Australia --
Conclusion: missionary writing, the imperial archive and postcolonial politics.
Johnston analyses missionary writing under the aegis of the British Empire and argues that missionaries occupied ambiguous positions in colonial cultures, caught between religous and imperial interests.
9780521049559
Brijwasi Book Distributors :H-87, Lalita Park laxmi Nagar Delhi 110092
Social & Ecclesiastical Theology
Missions
London Missionary Society -- History -- 19th century.
Missions, English -- Polynesia -- History -- 19th century
Imperialism -- History -- 19th century.
Missions, English.
Australia.
Londoner Mission
Rapporteren.
Imperialismus
266.023 JOH
