Christian imperialism converting the world in the early American republic
"In 1812, eight American missionaries, under the direction of the recently formed American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, sailed from the United States to South Asia. The plans that motivated their voyage were no less grand than taking part in the Protestant conversion of the enti...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press
[2015]
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
The United States in the world. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b44672408*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : Christian imperialism and American foreign missions
- Hierarchies of heathenism
- Missions on the British model
- Mission schools and the meaning of conversion
- Missions as settler colonies
- American politics and the Cherokee mission
- Missionaries and colonies
- A "Christian colony" in Singapore
- Conclusion : missions and American imperialism.
