Missionary Writing and Empire, 1800-1860
Missionary Writing and Empire, 1800-1860

Author: Anna Johnston

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2003-08-07

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 0521826993

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Anna Johnston analyses missionary writing under the aegis of the British Empire. Johnston argues that missionaries occupied ambiguous positions in colonial cultures, caught between imperial and religious interests. She maps out this position through an examination of texts published by missionaries of the largest, most influential nineteenth-century evangelical institution, the London Missionary Society. Texts from Indian, Polynesian, and Australian missions are examined to highlight their representation of nineteenth-century evangelical activity in relation to gender, colonialism, and race.

International Influences and Baptist Mission in West Cameroon
International Influences and Baptist Mission in West Cameroon

Author: Charles W. Weber

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2016-05-30

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 9004319905

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This study presents a history, based on original archival and primary source material, of the Baptist mission educational situation of Cameroon province from 1922 to 1945. The provisions of the League of Nations' mandate, under which Great Britain administered the province in this period, included 'complete freedom of conscience and the free exercise of all forms of worship', yet from the beginning of the Mandate clear tensions existed. The missions desired education to serve evangelical purposes, while the colonial government strove for a uniform adaptionist program, suited to European perceptions of the abilities, traditions and local conditions of the African peoples. The work relates thus to a number of themes: European colonialism; the Mandate system; international theories of education; a comparison of British, American and German influences; cross-cultural mission work; and the personal contributions of three particular missionaries: Bender, Gebauer and Dunger.

I Can Plod...
I Can Plod...

Author: John Appleby

Publisher: EP BOOKS

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 9780946462742

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William Carey (1761-1834) was an English Protestant missionary and Baptist minister, known as the father of modern missions. Carey was one of the founders of the Baptist Missionary Society. As a missionary in Serampore, India, he translated the Bible into Bengali, Sanskrit, and numerous other languages and dialects. I can Plod ... provides a unique and needed contribution to our understanding of the cobbler from Northamptonshire.