The History of the Christian Missions
The History of the Christian Missions

Author: William Brown

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2022-04-02

Total Pages: 562

ISBN-13: 3752591447

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1864. Of the sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. In three volumes.

Robert Morrison and the Protestant Plan for China
Robert Morrison and the Protestant Plan for China

Author: Christopher Daily

Publisher: Hong Kong University Press

Published: 2013-07-01

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 9888208039

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Sent alone to China by the London Missionary Society in 1807, Robert Morrison (1782–1834) was one of the earliest Protestant missionaries in East Asia. During some 27 years in China, Macau and Malacca, he worked as a translator for the East India Company and founded an academy for converts and missionaries; independently, he translated the New Testament into Chinese and compiled the first Chinese-English dictionary. In the process, he was building the foundation of Chinese Protestant Christianity. This book critically explores the preparations and strategies behind this first Protestant mission to China. It argues that, whilst introducing Protestantism into China, Morrison worked to a standard template developed by his tutor David Bogue at the Gosport Academy in England. By examining this template alongside Morrison’s archival collections, the book demonstrates the many ways in which Morrison’s influential mission must be seen within the historical and ideological contexts of British evangelism. The result is this new interpretation of the beginnings of Protestant Christianity in China.

Deccan in Transition, 1600 to 1800
Deccan in Transition, 1600 to 1800

Author: Umesh Ashok Kadam

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-03-31

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 1000853039

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This book presents the socio-cultural and historical trajectories of the Deccan plateau as well as the coastal areas of the current states of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Goa. It studies the art of diplomacy by discussing the diplomatic relations between the Marathas and various European companies, as well as the indigenous regional states. The author also probes into the Maratha naval policy, the evolution of a composite Deccani culture and the cultural flux that was taking place within the Maratha country. Through an interdisciplinary lens, the volume examines how caste and gender relations operated, how the idea of dissent was generated as well as the socio-political impact of various linguistic, ethnic and religious groups. Through a study of monuments, sculpture and paintings prevalent in the region, the book also discusses the developments in art and architecture in the Deccan. Rich in archival sources, this book is a must read for scholars and researchers of Indian history, colonial history, South Asian history, Maratha history and history in general.

Agreeable News from Persia
Agreeable News from Persia

Author: D.T. Potts

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022-09-06

Total Pages: 2077

ISBN-13: 3658360321

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Eighteenth and nineteenth century European, British and American newspapers constitute a rich and largely untapped source of contemporary, often eyewitness accounts of historical events and opinions concerning Iran from the late Safavid (1712) through the Qajar (c. 1797-1920) period. This study collects and annotates thousands of articles published in the Colonial and early Republican American newspapers, from the first mention of events in Persia in the American press (1712) to the death of Mohammad Shah (1848), unlocking for the first time a wealth of information on Iran and its place in the world during the 18th and early 19th century.