
Europe as the Other
External Perspectives on European Christianity
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 11. December 2013
Book
Hardback
277 pages
978-3-525-10131-5 (ISBN)
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Description
There has been much academic debate over recent years on Europe defining itself over against the »Other.« This volume asks from the opposite perspective: What views did non-Europeans hold of »European Christianity«? In this way, the volume turns the agency of definition over to non-Europeans. Over the last centuries, the contacts between Europeans and non-Europeans have been diverse and complex. Non-Europeans encountered Europeans as colonialists, traders, missionaries and travellers. Most of those Europeans were Christians or were perceived as Christians. Therefore, in terms of religion Europe was often identified with Christianity. Europeans thus also conveyed a certain image of Christianity to non-European countries. At the same time, non-Europeans increasingly travelled to Europe and experienced a kind of Christianity that often did not conform to the picture they had formed earlier. Their descriptions of European Christianity ranged from sympathetic acceptance to harsh criticism. The contributions in this volume reveal the breadth of these opinions. They also show that there is no clear line of division between »insiders« and »outsiders«, but that Europeans could sometimes perceive themselves as being »outsiders« in their own culture while non-Europeans could adopt »insider« perspectives. Furthermore, from these encounters new religious and cultural expressions could emerge.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Göttingen
Germany
Illustrations
6
6 Schaubilder
mit 6 Abb.
Dimensions
Height: 23.7 cm
Width: 16 cm
Thickness: 2.4 cm
Weight
601 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-525-10131-5 (9783525101315)
DOI
10.3244/9783525101315.1
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Persons
Editor
Judith Becker ist Professorin für Neuere Christentumsgeschichte an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
Brian Stanley read history at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and stayed on in Cambridge for his PhD on the place of missionary enthusiasm in Victorian religion. He has taught in theological colleges and universities in London, Bristol, and Cambridge, and from 1996 to 2001 was Director of the Currents in World Christianity Project in the University of Cambridge. He was a Fellow of St Edmund's College, Cambridge, from 1996 to 2008, and joined the University of Edinburgh in January 2009.
Contributions
Judith Becker ist Professorin für Neuere Christentumsgeschichte an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
Brian Stanley read history at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and stayed on in Cambridge for his PhD on the place of missionary enthusiasm in Victorian religion. He has taught in theological colleges and universities in London, Bristol, and Cambridge, and from 1996 to 2001 was Director of the Currents in World Christianity Project in the University of Cambridge. He was a Fellow of St Edmund's College, Cambridge, from 1996 to 2008, and joined the University of Edinburgh in January 2009.
Dr. theol. Werner Ustorf is Professor of Mission Studies in Birmingham.