Christian Missions and the Enlightenment
1st Edition
Published on 3. August 2001
Book
Hardback
246 pages
978-0-7007-1559-6 (ISBN)
Description
Addresses the nature of the influence of the European Enlightenment on the beliefs and practice of the Protestant missionaries who went to Asia and Africa from the mid-eighteenth century onwards, particularly British missions and the formative role of the Scottish Enlightenment on their thinking.
Reviews / Votes
'This collaborative series of essays, provides a fascinating and scholarly approach to the relationship between the assumptions and values of the enlightenment and European Christian missionary endeavour. Clearly this is the marker for a further series of essays.' - The Church TimesMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
558 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7007-1559-6 (9780700715596)
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Content
Chapter One Christian Missions and the Enlightenment: A Reevaluation, Brian Stanley; Chapter TWO The Eighteenth-Century Protestant Missionary Awakening in Its European Context, Andrew F. Walls; Chapter THREE The British Raj and the Awakening of the Evangelical Conscience: The Ambiguities of Religious Establishment and Toleration, 1698-1833, Penny Carson; Chapter FOUR Patterns of Conversion in Early Evangelical History and Overseas Mission Experience, D. Bruce Hindmarsh; Chapter FIVE Ethnology and Theology: Nineteenth-Century Mission Dilemmas in the South Pacific, Jane Samson; Chapter SIX Civilization or Christianity? The Scottish Debate on Mission Methods, 1750-1835, Ian Douglas Maxwell; Chapter SEVEN "Civilizing the African": The Scottish Mission to the Xhosay 1821-64, Natasha Erlank; Chapter EIGHT Christianity and Civilization in English Evangelical Mission Thought, 1792-1857, Brian Stanley; Chapter NINE Upholding Orthodoxy in Missionary Encounters: A Theological Perspective, Daniel W. Hardy;