Book
The British missionary enterprise since 1700
Christianity and society in the modern world, Routledge
2008
DOI: 10.4324/9780203936214
Abstract
Missions are an important topic in the history of modern Britain and of even wider importance in the modern history of Africa and many parts of Asia. Yet, despite the perennial subject matter, and the publication of a large number of studies of particular aspects of missions, there is no recent, balanced overview of the history of the missionary moment during the last three hundred years. The British Missionary Enterprise since 1700 moves away from the partisan approach that characterizes so many writers in field and instead views missionaries primarily as institution builders rather than imperialists or heroes of social reform. This balanced survey examines both Britain as the home base of missions and the impact of the missions themselves, while also evaluating the independent initiatives by African and Asia Christians. Also addressed are the previously ignored issues of missionary rhetoric, the predominantly female nature of missions, and comparisons between British missions and those from other predominantly Protestant countries including the United States. Jeffrey Cox brings a fresh and much needed overview to this large, fascinating and controversial subject.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The British missionary enterprise since 1700
- Creators
- Jeffrey Cox - University of Iowa, History
- Resource Type
- Book
- Table of contents
- Part III; China and India: the end of geo-religious ambitions; Index; Race and the rhetoric of retrenchment; Ecclesiastical sprawl: the triumph of bricks and mortar; Fundraising and social class; Archdeacon Sydney Smith's lament; The gigantic system of Hinduism; Evangelicals and unreached peoples; Missionary literature: the defamation of the “other”; The growth of mission institutions before the Great War; Social Christianity; Africa: the blank slate; Recruiting women; 10; 11; Imperial high noon, 1870–1945; The world their parish”: Methodist improvisation; Henry Venn and Bishop Crowther: the paradoxes of mid-Victorian missions; Slaves: episcopal racism and white privilege; New genres; The missionary hero and missionary institutions; “Not counting the wives”: the missionary couple; Church growth in Christian Africa; Part IV; Appendix; India; Building a movement, 1800–1870; 1; 2; Contents; 3; 4; The new evangelical triumphalism of church growth; 5; 6; List of abbreviations; Philip Doddridge's dream; 7; The new conciliarism; 8; Part II; 9; The limits of confessionalism; Native Americans; William Carey and imperial providence; The home base: networks and societies; Confessional improvisation; The professional missionary; Cannibals and Christians: the Caribbean and South Pacific; Elevating the West Indian slave; The religious crisis of the British imperial state, 1700–1800; The voyages of the Duff; Introduction: religion and empire in the modern world; The apotheosis of David Livingstone; References (in Notes); Gender, race, and the missionary workforce; Africa: the strange story of the Reverend Philip Quaque; Mission institutions before World War II; Post-colonial missions since 1945; Preface; Male heroes and missionary wives; Notes; A new model missionary: David Brainerd and Native Americans; Chaplains and gentlemen: the CMS failure to recruit; Conflict and consensus in mission institutions; Moravians and slaves; Recruiting men; Further reading; Part I; “Little detachments of maniacs”: early failures; Breaking away: the revolt against institution building; Archbishop Secker's lament; Christianity and civilization in paradise; Dismantling the confessional state and the slave empire; Providence and geo-religious triumphalism: China and Islam; Voluntarist improvisation; BOOK COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- DEDICATION -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- PART I: THE RELIGIOUS CRISIS OF THE BRITISH IMPERIAL STATE, 1700-1800 -- Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION: Religion and empire in the modern world -- Chapter 2 CONFESSIONAL IMPROVISATION -- Chapter 3 VOLUNTARIST IMPROVISATION -- PART II: BUILDING A MOVEMENT, 1800-1870 -- Chapter 4 "LITTLE DETACHMENTS OF MANIACS": Early failures -- Chapter 5 THE HOME BASE: Networks and societies -- Chapter 6 MISSIONARY LITERATURE: The defamation of the "other" -- Chapter 7 THE MISSIONARY HERO AND MISSIONARY INSTITUTIONS -- PART III: IMPERIAL HIGH NOON, 1870-1945 -- Chapter 8 THE GROWTH OF MISSION INSTITUTIONS BEFORE THE GREAT WAR -- Chapter 9 CONFLICT AND CONSENSUS IN MISSION INSTITUTIONS -- Chapter 10 ECCLESIASTICAL SPRAWL: The triumph of bricks and mortar -- PART IV: POST-COLONIAL MISSIONS SINCE 1945 -- Chapter 11 EVANGELICALS AND UNREACHED PEOPLES -- APPENDIX -- FURTHER READING -- NOTES -- REFERENCES (IN NOTES) -- INDEX
- Series
- Christianity and society in the modern world
- DOI
- 10.4324/9780203936214
- ISBN
- 9780415090049; 0415090040
- eISBN
- 0203936213; 9780203936214
- Publisher
- Routledge; New York
- Number of pages
- XII, 315 pages
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2008
- Academic Unit
- History
- Record Identifier
- 9983762598102771
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