Book chapter
Independent English Women in Delhi and Lahore
Religion and irreligion in Victorian society: essays in honor of R.K. Webb, pp.166-184
Routledge
1992
Abstract
Between 1857 and 1947 at least 312 women, mostly English, mostly unmarried, served as Anglican missionaries in Delhi and Lahore with the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. These two cities had special significance for the Church of England's missionary enterprise. Anglican missionary theorists, who thought in quasi-military geo-religious metaphors, regarded the Christianization of the Punjab as one of the providential tasks thrust upon them by God. Just as God had arranged the Roman Empire with unified channels of communications, preparing the way for the spread of the Christian message, so had God provided in the Punjab a strategic window of opportunity in Asia, an opportunity for which the Church of England would be held eternally responsible.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Independent English Women in Delhi and Lahore
- Creators
- Jeffrey Cox - University of Iowa, History
- Contributors
- R W Davis (Editor)R J Helmstadter (Editor)
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Religion and irreligion in Victorian society: essays in honor of R.K. Webb, pp.166-184
- Publisher
- Routledge; London; New York
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1992
- Academic Unit
- History
- Record Identifier
- 9983763599002771
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