Faith in Objects

American Missionary Expositions in the Early Twentieth Century
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-349-29733-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 269 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 421 g

Reihe: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion

Hasinoff brings the untold history of the World in Boston of 1911, 'America's First Great Missionary Exposition,' to light, focusing on how the material culture of missions shaped domestic interactions with evangelism, Christianity, and the consumption of ethnological knowledge.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hasinoff, E.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I: PRELIMINARIES Antecedents PART II: THE WORLD IN BOSTON OF 1911 Setting the Stage First Impressions PART III: PEDAGOGICAL ARCHITECTURE Object Lessons Spiritless Pleasures PART IV: THE MISSIONARY EXHIBIT OF 1900 An Established Tradition Missionary Engagements Objects of Missionary Education PART V: STEWARDSHIP Scripted Parts Life-Long Lessons Epilogue

Über Autor(innen)

Erin L. Hasinoff is a fellow in Museum Anthropology at Bard Graduate Center and in the Division of Anthropology of the American Museum of Natural History, New York.