Christian Missions and the Enlightenment

1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-7007-1559-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 246 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 558 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stanley, Brian

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Protestantismus, evangelische und protestantische Kirchen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein Missionswissenschaft, Missionsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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;

Über Autor(innen)

Brian Stanley