German Moravian missionaries in the British colony of Victoria, Australia, 1848-1908: influential strangers
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Main Author: Jensz, Felicity (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden [The Netherlands] Brill ©2010
Series:Studies in Christian mission v. 38
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-261) and index
God's lot : Moravians and missions -- - "The most wretched and bleakest" : Moravian desire to work amongst the Australian Aborigines -- - "Ein fauler Fleck" : Lake Boga, a putrid stain -- - "I is done--no more" : the first converts -- - "Alles geht seinen schleppenden Gang"--expansion, movement and sluggish progress -- - "Every triumphant death"--closure in a British colony
This book is a nuanced critique of German Moravian missionariesa (TM) work amongst indigenous Australians within British colonial Australia. It examines tensions between religion and politics and the strained positions in which the missionaries found themselves working within a settler society
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xv, 274 pages)
ISBN:9004181539
9789004181533

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