Missionary families: race, gender and generation on the spiritual frontier

Presents an innovative argument for the significance of missionaries’ familial relations in the philosophy, conduct and outcomes of mission work during the nineteenth century

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1. Verfasser: Manktelow, Emily J. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Manchester ; New York Manchester University Press 2013
Schriftenreihe:Studies in imperialism
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Zusammenfassung:Presents an innovative argument for the significance of missionaries’ familial relations in the philosophy, conduct and outcomes of mission work during the nineteenth century
Missionary families were an integral component of the missionary enterprise, both as active agents on the global religious stage and as a force within the enterprise that shaped understandings and theories of mission itself. Taking the family as a legitimate unit of historical analysis in its own right for the first time, Missionary families traces changing familial policies and lived realities throughout the nineteenth century and powerfully argues for the importance of an historical understanding of the missionary enterprise informed by the complex interplay between the intimate, the personal and the professional. By looking at marriage, parenting and childhood; professionalism, vocation and domesticity; race, gender and generation, this first in-depth study of missionary families reveals their profound importance to the missionary enterprise, and concludes that mission history can no longer be written without attention to the personal, emotional and intimate aspects of missionary lives
'This expertly researched and well-written book forces us to rethink the importance of family and marriage to missionary history and will be valuable to scholars of many disciplines' -- Jessica Thurlow, Aurora University, Journal of British Studies, Vol 54/Issue 1/Jan15/pp236-237, 16 January 2015
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xxxviii, 252 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9781526111531
9781526111524
DOI:10.7765/9781526111531

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