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 is attracting increasing interest and debate among scholars. This volume is the first to address the subject in a focused way. It concentrates on British missions and the formative role of the Scottish Enlightenment on their thinking on such topics as education and the appropriate relationship between 'civilisation' and conversion. After discussing the problematic nature of all attempts to define the Enlightenment, it sets the British missionary awakening in its European context, and includes regional studies of missions in India, the Cape Colony, and the South Pacific.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN-13
9780700715596
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95154503
Product Key Features
Author
Brian Stanley
Publication Name
Christian Missions and the Enlightenment
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2001
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
246 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
234mm
Item Width
156mm
Item Weight
454g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Brian Stanley
Topic
Popular Philosophy, Religious History, Christianity
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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