From "the poor heathen" to "the glory and honour of all nations": Vocabularies of Race and Custom in Protestant Missions, 1844-1928
Abstract/Sommario:
For most of the nineteenth century, if the missionary movement can be accused of racism, the racism was of a "soft" kind. It was based not on any notion of permanent biological inequality between races, but on obstinately deep-rooted convictions which were explained in terms of a causal connection between Christianity and the regenerative process of "civilization". The supposed inferiority of non-Western peoples was believed to be not intrinsic but environmental, hence in principle cap ...; [leggi tutto]
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| Descrizione | From "the poor heathen" to "the glory and honour of all nations": Vocabularies of Race and Custom in Protestant Missions, 1844-1928/ Brian Stanley |
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IN Per: International Bulletin of Missionary Research, vol. 34, n. 1 (2010 January) p. 3-10 : ill.
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| ID scheda | 66870 |