Missions, Nationalism and the End of Empire

Forsideomslag
Stanley, Alaine M. Low
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2003 - 313 sider
Christian missions have often been seen as the religious arm of Western imperialism. What is rarely appreciated is the role they played in bringing about an end to the Western colonial empires after the Second World War. "Missions, Nationalism, and the End of Empire" explores this neglected subject.

Respected authorities on the history of missions explore new territory in these chapters, examining from diverse angles the linkages between Christianity, nationalism, and the dissolution of the colonial empires in Asia and Africa. This work not only sheds light on the relation of religion and politics but also uncovers the sometimes paradoxical implications of the church's call to bring the gospel to all the world.

Contributors: Daniel H. Bays
Philip Boobbyer
Judith M. Brown
Richard Elphick
Deborah Gaitskell
Adrian Hastings
Caroline Howell
Ka-che Yip
Ogbu U. Kalu
Hartmut Lehmann
Derek Peterson
Andrew Porter
Brian Stanley
John Stuart

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Christianity and the End of Empire
1
The Clash of Nationalism and Universalism within TwentiethCentury Missionary Christianity
15
Missionaries without Empire German Protestant Missionary Efforts in the Interwar Period
34
Missions and Afrikaner Nationalism Soundings in the Prehistory of Apartheid
54
The Universities Mission to Central Africa AngloCatholicism and the TwentiethCentury Colonial Encounter
79
Who Is an Indian? Dilemmas of National Identity at the End of the British Raj in India
111
China and Christianity Perspectives on Missions Nationalism and the State in the Republican Period 19121949
132
Foreign Missions and Indigenous Protestant Leaders in China 19201955 Identity and Loyalty in an Age of Powerful Nationalism
144
Speaking for the Unvoiced? British Missionaries and Aspects of African Nationalism 19421959
183
Church and State in Crisis The Deposition of the Kabaka of Buganda 19531955
194
Moral ReArmament in Africa in the Era of Decolonization
212
Apartheid Mission and Independent Africa From Pretoria to Kampala with Hannah Stanton
237
Passive Revolution and Its Saboteurs African Christian Initiative in the Era of Decolonization 19551975
250
Bibliography of Principal Secondary Sources
278
Index
294
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The Rhetoric of the Word Bible Translation and Mau Mau in Colonial Central Kenya
165

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