Cultural conversions : unexpected consequences of Christian missionary encounters in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia / edited by Heather J. Sharkey.

"Essays in this volume study unforeseen cultural conversions that arose from missionary activities in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Sharkey, Heather J. (Heather Jane), 1967- (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2013.
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	Religion and politics.
Subjects:	Missions > Middle East. Missions > Africa. Missions > South Asia. Christianity > Influence. Christianity and culture. Christianity and politics. RELIGION > Christian Ministry > Missions. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Essays. Christianity and culture Christianity and politics Christianity > Influence Missions Mission Kulturkontakt Kulturvermittlung Africa Middle East South Asia
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Table of Contents:

Introduction: the unexpected consequences of Christian missionary encounters / Heather J. Sharkey
Conflicting conversions and unexpected Christianities in Central Africa / David M. Gordon
Church versus country: Palestinian Arab Episcopalians, nationalism, and revolt, 1936-39 / Laura Robson
Missionaries and ethnography in the service of litigation: Hindu law and Christian custom in India's Deccan, 1750-1863 / Chandra Mallampalli
Hybridity, parody, and contempt: Buddhist responses to Christian missions in Sri Lanka / Stephen C. Berkwitz
The Port Said orphan scandal of 1933: colonialism, Islamism, and the Egyptian welfare state / Beth Baron
Robert Moffat and the invention of Christianity in South Africa / Paul S. Landau
Missionaries and the making of colonial notables: conversions to modernity in Eritrea and Ethiopia, 1890-1935 / James De Lorenzi
The scholar-missionaries of the Basel Mission in southwest India: language, identity, and knowledge in flux / Mrinalini Sebastian
The gospel in Arabic tongues: British Bible distribution, evangelical mission, and language politics in North Africa / Heather J. Sharkey.

Cultural conversions : unexpected consequences of Christian missionary encounters in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia / edited by Heather J. Sharkey.

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