Jeremy Best

Heavenly Fatherland

German Missionary Culture and Globalization in the Age of Empire

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Produktbeschreibung

A history of German Protestant missionaries, Heavenly Fatherland investigates the theological, cultural, and political activities of missionaries and their allies in Germany and the German colonial empire before World War I.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 162mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 661g
• ISBN-13: 9781487505639
• ISBN-10: 1487505639
• Artikelnr.: 60603791

Autorenporträt

Jeremy Best is an assistant professor in the Department of History at Iowa State University of Science and Technology.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Preach the Gospel to All Creation: Missionswissenschaft and a German
Protestant Mission
2. Speaking in Tongues: Language, Education, and Volkskirchen
3. Give... to God the Things That Are God’s: Labour and Capital in the
Mission Field
4. Go In and Take Possession of the Land: Anti-Catholicism and the Limits
of Protestant Missionary Internationalism
5. Tending the Flock: Bringing Mission to the Heimat
6. Iron Sharpens Iron: International Missionary Conferences and Their
German Roots
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index