Beyond Conversion and Syncretism : : Indigenous Encounters with Missionary Christianity, 1800-2000 /

Beyond Conversion and Syncretism : : Indigenous Encounters with Missionary Christianity, 1800-2000 / / ed. by Miles Richardson, avid.

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The globalization of Christianity, its spread and appeal to peoples of non- European origin, is by now a well-known phenomenon. Scholars increasingly realize the importance of natives rather than foreign missionaries in the process of evangelization. This volume contributes to the understanding of t...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Dube, Saurabh,
Elbourne, Elizabeth,
Frey, Sylvia,
Keary, Anne,
Lindenfeld, David,
Murphy, Joseph M.,
Richardson, Miles,
Samson, C. Mathews,
Tran, Anh Q.,
Young, Richard Fox,
HerausgeberIn:
Richardson, Miles,
avid, ,
Place / Publishing House:New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2011]
©2011
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (328 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION. BEYOND CONVERSION AND SYNCRETISM
  • PART I CONVERSION AND ITS COMPLEXITIES
  • 1 CONVERSION, TRANSLATION, AND LIFE-HISTORY IN COLONIAL CENTRAL INDIA
  • 2 CONVERSION AT THE BOUNDARIES OF RELIGION, IDENTITY, AND POLITICS IN PLURICULTURAL GUATEMALA
  • 3 CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS, CHRISTIAN ALLIES: COERCION AND CONVERSION IN SOUTHERN AFRICA AND NORTHEASTERN AMERICA AT THE TURN OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
  • 4 HORTON’S “INTELLECTUALIST THEORY” OF CONVERSION, REFLECTED ON BY A SOUTH ASIANIST
  • PART II SYNCRETISM AND ITS ALTERNATIVES
  • 5 SANTA BARBARA AFRICANA: BEYOND SYNCRETISM IN CUBA
  • 6 INCULTURATION, MISSION, AND DIALOGUE IN VIETNAM: THE CONFERENCE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF FOUR RELIGIONS
  • 7 CONCENTRATION OF SPIRITUALITY: THE TAIPING AND THE ALADURA COMPARED
  • 8 ACCULTURATION AND GENDERED CONVERSION: AFRO-AMERICAN CATHOLIC WOMEN IN NEW ORLEANS, 1726–1884
  • 9 COLONIAL CONSTRUCTS AND CROSS-CULTURAL INTERACTION: COMPARING MISSIONARY/INDIGENOUS ENCOUNTERS IN NORTHWESTERN AMERICA AND EASTERN AUSTRALIA
  • SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • CONTRIBUTORS
  • CONTRIBUTORS

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