Christian Imperialism : : Converting the World in the Early American Republic / / Emily Conroy-Krutz.
In 1812, eight American missionaries, under the direction of the recently formed American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, sailed from the United States to South Asia. The plans that motivated their voyage were ano less grand than taking part in the Protestant conversion of the entire wo...
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Conroy-Krutz, Emily, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Christian Imperialism : Converting the World in the Early American Republic / Emily Conroy-Krutz. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2015] ©2015 1 online resource (264 p.) : 5 halftones, 3 maps text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda The United States in the World Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: An American Missionary in London -- Introduction: Christian Imperialism and American Foreign Missions -- 1. Hierarchies of Heathenism -- 2. Missions on the British Model -- 3. Mission Schools and the Meaning of Conversion -- 4. Missions as Settler Colonies -- 5. American Politics and the Cherokee Mission -- 6. Missionaries and Colonies -- 7. A "Christian Colony" in Singapore -- Conclusion: Missions and American Imperialism -- Notes -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star In 1812, eight American missionaries, under the direction of the recently formed American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, sailed from the United States to South Asia. The plans that motivated their voyage were ano less grand than taking part in the Protestant conversion of the entire world. Over the next several decades, these men and women were joined by hundreds more American missionaries at stations all over the globe. Emily Conroy-Krutz shows the surprising extent of the early missionary impulse and demonstrates that American evangelical Protestants of the early nineteenth century were motivated by Christian imperialism-an understanding of international relations that asserted the duty of supposedly Christian nations, such as the United States and Britain, to use their colonial and commercial power to spread Christianity.In describing how American missionaries interacted with a range of foreign locations (including India, Liberia, the Middle East, the Pacific Islands, North America, and Singapore) and imperial contexts, Christian Imperialism provides a new perspective on how Americans thought of their country's role in the world. While in the early republican period many were engaged in territorial expansion in the west, missionary supporters looked east and across the seas toward Africa, Asia, and the Pacific. Conroy-Krutz's history of the mission movement reveals that strong Anglo-American and global connections persisted through the early republic. Considering Britain and its empire to be models for their work, the missionaries of the American Board attempted to convert the globe into the image of Anglo-American civilization. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) Christianity and politics United States History 19th century. Missions, American History 19th century. Political messianism United States History 19th century. Christianity. Religious Studies. U.S. History. HISTORY / United States / 19th Century. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 9783110606744 print 9780801453533 https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501701047 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501701047 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501701047/original |
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