The missionary lives : : a study in Canadian missionary biography and autobiography / / by Terrence L. Craig.

• Superior document: Studies in Christian mission, volume 19
• VerfasserIn: Craig, Terrence L., 1951-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, New York : : Brill,, 1997.
• Year of Publication: 1997
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Christian mission ; v. 19.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (190 pages).

This book is a survey of the life writings by and about Canadian missionaries at home and abroad, over the last one hundred and thirty years. A general missionary history of Canada appears first, to introduce separate chapters on the forms and themes of this body of literature. The critical problems presented by writing that has resisted modern and post-modern developments are discussed. Partial and fictional life writing, as well as marginal forms, are also explored. The book concludes with general statements about the whole of this literature and its effects. The first attempt at a comprehensive bibliography of Canadian missionary life writing is appended.

Table of Contents

Preliminary material -- THE BODY -- THE CONTENT -- THE FORM -- THE CRITICISM -- RELATED WRITINGS -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX ONE: SUDDEN ACCESS OF PHILANTHROPY AFTER HEARING A MISSIONARY APPEAL -- APPENDIX TWO: COLONIAL COURTESY -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF LIVES -- GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- STUDIES IN CHRISTIAN MISSION.