Europe as the other : : external perspectives on European Christianity / / edited by Judith Becker and Brian Stanley.

• Superior document: Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Europäische Geschichte Mainz. Abteilung für Abendländische Religionsgeschichte Abteilung für Universalgeschichte ; Supplement 103
• TeilnehmendeR: Becker, Judith.; Stanley, Brian.; Institut für Europäische Geschichte (Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany),
• Place / Publishing House: Göttingen : : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht,, [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Europäische Geschichte Mainz ; Bd. 103.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (282 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
• ISBN: 3666101313; 3647101311
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Judith Becker and Brian Stanley.

There has been much academic debate over recent years on Europe defining itself over against the »Other.« This volume asks from the opposite perspective: What views did non-Europeans hold of »European Christianity«? In this way, the volume turns the agency of definition over to non-Europeans. Over the last centuries, the contacts between Europeans and non-Europeans have been diverse and complex. Non-Europeans encountered Europeans as colonialists, traders, missionaries and travellers. Most of those Europeans were Christians or were perceived as Christians. Therefore, in terms of religion Europ