Screen LibraryEmpires of Religion
A sparkling new collection on religion and imperialism, covering Ireland and Britain, Australia, Canada, the Cape Colony and New Zealand, Botswana and Madagascar. Bursting with accounts of lively characters and incidents from around the British world, this collection is essential reading for all stu...
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| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series. |
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230228726 |
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A sparkling new collection on religion and imperialism, covering Ireland and Britain, Australia, Canada, the Cape Colony and New Zealand, Botswana and Madagascar. Bursting with accounts of lively characters and incidents from around the British world, this collection is essential reading for all students of religious and imperial history. |
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Ebook. Originally published in: 2008. |
| Carrier Form: | 364 p. |
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9780230208803 9780230228726 : 0230228720 : |
| CLC: | B97-05 |
| Contents: | Preface Notes on Contributors Introduction: Empires of Religion-- H.M.Carey PART I: RELIGIOUS METROPOLES The Consolidation of Irish Catholicism within a Hostile Imperial Framework: a comparative study of early modern Ireland and Hungary-- T.O Hannrachain Anti-Catholicism and the British Empire, 1815-1914-- J.Wolffe An Empire of God or of Man?: the Macaulays, father and son-- C.Hall Religious Literature and Discourses of Empire: The Scottish Presbyterian Foreign Mission Movement, 1824-1913-- E.Breitenbach PART II: COLONIES AND MISSION FIELDS 'Making Black Scotsmen and Women?' Scotland, Scottish Missions and the Eastern Cape Colony in the Nineteenth Century-- J.Mackenzie Archbishop Vaughan and the Empires of Religion in Colonial New South Wales-- P.Cunich 'Brighter Britain': Images of Empire in the International Child Rescue Movement, 1850-1915-- S.Swain Saving 'the empty north': Religion and Empire in Australia-- A.O'Brien 'The sharer of my joys and sorrows': Alison Blyth, Missionary Labours and Female Perspectives on Slavery in Nineteenth-century Jamaica-- J.McAleer Richard Taylor and the Children of Noah: Race, Science and Religion in the South Seas-- P.Clayworth From African Missions to Global Sisterhood: the Mothers' Union and Colonial Christianity, 1900-1930-- E.E.Prevost PART III: POST-COLONIAL TRANSFORMATIONS Ireland's Spiritual Empire: Territory and Landscape in Irish Catholic Missionary Discourse-- F.Bateman Canadian Protestant Overseas Missions to the Mid Twentieth Century: American Influences, Interwar Changes, Long-term Legacies, 1930-50-- R.Compton Brouwer Empire and Religion in Colonial Botswana: The Seretse Khama Controversy, 1948-56-- J.Stuart Select Bibliography Endnotes Index. |