The impact of early missionary enterprises on landscape and identity formation in Palestine, 1820-1914

Most studies relating to missionary activity in various parts of the globe have dealt with missions both as agents of penetration of the colonial powers and as conveyers of Christian concepts of cultural and religious supremacy expressed as ‘redemption of the heathen world’. This paper argues that i...

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Главный автор: Kark, Ruth (Автор)
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Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: Routledge 2004
В: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Год: 2004, Том: 15, Выпуск: 2, Страницы: 209-235
Другие ключевые слова:B Миссия (международное право) / Weltmission
B Colonialism
B Jahrhundert, 19
B mission / world mission
B Палестина (мотив)
B Колониализм (мотив)
B Palestine
B century, 19th
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Итог:Most studies relating to missionary activity in various parts of the globe have dealt with missions both as agents of penetration of the colonial powers and as conveyers of Christian concepts of cultural and religious supremacy expressed as ‘redemption of the heathen world’. This paper argues that it is informative to emphasize a new dimension in the study of missions—that of the relationship between belief systems and place. It considers the modes of operation and the physical and ideological impact of British, American, German, Russian and French missionary societies on Palestine and its indigenous population (Muslim and Christian Arabs, and Jews) in the last century of Ottoman rule (1800–1918). The contribution of Western missionary activity to the colonized societies in which they operated has been depicted by recent revisionist historians to have been marginal and largely negative. However, studies of the missionary enterprise in recent years, including the work presented here, suggest that these presumptions are not well grounded.
ISSN:0959-6410
Второстепенные работы:In: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/0959641042000192800