Beyond conversion and syncretism: indigenous encounters with missionary Christianity, 1800 - 2000

The globalization of Christianity, its spread and appeal to peoples of non-European origin, is by now a well-known phenomenon. Scholars increasingly realize the importance of natives rather than foreign missionaries in the process of evangelization. This volume contributes to the understanding of th...

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其他作者: Lindenfeld, David F. 1944- (Editor) ; Richardson, Miles 1932-2011 (Editor)
格式: Print 圖書
語言:English
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出版: New York, NY [u.a.] Berghahn Books 2012
In:Year: 2012
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B 宣教 / 基督教 / 皈依 (宗教) / 混合主義 / 國際比較 / 歷史 1800-2000
Further subjects:B Conversion Christianity History 19th century Congresses
B Christianity and other religions Congresses
B Missions History 19th century Congresses
B Konferenzschrift 2008 (Washington, DC)
B Conversion Christianity History 20th century Congresses
B Missions History 20th century Congresses
B Conversion Christianity History 20th century Congresses
B Missions History 20th century Congresses
B Missions History 19th century Congresses
B Conversion Christianity History 19th century Congresses
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總結:The globalization of Christianity, its spread and appeal to peoples of non-European origin, is by now a well-known phenomenon. Scholars increasingly realize the importance of natives rather than foreign missionaries in the process of evangelization. This volume contributes to the understanding of this process through case studies of encounters with Christianity from the perspectives of the indigenous peoples who converted. More importantly, by exploring overarching, general terms such as conversion and syncretism and by showing the variety of strategies and processes that actually take place, these studies lead to a more nuanced understanding of cross-cultural religious interactions in general - from acceptance to resistance - thus enriching the vocabulary of religious interaction. The contributors tackle these issues from a variety of disciplinary perspectives - history, anthropology, religious studies - and present a broad geographical spread of cases from China, Vietnam, Australia, India, South and West Africa, North and Central America, and the Caribbean.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-306) and index
Proceedings of a workshop held in 2008 at Georgetown University. - Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0857452185