Missionary families
Race, gender and generation on the spiritual frontier
by Emily Manktelow, Andrew Thompson, John M. MacKenzie
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Missionary families presents an innovative argument for the significance of missionaries' familial relations in the philosophy, conduct and outcomes of mission work during the nineteenth century. With regional anchors in London, the Pacific and southern Africa, it uses both the personal writings of individual missionaries and the institutional records of the London Missionary Society to argue that the history of Christian mission can be redrawn. Bringing together cultural, postcolonial and gendered approaches to history, Manktelow explores missionary marriage, parenting and childhood; issues such as life-cycle, life-stage and generation; and the interplay between discourses of difference mediated by both everyday interaction and complex cultural ideologies. Focusing on gendered identities of both male and female missionaries and how these impacted upon such things as professionalism on the one hand, and personal interaction on the other, overall this volume reflects upon the ways in which the institutional hub of the enterprise in London reacted to and dealt with the formal consequences of private lives. It concludes that missionary families had a profound impact upon the ideology and practice of Christian mission - and that mission history can no longer be written without attention to the personal, the intimate, and the affective aspects of missionary lives. Attractive to academics and students alike, this book brings a fresh perspective to the history of Christian mission, and contributes to debates in the history of religion, imperialism and gender.
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Missionary families presents an innovative argument for the significance of missionaries' familial relations in the philosophy, conduct and outcomes of mission work during the nineteenth century. With regional anchors in London, the Pacific and southern Africa, it uses both the personal writings of individual missionaries and the institutional records of the London Missionary Society to argue that the history of Christian mission can be redrawn. Bringing together cultural, postcolonial and gendered approaches to history, Manktelow explores missionary marriage, parenting and childhood; issues such as life-cycle, life-stage and generation; and the interplay between discourses of difference mediated by both everyday interaction and complex cultural ideologies. Focusing on gendered identities of both male and female missionaries and how these impacted upon such things as professionalism on the one hand, and personal interaction on the other, overall this volume reflects upon the ways in which the institutional hub of the enterprise in London reacted to and dealt with the formal consequences of private lives. It concludes that missionary families had a profound impact upon the ideology and practice of Christian mission - and that mission history can no longer be written without attention to the personal, the intimate, and the affective aspects of missionary lives. Attractive to academics and students alike, this book brings a fresh perspective to the history of Christian mission, and contributes to debates in the history of religion, imperialism and gender.
Author Biography
Emily J. Manktelow is a Lecturer in British Imperial History at the University of Kent; ; John MacKenzie is Emeritus Professor of Imperial History, Lancaster University and holds Honorary Professorships at Aberdeen, St Andrews and Stirling, as well as an Honorary Fellowship at Edinburgh.
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- Publisher Manchester University Press
- Publication Date May 2016
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781526111524 / 1526111527
- Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
- ReadershipGeneral/trade
- Publish StatusPublished
- Dimensions234 X 156 mm
- SeriesStudies in Imperialism
- Reference Code9013
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