ISBN:
9780691192789
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9780691158433
Language:
English
Pages:
xiii, 390 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Edition:
First paperback printing, 2019
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Bruner, Jason [Rezension von: Hollinger, David, Protestants Abroad: How Missionaries Tried to Change the World but Changed America] 2019
DDC:
266/.02373
Keywords:
Missions, American History
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Protestant churches Missions
;
History
;
Missions, American History
;
Protestant churches Missions
;
History
;
Missions, American
;
Protestant churches Missions
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HISTORY / United States / General
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HISTORY / World
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HISTORY / Social History
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United States
;
United States United States
;
USA
;
Evangelische Kirche
;
Mission
;
Außereuropäische Länder
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
Between the 1890s and the Vietnam era, many thousands of American Protestant missionaries were sent to live throughout the non-European world. They expected to change the people they encountered, but those foreign people ended up transforming the missionaries. Their experience abroad made many of these missionaries and their children critical of racism, imperialism, and religious orthodoxy. When they returned home, they brought new liberal values back to their own society. Protestants Abroad reveals the untold story of how these missionary-connected individuals left an enduring mark on American public life as writers, diplomats, academics, church officials, publishers, foundation executives, and social activists. --
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
