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Humanities & Social SciencesSeptember 2023Missionaries and modernity
Education in the British Empire, 1830-1910
by Felicity Jensz
Many missionary societies established mission schools in the nineteenth century in the British Empire as a means to convert non-Europeans to Christianity. Although the details, differed in various colonial contexts, the driving ideology behind mission schools was that Christian morality was highest form of civilisation needed for non-Europeans to be useful members of colonies under British rule. This comprehensive survey of multi-colonial sites over the long time span clearly describes the missionary paradox that to draw in pupils they needed to provide secular education, but that secular education was seen to lead both to a moral crisis and to anti-British sentiments.
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Humanities & Social SciencesFebruary 2017Conflict, Politics and Proselytism
Methodist missionaries in colonial and postcolonial Burma, 1887–1966
by Andrew Thompson, Michael D. Leigh, John M. MacKenzie
This book is a study of the ambitions, activities and achievements of Methodist missionaries in northern Burma from 1887-1966 and the expulsion of the last missionaries by Ne Win. The story is told through painstaking original research in archives which contain thousands of hitherto unpublished documents and eyewitness accounts meticulously recorded by the Methodist missionaries. This accessible study constitutes a significant contribution to a very little-known area of missionary history. Leigh pulls together the themes of conflict, politics and proselytisation in to a fascinating study of great breadth. The historical nuances of the relationship between religion and governance in Burma are traced in an accessible style. This book will appeal to those teaching or studying colonial and postcolonial history, Burmese politics, and the history of missionary work.
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Humanities & Social SciencesDecember 2023Protestant missionary children's lives, c.1870-1950
by Hugh Morrison
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Humanities & Social SciencesAugust 2010The Society for Irish Church Missions to the Roman Catholics, 1849–1950
by Miriam Moffitt
This work details traces the origins, development and impact of the proselytizing organization, the Society for Irish Church Missions to the Roman Catholics, from its Protestant foundation during the famine of 1845-47 to the early decades of Irish Free State. It argues that the foundation of this ostensibly religious society was also underpinned by social, political, and economic factors and demonstrates that by the mid 1850s the mission operated on a very substantial scale. Moffitt examines the mission's role in the shifting political realities of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The impact of this inter-faith power struggle and its legacy to the present day are explored by examining contemporary sources, folklore evidence, and the depiction of proselytizing missions in both Catholic and Protestant denomination literature and fictional writings. ;
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Humanities & Social SciencesAugust 2014Missionaries and their medicine
A Christian modernity for tribal India
by David Hardiman, Andrew Thompson, John Mackenzie
Missionaries and their medicine is a lucid and enthralling study of the encounter between Christian missionaries and an Indian tribal community, the Bhils, in the period 1880 to 1964. The study is informed by a deep knowledge of the people amongst whom the missionaries worked, the author having lived for extensive periods in the tribal tracts of western India. He argues that the Bhils were never the passive objects of missionary attention and that they created for themselves their own form of 'Christian modernity.' The book provides a major intervention in the history of colonial medicine, as Hardiman argues that missionary medicine had a specific quality of its own - which he describes and analyses in detail - and that in most cases it was preferred to the medicine of colonial states. He also examines the period of transition to Indian independence, which was a highly fraught and uncertain process for the missionaries. ;
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Humanities & Social SciencesMarch 2017Missionaries and their medicine
A Christian modernity for tribal India
by David Hardiman, Andrew Thompson, John M. MacKenzie
Missionaries and their medicine is a lucid and enthralling study of the encounter between Christian missionaries and an Indian tribal community, the Bhils, in the period 1880 to 1964. The study is informed by a deep knowledge of the people amongst whom the missionaries worked, the author having lived for extensive periods in the tribal tracts of western India. He argues that the Bhils were never the passive objects of missionary attention and that they created for themselves their own form of 'Christian modernity.' The book provides a major intervention in the history of colonial medicine, as Hardiman argues that missionary medicine had a specific quality of its own - which he describes and analyses in detail - and that in most cases it was preferred to the medicine of colonial states. He also examines the period of transition to Indian independence, which was a highly fraught and uncertain process for the missionaries.
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Colonialism & imperialismAugust 2004Religion Versus Empire?
British Protestant missionaries and overseas expansion, 1700–1914
by Andrew Porter
This is the only book that addresses the relations between religion, Protestant missions, and empire building, linking together all three fields of studyby taking as its starting point the early eighteenth century Anglican initiatives in colonial North America and the Caribbean. It considers how the early societies of the 1790s built on this inheritance, and extended their own interests to the Pacific, India, the Far East, and Africa. Fluctuations in the vigour and commitment of the missions, changing missionary theologies, and the emergence of alternative missionary strategies, are all examined for their impact on imperial expansion. Other themes include the international character of the missionary movement, Christianity's encounter with Islam, and major figures such as David Livingstone, the state and politics, and humanitarianism, all of which are viewed in a fresh light. This monumental study shows that the missionary movement had a far more complex and ambiguous relationship with the Empire than has previously been thought, and will be widely welcomed by students and scholars of imperial history and the history of religion.
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Humanities & Social SciencesMarch 2017Exhibiting the Empire
Cultures of display and the British Empire
by John McAleer, John M. MacKenzie
Exhibiting the empire considers how a whole range of cultural products - from paintings, prints, photographs, panoramas and 'popular' texts to ephemera, newspapers and the press, theatre and music, exhibitions, institutions and architecture - were used to record, celebrate and question the development of the British Empire. It represents a significant and original contribution to our understanding of the relationship between culture and empire. Written by leading scholars from a range of disciplinary backgrounds, individual chapters bring fresh perspectives to the interpretation of media, material culture and display, and their interaction with history. Taken together, this collection suggests that the history of empire needs to be, in part at least, a history of display and of reception. This book will be essential reading for scholars and students interested in British history, the history of empire, art history and the history of museums and collecting.
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Humanities & Social SciencesFebruary 2017Welsh missionaries and British imperialism
The Empire of Clouds in north-east India
by Andrew May
In 1841, the Welsh sent their first missionary, Thomas Jones, to evangelise the tribal peoples of the Khasi Hills of north-east India. This book follows Jones from rural Wales to Cherrapunji, the wettest place on earth and now one of the most Christianised parts of India. As colonised colonisers, the Welsh were to have a profound impact on the culture and beliefs of the Khasis. The book also foregrounds broader political, scientific, racial and military ideologies that mobilised the Khasi Hills into an interconnected network of imperial control. Its themes are universal: crises of authority, the loneliness of geographical isolation, sexual scandal, greed and exploitation, personal and institutional dogma, individual and group morality. Written by a direct descendant of Thomas Jones, it makes a significant contribution in orienting the scholarship of imperialism to a much-neglected corner of India, and will appeal to students of the British imperial experience more broadly.
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Humanities & Social SciencesSeptember 2021Chosen peoples
The Bible, race and empire in the long nineteenth century
by Gareth Atkins, Shinjini Das, Brian Murray
Chosen peoples demonstrates how biblical themes, ideas and metaphors shaped racial, national and imperial identities in the long nineteenth century. Even as radical new ideas challenged the historicity of the Bible, biblical notions of lineage, descent and inheritance continued to inform understandings of race, nation and empire. European settler movements portrayed 'new' territories across the seas as lands of Canaan, but if many colonised and conquered peoples resisted the imposition of biblical narratives, they also appropriated biblical tropes to their own ends. These innovative case-studies throw new light on familiar areas such as slavery, colonialism and the missionary project, while forging exciting cross-comparisons between race, identity and the politics of biblical translation and interpretation in South Africa, Egypt, Australia, America and Ireland.
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Humanities & Social SciencesMarch 2017
The Arctic in the British imagination 1818–1914
by Andrew Thompson, John M. MacKenzie, Rob David
The Arctic region has been the subject of much popular writing. This book considers nineteenth-century representations of the Arctic, and draws upon an extensive range of evidence that will allow the 'widest connections' to emerge from a 'cross-disciplinary analysis' using different methodologies and subject matter. It positions the Arctic alongside more thoroughly investigated theatres of Victorian enterprise. In the nineteenth century, most images were in the form of paintings, travel narratives, lectures given by the explorers themselves and photographs. The book explores key themes in Arctic images which impacted on subsequent representations through text, painting and photography. For much of the nineteenth century, national and regional geographical societies promoted exploration, and rewarded heroic endeavor. The book discusses images of the Arctic which originated in the activities of the geographical societies. The Times provided very low-key reporting of Arctic expeditions, as evidenced by its coverage of the missions of Sir John Franklin and James Clark Ross. However, the illustrated weekly became one of the main sources of popular representations of the Arctic. The book looks at the exhibitions of Arctic peoples, Arctic exploration and Arctic fauna in Britain. Late nineteenth-century exhibitions which featured the Arctic were essentially nostalgic in tone. The Golliwogg's Polar Adventures, published in 1900, drew on adult representations of the Arctic and will have confirmed and reinforced children's perceptions of the region. Text books, board games and novels helped to keep the subject alive among the young.
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Humanities & Social SciencesJuly 2018Security sector reform in transforming societies
Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro
by Timothy Edmunds
This book is about the relationship between societies and their security forces at times of great political and societal change. It uses the experiences of Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro to examine the control, management and reform of armed forces, police and intelligence agencies in the aftermath of conflict and authoritarianism. The book assesses the theory and practice of security sector reform programmes in the context of Europe and the Western Balkans, the relationship between security sector reform and normative international policy more generally, and the broader dynamics of post-conflict and post-authoritarian transformation. In so doing it addresses two underlying questions. First, how and in what ways does reform in the security sector interrelate with processes of domestic political and societal transformation, particularly democratisation. Second, how and in what ways do these processes relate and respond to internationally-driven efforts to promote a particular type of security sector reform as a component of wider peacebuilding and democracy promotion strategies.
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January 2023KoboldKroniken. Mission Glühelfe
Das Kwest-Abenteuer von Clara-mit-C
by Daniel Bleckmann, Thomas Hussung
Vergiss Langeweile: Hier kommt dein Abenteuer-, Quest- und Escape-Mix. Clara-mit-C ist, die Heldin aus den KoboldKroniken, ist auf einer gefährlichen Mission – und ihr seid interaktiv dabei. Nach einem Streit mit Dario schlägt sich Clara allein durch Kwertz, die Welt der Kobolde. Sie muss Rätsel lösen und sich fiesen Kreaturen stellen. Noch ahnt sie nicht, dass sie mit ihrer Quest das Schicksal ihres Bruders Lennard und der anderen gefangenen Kinder entscheiden könnte … KoboldKroniken-Protagonist Dario skizziert und erzählt Clara-mit-Cs Geschichte auf witzige Weise mit vielen Illustrationen. Quest-Elemente treffen auf Escape-Room Adventure. Das heißt: Ihr, liebe Leser*innen, wählt, welchen Weg eure Heldin nimmt, entscheidet mit, was sie tun wird und stellt euch an Claras Seite ihrem Escape-Abenteuer. Game on, wie Dario sagen würde. Bist du bereit für die Mission Glühelfe? Das interaktive Rätselabenteuer in der Welt der KoboldKroniken. Weil Mädchen definitiv auch Games lieben! Spannende Escape-Elemente und Entscheidungs-Aufgaben, die du auch als Wenigleser*in feiern wirst. Ein cool illustriertes Escape Room-Spielebuch, in dem der Fun an erster Stelle steht. Die super Ergänzung für alle Fans der KoboldKroniken-Reihe.
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October 2023KoboldKroniken. Mission Bademantel
Das Kwest-Abenteuer von Lennard
by Daniel Bleckmann, Thomas Hussung
Geh mit Lennard auf Kwest-Challenge in der Koboldwelt. Das nächste Escape-Abenteuer in der Welt der KoboldKroniken: Lennard auf geheimer Mission – natürlich gewohnt witzig kommentiert und skizziert von seinem besten Freund Dario. Lennard, der bekanntlich letztes Jahr, nun ja... verschwand, wurmt es nämlich total, dass er nicht weiß, was genau da abgegangen ist, wo die Kobolde von Kwertz in die Menschenwelt Blendheim eindrangen und wer genau die Wechsler waren. Wenn du auf Spiel- und Rätselbücher stehst, dann hilf ihm dabei (denn ohne Dario ist er ein bisschen lost), wenn er Monster-Kreaturen begegnet, Rätsel lösen und sich Gefahren stellen muss. Ihr erlebt Escape-Situationen und Entscheidungen wie in einem Questbuch, die dich interaktiv mitten in die Geschichte kicken. Vorsicht, es sind immer mehrere Lösungswege möglich – und wird ein mega Spaß für Schulferien, Pausen und zwischendurch. Next Level: Kannst du alle Rätsel lösen? Nach Mission Glühelfe das nächste Spin-Off aus den KoboldKroniken Genau deins, wenn du eher Wenigleser*in bist und auf Comic-Tagebuch-Bücher stehst. Voll sympathisch: hier gewinnt, wer anderen hilft statt egoistisch seinen Weg zu gehen. Game dich mit Sidekicks auf Starwars, Herr der Ringe u. a. durch Höhlen und Gänge. Du entscheidest: alles aus dem Kobold-Kosmos ist unabhängig voneinander lesbar.
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Humanities & Social SciencesFebruary 2022Missionaries and modernity
by Felicity Jensz, Alan Lester
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Humanities & Social SciencesMission Flake
by Mazen Abdalli, Mira Rzany, Annika Hildebrandt, Lara Neudert
Sophie is teased by her classmates because of her condition: her skin looks different; she has flaky, red patches. That’s why her classmates only call her “Flake”. Sophie is often sad and doesn’t feel like she belongs. She is afraid to tell her classmates about her illness. One day, Lennart makes friends with her after his mom, a doctor, tells him about neurodermatitis. Sophie realizes how important it is that other people know about her illness and has an idea: together with Lennart she wants to talk about it to the children in her class during a school lesson (“Mission Flake”). This book helps children who suffer from atopic dermatitis (neurodermatitis) to learn more about the condition and the best way for them to cope with it. For:• children of elementary school age(between 6 and 12 years) who sufferfrom atopic dermatitis (neurodermatitis)• parents and relatives• teachers• therapists
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August 2021Mission Kolomoro oder: Opa in der Plastiktüte
by Julia Blesken, Barbara Jung
Vor einem Supermarkt, am Anfang der Herbstferien, treffen sechs Kinder zufällig aufeinander: Katja, die sich mit ihren Vätern gestritten hat. Polina, die nur eben Backpulver kaufen wollte, Fridi, Mustafa und Zeck sowie Jennifer mit Rehpinscher Püppi und der Asche ihres Opas in einer Plastiktüte. Als Mustafa einen Rocker auf dem Parkplatz reinlegt, müssen die Kinder schnellstens abhauen. Ohne Handys und fast ohne Geld. Aber mit einer wichtigen Mission: Jennifers Opa soll seine letzte Ruhe in Kolomoro finden. Nur: Wie geht das, wenn man keine Ahnung hat, wo Kolomoro liegt? Julia Blesken gewann mit "Mission Kolomoro" den ersten Kirsten-Boie-Preis der Hamburger Literaturstiftung. Eine warmherzig und liebevoll erzählte Geschichte für Kinder ab 9 Jahren - voller Diversität im urbanen Umfeld Berlins. In der Tradition der großen Erzähler der deutschen Kinderliteratur, Kirsten Boie und Erich Kästner. Gelistet bei Antolin.
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March 2018Magic Girls 7. In geheimer Mission
by Marliese Arold, Sabine Falkenberg
Ein magisches Buch ist in die Hände des großen Schwarzmagiers Mafaldus Horus gelangt. Um dem bösen Zauberer endlich das Handwerk zu legen, begeben sich Leon Bredow und der junge Hexer Eusebius in geheime Mission – auf die Jagd nach Mafaldus Horus. Ihnen zur Seite gestellt wird die junge Agentin Agneta Molaris. Miranda hat Angst, dass Eusebius den verführerischen Reizen Agnetas erliegen könnte. Zusammen mit Elena bricht sie in die Hexenwelt auf. Doch Agneta hat ihre ganz eigenen Motive, Mafaldus und das Buch zu finden...
