Christian Encounters with the Other Contributor(s): Hawley, John C. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 081473569X ISBN-13: 9780814735695 Publisher: New York University Press OUR PRICE: $28.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1998 Annotation: Why does Christianity feel the need to impose its customs and beliefs on the rest of the world? Using a cultural studies approach, CHRISTIAN ENCOUNTERS WITH THE OTHER covers the Renaissance through to the present. It spans much of the globe, discussing a range of authors and their works and the social forces that help shape missionary movements. |
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BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - General - Religion | Christian Living - General - Religion | Christian Ministry - Missions |
Dewey: 266 |
LCCN: 97-25273 |
Physical Information: 0.71" H x 5.46" W x 8.5" (0.63 lbs) 256 pages |
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Publisher Description: Why does Christianity feel the need to impose its customs and beliefs on the rest of the world? And why has an impulse driven at least partially by sincere concern for the salvation of others so often played into the hands of ruthless colonizers with more cynical aims? |
Contributor Bio(s): Hawley, John C.: - John C. Hawley is Associate Professor of English at Santa Clara University. He is the editor of several books, including Cross-Addressing: Resistance Literature and Colonial Borders and Writing the Nation: Self and Country in Postcolonial Imagination. |