Proceedings from a conference held at the Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG), Mainz, Germany, September 2011, in cooperation with the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)-funded junior research group Transfer and Transformation of Missionaries' Images of Europe in Contact with the Other, 1700-1970. Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-270).
Contents:
Distinguished visitors : Tiyo Soga and Behari Lai Singh in Europe and at home / Andrew F. Walls -- What was European about Christianity? : early nineteenth-century missionaries' perceptions / Judith Becker -- Disentangling the Christian and the European (1890s to the 1930s) : five voices from the margin / Werner Ustorf -- Pyǒngin pakhae and western imperial aggression in Korea : changing perception of western Christianity in the late Chosǒn dynasty / Sebastian C. H. Kim -- Changing Chinese perspectives on Western Christianity : during the transition from culturalism to nationalism / R.G. Tiedemann -- The missionary as devil : anti-missionary demonology in China, 1860-1930 / Thoralf Klein -- Sing unto the Lord a new song : transcending the western/indigenous binary in Punjabi Christian Hymnody / Jeffrey Cox -- Godly examples and Christian agents : training African missionary workers in British institutions in the nineteenth century / David Killingray -- Reactions of African converts to Christianity, particularly of those who visited Europe : the case of the North German mission's assistants in West Africa / Kokou Azamede -- Ottobah Cugoano, son of Africa : an angry African abolitionist voice / Martha Th. Frederiks -- Distinguished visitors : Tiyo Soga and Behari Lai Singh in Europe and at home / Andrew F. Walls -- List of contributors. List of illustrations -- List of contributors.
Summary:
"There has been much academic debate over recent years on Europe defining its self over against the 'Other.' This volume asks from the opposite perspective: What views did non-Europeans hold of 'European Christianity'? In this way, the volume turns the agency of definition over to non-Europeans. Over the last centuries, the contacts between Europeans and non-Europeans have been diverse and complex. Non-Europeans encountered Europeans as colonialists, traders, missionaries and travellers. Most of those Europeans were Christians or were perceived as Christians. Therefore, in terms of religion Europe was often identified with Christianity. Europeans thus also conveyed a certain image of Christianity to non-European countries. At the same time, non-Europeans increasingly travelled to Europe and experienced a kind of Christianity that often did not conform to the picture they had formed earlier. Their descriptions of European Christianity ranged from sympathetic acceptance to harsh criticism. The contributions in this volume reveal the breadth of these opinions. They also show that there is no clear line of division between 'insiders' and 'outsiders', but that Europeans could sometimes perceive themselves as being 'outsiders' in their own culture while non-Europeans could adopt 'insider' perspectives. Furthermore, from these encounters new religious and cultural expressions could emerge"--Publisher's description.
Series:
Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Europäische Geschichte Mainz. Supplement ; 103
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