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Europe as the Other
. Ed(S): Becker, Professor Judith (University Of Michigan); Stanley, Brian
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Hardback. Editor(s): Becker, Professor Judith (University of Michigan); Stanley, Brian. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 802.
There has been much academic debate over recent years on Europe defining itself 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 ... Read more
There has been much academic debate over recent years on Europe defining itself 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG Germany
Number of pages
277
Condition
New
Number of Pages
277
Place of Publication
, Germany
ISBN
9783525101315
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V9783525101315
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About . Ed(S): Becker, Professor Judith (University Of Michigan); Stanley, Brian
Dr. Judith Becker is a professor of modern Christian history at the Humboldt University in Berlin. Brian Stanley read history at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and stayed on in Cambridge for his PhD on the place of missionary enthusiasm in Victorian religion. He has taught in theological colleges and universities in London, Bristol, and Cambridge, and from 1996 to 2001 was ... Read more
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