The Social Dimension of Christian Missions in the Middle East (eBook)
252 Seiten
Franz Steiner Verlag
978-3-515-10049-6 (ISBN)
Christian missions in the Middle East were and still are a highly sensitive topic. For a number of academics, they have destroyed indigenous cultures and are nothing else than the religious wing of imperialism. A new development in historiography gives a different interpretation: Missions seem to have strongly contributed to the development of social work, healthcare, education, and science in certain regions of the world - sometimes even implementing basic social infrastructure that has been neglected by local rulers for decades or centuries. In particular, the missions in the Middle East have exhibited a strong 'social dimension'. Thus, one could even speak of a specific 'trademark', for conversions hardly took place in the 'house of Islam', and also among Jews during the 19th and 20th century.
This volumne brings together some of the essential papers of a conference dealing with questions of cultural, religious and social history in this field of research. It contributes to the historiography of Christian missions, welfare organisations as well as of Christian Churches in the Middle East. The book challenges the predominantly eurocentric depiction of the history of Christianity by juxtaposing a transnational reading of Christian activism in the Orient.
CONTENTS 6
PREFACE 8
FRAMING THE SOCIAL DIMENSION OF THE GERMAN PROTESTANT MISSION TO PALESTINE. METHODOLOGICAL AND THEORETICAL REMARKS 12
THE STUDY OF WESTERN MISSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST (1820–1920): AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY 36
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE CONCEPTS OF FRENCH AND GERMAN FOREIGN CULTURAL POLICIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST. FROM THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY UP TO 1945 56
EDUCATIONAL PRINCIPLES AND ACTIVITIES IN THE SCHOOLS RUN BY BISHOP GOBAT AND THE CMS IN PALESTINE (1846–1879) 68
SCHOOL- AND MISSION-CONCEPTIONS OF THE GERMAN CATHOLICS IN PALESTINE UNTIL THE FIRST WORLD WAR 88
MISSIONS AND IDENTITY FORMATION AMONG THE PEOPLES OF PALESTINE: THE CASE OF THE JEWISH POPULATION 102
THE CATHOLIC JERUSALEM MILIEU OF THE HABSBURG MONARCHY AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE MISSION IN THE HOLY LAND 122
MEDICAL TREATMENT AS A MISSIONARY INSTRUMENT AND ITS SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES. ASPECTS OF THE WORK BY THE LONDON JEWS SOCIETY IN PALESTINE UP TO 1914 148
THE THEOLOGY AND PRACTICE OF SCOTTISH MEDICAL MISSIONS: THE STUDY OF MISSIONS IN PALESTINE THROUGH A POSTCOLONIAL LENS 156
GERMAN MISSION-PROPAGANDA-MOVIES IN PALESTINE: HOW TO DO MISSIONARY FUNDRAISING AND MOTIVATE DONORS 180
CONSIDERATIONS OF THE CORRELATIONS BETWEEN SOCIAL WELFARE, MISSIONARY ACTIVITIES AND FOREIGN POLICY: GERMAN PROTESTANT COMMUNITIES IN ISTANBUL AND IZMIR AND THE DIASPORA CARE 192
ATTITUDES IN WEST GERMAN PROTESTANTISM TOWARDS THE STATE OF ISRAEL 1948–1967 206
THE RECONSTRUCTION OF GERMAN PROTESTANT INSTITUTIONS AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR – THE “PALAESTINAWERK” 232
INDEX 246
LIST OF AUTHORS 249
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 18.7.2013 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Missionsgeschichtliches Archiv |
| Missionsgeschichtliches Archiv | |
| Zusatzinfo | 2 Diagramme |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte |
| Schlagworte | 19.-21.Jahrhundert • Christian Missions • Geschichte |
| ISBN-10 | 3-515-10049-0 / 3515100490 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-515-10049-6 / 9783515100496 |
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