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Christian Encounters with the Other
ISBN-13:
9780814735695
ISBN-10:
081473569X
Author:
John C. Hawley
Publication date:
1998
Publisher:
NYU Press
Format:
Paperback
256 pages
Category:
Christian Living
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Christian Books & Bibles
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ISBN-13:
9780814735695
ISBN-10:
081473569X
Author:
John C. Hawley
Publication date:
1998
Publisher:
NYU Press
Format:
Paperback
256 pages
Category:
Christian Living
,
Christian Books & Bibles
Summary
Christian Encounters with the Other (ISBN-13: 9780814735695 and ISBN-10: 081473569X), written by authors
John C. Hawley, was published by NYU Press in 1998.
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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? Bringing together scholars in literature, history, and religion, Christian Encounters with the Other Approaches these questions by analyzing literary accounts of historically famous sites of conversion. Covering the Renaissance through to the present and spanning much of the globe, the volume discusses a range of authors and their works--from Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe and Stephen Riggs's ethnographic representations of the Sioux, to Salvation Army pamphleteers and Victorian missionaries, to China, to the works of Cameroonian novelist Mongo Beti, Guatemalan Nobel laureate Rigoberta MenchĂș, and Japanese novelist Shusaku Endo. Using a cultural studies approach, each account discusses the missionaries' intentions, how these were perceived, and what social forces helped to shape the messages that were preached, as well as fascinating accounts of counter-conversions, in which "the other" is not only exoticized but valorized and empowered.
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