Historicizing Christian Encounters with the Other
| Author | : John C. Hawley |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 210 |
| Release | : 2016-07-27 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781349144211 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1349144215 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (215 Downloads) |
Download or read book Historicizing Christian Encounters with the Other written by John C. Hawley and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written from a cultural studies point of view, thirteen original essays analyse literary accounts of historically famous sites of conversion. Beginning with the Renaissance and extending to the present, authors under discussion include: Beaumont and Fletcher, Lope de Vega, Guamam Poma, Thomas Nashe, Daniel Defoe, Chateaubriand, Salvation Army pamphleteers, Chinese missionaries, Stephen Riggs, Samson Occom, Shusaku Endo, Mongo Beti, and Rigoberta Menchu. What were the missionaries' intentions, and how were they perceived?
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