European Missions in Contact Zones
Transformation through Interaction in a (Post-)Colonial World
Contributions by Stefan Rinke Contributions by Sabine Hübner Contributions by Thoralf Klein Contributions by Felicity Jensz Contributions by Brian Stanley Contributions by Heather J. Sharkey Contributions by Mrinalini Sebastian Contributions by Andreas Köller Contributions by Andreas Nehring Contributions by Peter J. Yoder Contributions by Michael Sievernich S.J. Contributions by Katharina Stornig Contributions by Jeffrey L. Cox Contributions by Rosemary Seton Edited by Judith Becker
Hardback (Published)
(April 2015)
ISBN: 9783525101414
6.3 x 9.33 inches
Price: $125.00
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What happens when people of different cultural, religious, political and social backgrounds live in close contact with each other? This volume focuses on the encounter between European missionaries and indigenous people and aims to illuminate how life in a contact zone changed concepts, attitudes and practices. It collects examples from nearly all world regions from early modern times to the middle of the twentieth century.
What happens when people of different cultural, religious, political and social backgrounds live in close contact with each other? This volume focuses on the encounter between European missionaries and indigenous people and aims to illuminate how life in a contact zone changed concepts, attitudes and practices. It collects examples from nearly all world regions from early modern times to the middle of the twentieth century. The contributions discuss the concept of ‘contact zones’, defining them both as spaces where people of different backgrounds actually met and as ‘imagined contact zones’ between European Christians and those living abroad who insisted on forming one community and thus exchanged ideas, and as ‘personalised contact zones’ in individuals who transcended boundaries and integrated different backgrounds and attitudes. In each case people, concepts and attitudes changed in the encounter. Practices were modified and new practices emerged. Values and conceptions were transformed. When individuals embodied the contact, however, they often were expelled from the contact zone, especially when they were not recognised as ‘European’. The volume thus also sheds light on the limits of the contact. By focusing on the results of the intercultural encounter, however, it mainly demonstrates the impact of life in a contact zone on those involved.
- Contributions by Stefan Rinke
- Contributions by Sabine Hübner
- Contributions by Thoralf Klein
- Contributions by Felicity Jensz
- Contributions by Brian Stanley
- Contributions by Heather J. Sharkey
- Contributions by Mrinalini Sebastian
- Contributions by Andreas Köller
- Contributions by Andreas Nehring
- Contributions by Peter J. Yoder
- Contributions by Michael Sievernich S.J.
- Contributions by Katharina Stornig
- Contributions by Jeffrey L. Cox
- Contributions by Rosemary Seton
- Edited by Judith Becker
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