Heavenly Fatherland: German Missionary Culture and Globalization in the Age of Empire

by Jeremy Best

Motivated by a theology that declared missionary work was independent of secular colonial pursuits, Protestant missionaries from Germany operated in ways that contradict current and prevailing interpretations of nineteenth-century missionary work. As a result of their travels, these missionaries contributed to Germany's colonial culture. Because of their theology of Christian universalism, they worked against the bigoted racialism and ultra-nationalism...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487505639
• ISBN13: 9781487505639
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher