Christian missions have long been associated with the growth of empire and colonial rule. For just as long, the nature and consequences of that association have
This is the only book that addresses the relations between religion, Protestant missions, and empire building, linking together all three fields of study by tak
In late Victorian and Edwardian England, says Steven Maughan, foreign missions had a broad resonance and significance not adequately explored by historians of E
The Congo Free State was under the personal rule of King Leopold II of the Belgians from 1885 to 1908. The accolades that attended its founding were soon contes
The conventional portrayal of George Augustus Selwyn, the first Anglican bishop of New Zealand, focuses upon his significance as a missionary bishop who pioneer