Missionnaires au quotidien à Tahiti

Missionnaires au quotidien à Tahiti
Author: Pierre-Yves Toullelan
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 359
Release: 2016-05-18
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004319948

Missionnaires au quotidien à Tahiti immerses us in the everyday life of Catholic missionaries sent out to the Tahitian islands in the period 1834 to 1914. Using the correspondence of the 167 members of the order of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary, an attempt is made to define the social and geographic origins of the Picpucian people. Priests and friars are followed in their education, from the apostolic school to the first Pacific vicariates. Right from the first days of established contact, we see the management of the day-to-day affairs of these eternal travellers, by turns vicars and planters, schoolmasters and builders. Within the framework of a very hierarchical ecclesiastical structure, we watch the elaboration of a social project that quickly extends beyond the bounds of a narrow theocracy. It is on this societal model that a large part of Polynesia rests today.

Letters from the Marist Missionaries in Oceania 1836-1854

Letters from the Marist Missionaries in Oceania 1836-1854
Author: Charles Girard
Publisher: ATF Press
Total Pages: 876
Release: 2016-05-31
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1925232840

In 1836, the newly created Society of Mary receives from the Holy See the responsibility of evangelizing Oceania. Jean-Claude Colin, freshly elected Superior General, will eventually send 117 missionaries there. These men record what they observe, they keep their logbooks, they say how they are received, they state the difficulties they meet, they record the works they undertake... in short, they write.

The Missionary Lives

The Missionary Lives
Author: Terrence L. Craig
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2016-05-18
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004319999

This book is a survey of the life writings by and about Canadian missionaries at home and abroad, over the last one hundred and thirty years. A general missionary history of Canada appears first, to introduce separate chapters on the forms and themes of this body of literature. The critical problems presented by writing that has resisted modern and post-modern developments are discussed. Partial and fictional life writing, as well as marginal forms, are also explored. The book concludes with general statements about the whole of this literature and its effects. The first attempt at a comprehensive bibliography of Canadian missionary life writing is appended.

Studies in Asian Mission History

Studies in Asian Mission History
Author: Arnulf Camps
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2000
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9789004115729

These miscellaneous writings are the result of a lifelong search for undiscovered sources of Asian Mission History. They cover five centuries and nine countries. New information on various contributions by Catholic missionaries to the development of Asian Churches, to Islamology, Sanskrit studies, education and colonization policy has been provided.

The Frontier Mission and Social Transformation in Western Honduras

The Frontier Mission and Social Transformation in Western Honduras
Author: Nancy Johnson Black
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 220
Release: 1995
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9789004102194

"Significant contribution to Central American ecclesiastical history and ethnohistory. Heart of study focuses on missionary interaction with Lenca people of Tencoa district. Fills important gap in literature for the Lenca, colonial Honduras, and the Mercedarian order"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

The Quality of Heroic Living, of High Endeavour and Adventure

The Quality of Heroic Living, of High Endeavour and Adventure
Author: Inger Marie Okkenhaug
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 398
Release: 2016-05-18
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004320067

This work focuses on Anglican mission and women's education in Palestine in the period from 1888 till 1948. As part of the "enlightenment movement" the project was initiated by British women educational pioneers, who influenced women to carry out the creed of academic training for girls also in colonial areas. While the educational profile of the pre-World War One schools mainly focused on modernisation of the domestic role, during the British Mandate the highly educated Anglican women teachers had two aims for their work: To create a peaceful multi-cultural environment in a society characterised by religious and ethnic strife and secondly to introduce a modern feminine ideal to Christian, Muslim and Jewish middle-and upper class girls. This study contributes to our knowledge of the Anglican missionary project, the role of women misionaries/educators and the history of Palestine.

Christianity in Modern China

Christianity in Modern China
Author: David Cheung
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 430
Release: 2003-12-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9047402332

Using mainly hitherto unstudied primary materials, this monograph studies a very significant episode in Chinese Christianity. Focusing on the origins and earliest history of Protestantism in South Fujian, this analytical-critical study investigates the evolution of the churches which pioneered in indigenisation and ecclesiastical union in China during the nineteenth century. Some subjects studied are primitive missionary objectives and methods, the relationship between the ‘Talmage ideal’ and the Three-self concept, and the nature and dynamics of ‘native’ religious work. Extremely useful is the critical assessment of South Fujian in terms of self-propagation, self-government, self-support and organic union. The key areas suggested for future research are also quite thought-provoking. The volume is especially valuable to social and church historians, missiologists and sociologists.

LES THÉOCRATIES MISSIONNAIRES EN POLYNÉSIE AU XIXe

LES THÉOCRATIES MISSIONNAIRES EN POLYNÉSIE AU XIXe
Author: Claire Laux
Publisher: Editions L'Harmattan
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2000-12-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 2296421970

Les grands voyages de découverte du Pacifique au XVIIIè siècle ouvrirent la voie aux missionnaires catholiques et protestants. Ainsi avec une surprenante rapidité une poignée d'hommes transformèrent radicalement la physionomie de Tahiti, Hawaï, des Iles Cook, de l'archipel des Tonga, de Wallis et de Futuna. Ces paradis insulaires furent métamorphosés en quelques années en véritables monastères ou en bastions du puritanisme le plus étroit.