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dc.contributor.authorGanter, Regina
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-04 13:26:37
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T12:36:56Z
dc.date.available2020-04-01T12:36:56Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier1000210
dc.identifierOCN: 1051779213en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/29736
dc.description.abstract"This book covers the missionary activity in Australia conducted by non-English speaking missionaries from Catholic and Protestant mission societies from its beginnings to the end of the mission era. It looks through the eyes of the missionaries and their helpers, as well as incorporating Indigenous perspectives and offering a balanced assessment of missionary endeavour in Australia, attuned to the controversies that surround mission history. It means neither to condemn nor praise, but rather to understand the various responses of Indigenous communities, the intentions of missionaries, the agendas of the mission societies and the many tensions besetting the mission endeavour. It explores a common commitment to the supernatural and the role of intermediaries like local diplomats and evangelists from the Pacific Islands and Philippines, and emphasises the strong role played by non-English speakers in the transcultural Australian mission effort. This book is a companion to the website German Missionaries in Australia – A web-directory of intercultural encounters. The web-directory provides detailed accounts of Australian missions staffed with German speakers. The book reads laterally across the different missions and produces a completely different type of knowledge about missions. The book and its accompanying website are based on a decade of research ranging across mission archives with foreign-language sources that have not previously been accessed for a historiography of Australian missions. ‘A remarkable intellectual achievement, compelling reading.’ — Dr Niel Gunson ‘The range of knowledge on display here is very impressive indeed.’ — Professor Peter Monteath"
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHB General and world historyen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRA Religion: generalen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSL Ethnic studiesen_US
dc.subject.otherAustralia
dc.subject.otherIndigenous peoples
dc.subject.othermissionaries
dc.subject.otherhistory
dc.subject.otherCatholic Church
dc.subject.otherLutheranism
dc.subject.otherPallottines
dc.titleThe Contest for Aboriginal Souls
dc.title.alternativeEuropean missionary agendas in Australia
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.22459/CAS.05.2018
oapen.relation.isPublishedByddc8cc3f-dd57-40ef-b8d5-06f839686b71
oapen.relation.isbn9781760462048
oapen.remark.publicRelevant Wikipedia pages: Australia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia; Catholic Church - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church; Lutheranism - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutheranism; Missionary - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missionary; Pallottines - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pallottines
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