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‘Thou Shalt Not Kill’: Missionaries in Asia during the World Wars, 1914-1946
‘Thou Shalt Not Kill’: Missionaries in Asia during the World Wars, 1914-1946 Available
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- Website/Database
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (Great Britain).
- Missions--Asia--History--20th century--Sources.
- Missions.
- Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (Great Britain)--Archives.
- Missionaries--Great Britain--Biography.
- Missionaries.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- Asia.
- Missionaries--Asia--Biography.
- World War, 1914-1918--Asia--Personal narratives.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- World War, 1939-1945--Asia--Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Archives.
- Sources.
- Personal narratives.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (7 volumes (830 pages))
- Contained In:
- British Online Archives.
- Other Title:
- Asia at war : World War 2 as described by USPG missionaries, 1914-1946.
- Asia at war : World War 2 as described by SPG missionaries, 1914-1946
- Asia at war : World War II as described by USPG missionaries, 1914-1946
- Place of Publication:
- East Ardsley, Wakefield, United Kingdom : British Online Archives, [2015]
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- The outbreak of war between the Allies and Japan came at a time when the Society for The Propagation of The Gospel was very active in South East Asia. Missionaries in Japan were the first to be affected as the police came in the morning after war was declared and took most of them away to internment camps. Missionaries in Japan did report having realised that this might happen once the announcement was imminent. Missionaries in other countries had less warning of what would happen as Japan's empire spread. Some missionaries were able to flee once they heard Japan had invaded their country of residence, though their stories of escape are far from straightforward. Many missionaries did not manage to escape and were interned in a variety of ways. These accounts cover house arrest, being held in a cell at a police station, finding a refuge of sorts in a school for the blind, and missionaries being sent to work camps. The narratives from work camps are the least detailed as writing records whilst in them appears to have been near impossible. The SPG at home faced their own challenges during this period, from the drop in donations to the loss of most of their investment when foreign buildings were either taken by the Japanese army or raised to the ground. Missionaries' locations needed to be traced as they were interned and the desire to return home after their release meant that a significant number of missionaries sought passage at the same time. The SPG Headquarters first saw many of their staff leave for the war, then had to reduce their numbers yet further, as missionary activity in South East Asia ground to a relative halt. The records from the First World War are significantly less numerous, but provide some detail not found elsewhere. Their focus is on the effect of the First World War upon the Society, with records of SPG staff fighting in the war and notes upon how the SPG's duties were continued in their absence. This collection is derived from the 'X Series' records of the USPG which are held at the Bodleian Library in Oxford.
- Notes:
- Date range: 1914-1946.
- Title from title screen.
- ISBN:
- 9781851173136
- 1851173137
- OCLC:
- 1059488759
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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