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The life and legacy of George Leslie Mackay : an interdisciplinary study of Canada's first Presbyterian missionary to Northern Taiwan (1872-1901) / edited by Clyde R. Forsberg, Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Presbyterian Church--Missions--Taiwan.
- Presbyterian Church.
- Mackay, George Leslie, 1844-1901.
- Mackay, George Leslie.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (162 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- George Leslie Mackay (1844-1901), the famous Canadian Presbyterian missionary who came to northern Formosa (Taiwan) in 1872 and preached specifically with aborigines in mind, is the subject of an interdisciplinary study by seven independent scholars inter
- Contents:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; HISTORY AND MISSIOLOGY; GROWING UP PRESBYTERIAN IN VICTORIAN CANADA; PUTTING TAIWAN'S PEOPLE IN THE CENTER OF THE STORY; MORE TREASURES PRESERVED ABROAD; COMPARATIVE LITERATURE; HEROIC MEMOIRS FROM A HOT COUNTRY; DRAMATURGY; THE BLACK BEARDED BIBLE MAN; HISTORIOGRAPHY AND CULTURAL STUDIES; PAN CELTIC ANGLO-SAXONISM, THE POLAR EDEN, AND CROSSING RACIAL DIVIDES; PROLEGOMENA TO MISSIOLOGY; CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-43643-4
- 1-4438-3493-9
- 9786613436436
- OCLC:
- 774639663
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