Missionaries and modernity : education in the British Empire,1830-1910 / Felicity Jensz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jensz, Felicity, author.

Series:

Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England)

Studies in Imperialism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church schools--Great Britain--Colonies.

Church schools.

Great Britain--Colonies.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : digital file(s).

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2022.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

Many missionary societies established mission schools in the 19th century in the British Empire as a means to convert non-Europeans to Christianity. Although the details, differed in various colonial contexts, the driving ideology behind mission schools was that Christian morality was highest form of civilisation needed for non-Europeans to be useful members of colonies under British rule. This comprehensive survey of multi-colonial sites over the long time span clearly describes the missionary paradox that to draw in pupils they needed to provide secular education, but that secular education was seen to lead both to a moral crisis and to anti-British sentiments.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction

1 Liberal and comprehensive education

2 The blessings of civilization

3 Female education and the Liverpool Missionary Conference of 1860

4 Sustaining and secularising mission schools

5 Missionary lessons for secular states

Conclusion

Select bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Print version: Jensz, Felicity Missionaries and Modernity

ISBN:

9781526152961

1526152967

9781526152985

1526152983

OCLC:

1287994269