Global Protestant Missions: Politics, Reform, and Communication, 1730s-1930s

The book explores facets of global Protestantism through Anglican, Quaker, Episcopalian, Moravian, Lutheran Pietist, and Pentecostal missions to enslaved and indigenous peoples and political reform endeavors from the 1730s to the 1930s. It uses key examples to trace local and global impacts, demonstrating how Protestantism became global and ecumenical.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 262 pages
Publication date: 31 March 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The book delves into various aspects of global Protestantism by examining Anglican, Quaker, Episcopalian, Moravian, Lutheran Pietist, and Pentecostal missions to enslaved and indigenous peoples, as well as political reform initiatives spanning the 1730s to the 1930s. Through the use of compelling examples, it traces both the local and global impacts of this multi-denominational Christian movement.

The essays in this volume explore three crucial dimensions of Protestant communities' establishment and integration into a global network. Firstly, they examine the founding of far-flung missions, where Western missionaries collaborated with enslaved and indigenous converts. Secondly, they explore the interplay between Protestant outreach and political reform movements, such as abolitionism. Lastly, they examine the establishment of a global epistolary through print communication networks.

By demonstrating how Protestantism evolved into a global and ecumenical movement, this book serves as a valuable resource for scholars of religious history, religion and politics, missiology, as well as those interested in issues of postcolonialism and imperialism.

Weight: 508g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367785765