{"product_id":"heavenly-fatherland-german-missionary-culture-and-globalization-in-the-age-of-empire-hardback-9781487505639","title":"Heavenly Fatherland; German Missionary Culture and Globalization in the Age of Empire (Hardback) 9781487505639","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHeavenly Fatherland\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eGerman Missionary Culture and Globalization in the Age of Empire\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJeremy Best (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487505639\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 10 February 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e344 pages, 5 b\u0026amp;w illustrations, 4 b\u0026amp;w maps\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.9 x 2.8 cm, 0.66 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eHeavenly Fatherland\u003c\/i\u003e, an important new study of German Protestant missionary work in the years 1860–1914, Jeremy Best challenges his readers to rethink what they understand to be true about Germany\u0026amp;#x2019;s colonial past by shedding light on the prominent role that Protestant missionaries played in that project.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Robert E. Alvis, Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology (\u003cem\u003eH-Transnational German Studies\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cp\u003e\"In the past twenty-five years, historians of Germany\u0026amp;#x2019;s short-lived colonial empire have delved into the impact of colonialism on ideas of race and nation in imperial Germany. Jeremy Best\u0026amp;#x2019;s \u003ci\u003eHeavenly Fatherland\u003c\/i\u003e is a lively and illuminating contribution to this literature.\" \u003c\/p\u003e - Brandon Bloch, University of Wisconsin-Madison (\u003ci\u003eGerman Studies Review\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003cp\u003e\"Jeremy Best's \u003ci\u003eHeavenly Fatherland\u003c\/i\u003e offers an insightful new perspective on Germany's overseas engagement – one that makes us seriously rethink many of the broader characterizations about the nationalism, colonialism, and racism of the Kaiserreich.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - David Ciarlo, University of Colorado Boulder (\u003cem\u003eH-Soz-Kult\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cp\u003e\"Framed within an awareness of the limitations of his study on colonialism and missionary activities, this is an excellent book. Even when assessing some of Best\u0026amp;#x2019;s interpretations differently, \u003ci\u003eHeavenly Fatherland\u003c\/i\u003e is an important read.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Björn Krondorfer, Northern Arizona University (\u003cem\u003eContemporary Church History Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eHeavenly Fatherland\u003c\/i\u003e emphasizes and relies upon archival sources that amplify the international reach of \u003ci\u003eMissionswissenschaftler\u003c\/i\u003e. In doing so, it offers an important opportunity for scholars to examine missionaries\u0026amp;#x2019; role overseas more holistically.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Adam A. Blackler, University of Wyoming (\u003cem\u003eMonatshefte\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eMotivated by a theology that declared missionary work was independent of secular colonial pursuits, Protestant missionaries from Germany operated in ways that contradict current and prevailing interpretations of nineteenth-century missionary work. As a result of their travels, these missionaries contributed to Germany\u0026amp;#x2019;s colonial culture. Because of their theology of Christian universalism, they worked against the bigoted racialism and ultra-nationalism of secular German empire-building. \u003ci\u003eHeavenly Fatherland\u003c\/i\u003e provides a detailed political and cultural analysis of missionaries, mission societies, mission intellectuals, and missionary supporters.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCombining case studies from East Africa with studies of the metropole, this book demonstrates that missionaries\u0026amp;#x2019; ideas about race and colonialism influenced ordinary Germans\u0026amp;#x2019; experience of globalization and colonialism at the same time that the missionaries shaped colonial governance. By bringing together religious and colonial history, the book opens new avenues of inquiry into Christian participation in colonialism. During the Age of Empire, German missionaries promoted an internationalist vision of the modern world that aimed to create a multinational, multiracial \"heavenly Fatherland\" spread across the globe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations \u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Preach the Gospel to All Creation: Missionswissenschaft and a German Protestant Mission \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Speaking in Tongues: Language, Education, and Volkskirchen \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Give... to God the Things That Are God\u0026amp;#x2019;s: Labour and Capital in the Mission Field \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Go In and Take Possession of the Land: Anti-Catholicism and the Limits of Protestant Missionary Internationalism \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Tending the Flock: Bringing Mission to the Heimat \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Iron Sharpens Iron: International Missionary Conferences and Their German Roots \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes \u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595480068376,"sku":"9781487505639","price":41.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/heavenly-fatherland-german-missionary-culture-and-globalization-in-the-age-of-empire-hardback-9781487505639","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}