| Missionary Spaces: Imagining, Building, Contesting Christianities in Africa and China, 1840-1960 Contributor(s): Coomans, Thomas (Editor) |
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ISBN: 946270144X ISBN-13: 9789462701441 Publisher: Leuven University Press OUR PRICE: $78.71 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2024 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Buildings - Religious - History | Modern - 19th Century - Religion | Christian Ministry - Missions |
| Series: KADOC Artes |
| Physical Information: 240 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Situated at the crossroads of missionary history, imperial history, and colonial architecture, the contributions in this volume investigate the architectural staging and spatial implications of the worldwide expansion of Christianity in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. By looking at specific architectural fragments, analysing the insertion of Christian edifices in colonial urban settings, or unravelling the social understanding of missionary places, each of the chapters contemplates an aspect of the agency of mission spaces. Bringing together scholars from different disciplines, this book approaches missionary places not as the mere d cor against which the missionary encounter was enacted, but as an integral part of it. In doing so, the contributors test the applicability of the spatial turn, an interpretative paradigm that has been dominant across the humanities since the late 1990s, to missionary historiography. Richly illustrated and with a global focus, the volume addresses case studies from, among other countries, China, Japan, Madagascar, Congo, Tanzania, Ghana, and Lebanon. |
Contributor Bio(s): de Meulr, Bruno: - Bruno De Meulder studied architecture at KU Leuven where he now teaches colonial and postcolonial urbanism in the Department of Architecture.Cleys, Bram: - Bram Cleys studied history at KU Leuven and is education officer at the University Centre for Development Cooperation (UCOS), a Belgian NGO.Howard, Allen M.: - Allen M. Howard is professor emeritus of history at the University of Wisconsin. He taught and does research in African and Atlantic history. He has written extensively on the application of spatial analysis to African history. Along with Michael Adas, he has taken a major role in developing and supervising the field of World and Comparative History. |