European Missions in Contact Zones | Transformation through Interaction in a (Post-)Colonial World, Abt. Abendländische Religionsgeschichte, Abt. für Universalgeschichte, Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Europäische Geschichte Mainz - Beihefte 107

Judith Becker

ISBN 10: 3525101414 / ISBN 13: 9783525101414

Published by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2015

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European Missions in Contact Zones | Transformation through Interaction in a (Post-)Colonial World, Abt. Abendländische Religionsgeschichte, Abt. für Universalgeschichte, Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Europäische Geschichte Mainz - Beihefte 107 | Judith Becker | Buch | 293 S. | Englisch | 2015 | Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht | EAN 9783525101414 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Theaterstr. 13, 37073 Göttingen, ute[dot]schnueckel[at]brill[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

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• Title: European Missions in Contact Zones | Transformation through Interaction in a (Post-)Colonial World, Abt. Abendländische Religionsgeschichte, Abt. für Universalgeschichte, Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Europäische Geschichte Mainz - Beihefte 107
• Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3525101414
• ISBN 13: 9783525101414
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 236W x 163H x 23D millimeters 236 millimeters width by 163 millimeters height by 23 millimeters depth
• Weight: 609 grams
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Synopsis

What happens when people of different cultural, religious, political and social backgrounds live in close contact with each other? This volume focuses on the encounter between European missionaries and indigenous people and aims to illuminate how life in a contact zone changed concepts, attitudes and practices. It collects examples from nearly all world regions from early modern times to the middle of the twentieth century. The contributions discuss the concept of 'contact zones', defining them both as spaces where people of different backgrounds actually met and as 'imagined contact zones' between European Christians and those living abroad who insisted on forming one community and thus exchanged ideas, and as 'personalised contact zones' in individuals who transcended boundaries and integrated different backgrounds and attitudes. In each case people, concepts and attitudes changed in the encounter. Practices were modified and new practices emerged. Values and conceptions were transformed. When individuals embodied the contact, however, they often were expelled from the contact zone, especially when they were not recognised as 'European'. The volume thus also sheds light on the limits of the contact. By focusing on the results of the intercultural encounter, however, it mainly demonstrates the impact of life in a contact zone on those involved.

About the Author

Dr. Judith Becker is senior researcher at the Leibniz Institute of European History, Mainz, Germany.