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Description Arguing that missionaries occupied ambiguous positions in colonial cultures, Anna Johnson analyzes missionary writing under the aegis of the British Empire. Johnson reveals how missionaries were caught between imperial and religious interests through an examination of texts published by the largest and most influential nineteenth-century evangelical institution, the London Missionary Society. Texts from Indian, Polynesian, and Australian missions are also examined to highlight their representation of nineteenth-century evangelical activity in relationship to gender, colonialism, and race. Editorial Reviews Review "The ambivalence of another stock figure is brought out in Johnston's work, which makes it impossible to write off the Victorian missionary as solely a creature of misdirected overzealousness." Kate Flint, Studies in English Literature Book Description Anna Johnston analyses missionary writing under the aegis of the British Empire. Johnston argues that missionaries occupied ambiguous positions in colonial cultures, caught between imperial and religious interests. She maps out this position through an examination of texts published by missionaries of the largest, most influential nineteenth-century evangelical institution, the London Missionary Society. Texts from Indian, Polynesian, and Australian missions are examined to highlight their representation of nineteenth-century evangelical activity in relation to gender, colonialism, and race. Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (December 3, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 0521049555 ISBN-13: 978-0521049559    Sharing Widget |