British Protestant missions and the conversion of Europe, 1600-1900 /
edited by Simone Maghenzani and Stefano Villani.
- 1 online resource.
- Routledge studies in early modern religious dissents and radicalism .
"This book is the first account of British Protestant conversion initiatives directed towards continental Europe between 1600 and 1900. Continental Europe was considered a missionary land-another periphery of the world, whose centre was imperial Britain. British missions to Europe were informed by religious experiments in America, Africa, and Asia, rendering these offensives against Europe a true form of 'imaginary colonialism'. British Protestant missionaries often understood themselves to be at the forefront of a civilising project directed at Catholics (and sometimes even other projects Protestants). Their mission was further reinforced by Britain becoming a land of compassionate refuge for European dissenters and exiles. This book engages with the myth of International Protestantism, questioning its early origins and its narrative of transnational belonging, while also interrogating Britain as an imagined Protestant land of hope and glory. In the history of western Christianities, 'converting Europe' had a role that has not been adequately investigated. This is the story of the attempted, and ultimately failed, effort to convert a continent"--
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Missions, British--History.
Protestant churches--Missions--History.
Conversion--Christianity--History.
HISTORY / General
HISTORY / Europe / General
HISTORY / Modern / General
Europe--Church history.
BV2420 / .B75 2020
266/.0234104
"This book is the first account of British Protestant conversion initiatives directed towards continental Europe between 1600 and 1900. Continental Europe was considered a missionary land-another periphery of the world, whose centre was imperial Britain. British missions to Europe were informed by religious experiments in America, Africa, and Asia, rendering these offensives against Europe a true form of 'imaginary colonialism'. British Protestant missionaries often understood themselves to be at the forefront of a civilising project directed at Catholics (and sometimes even other projects Protestants). Their mission was further reinforced by Britain becoming a land of compassionate refuge for European dissenters and exiles. This book engages with the myth of International Protestantism, questioning its early origins and its narrative of transnational belonging, while also interrogating Britain as an imagined Protestant land of hope and glory. In the history of western Christianities, 'converting Europe' had a role that has not been adequately investigated. This is the story of the attempted, and ultimately failed, effort to convert a continent"--
9780429243691 0429243693 9780429520273 0429520271 9780429516849 0429516843 9780429513411 0429513410
Missions, British--History.
Protestant churches--Missions--History.
Conversion--Christianity--History.
HISTORY / General
HISTORY / Europe / General
HISTORY / Modern / General
Europe--Church history.
BV2420 / .B75 2020
266/.0234104