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001			ocn813949549
003			OCoLC
005			20251028093304.0
008			130708s2013 nyu b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2013022123
035			_a(Sirsi) i9780815633150
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dYDX _dBTCTA _dOCLCF _dYDXCP _dOCLCO _dHEBIS _dYUS _dOCLCO _dMNJ _dICW _dVF$
020			_a9780815633150 (cloth : alk. paper)
020			_a0815633157 (cloth : alk. paper)
024	8		_a95252820117
035			_a(OCoLC)813949549
050	0	0	_aBV 2063 _b.C785 2013
049			_aVF$A
245	0	0	_aCultural conversions : _bunexpected consequences of Christian missionary encounters in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia / _cedited by Heather J. Sharkey.
250			_aFirst Edition.
264		1	_aSyracuse, New York : _bSyracuse University Press, _c2013.
300			_axiv, 328 pages ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aReligion and politics
520			_a"Essays in this volume study unforeseen cultural conversions that arose from missionary activities in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 225-306) and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: the unexpected consequences of Christian missionary encounters / Heather J. Sharkey -- Conflicting conversions and unexpected Christianities in Central Africa / David M. Gordon -- Church versus country: Palestinian Arab Episcopalians, nationalism, and revolt, 1936-39 / Laura Robson -- Missionaries and ethnography in the service of litigation: Hindu law and Christian custom in India's Deccan, 1750-1863 / Chandra Mallampalli -- Hybridity, parody, and contempt: Buddhist responses to Christian missions in Sri Lanka / Stephen C. Berkwitz -- The Port Said orphan scandal of 1933: colonialism, Islamism, and the Egyptian welfare state / Beth Baron -- Robert Moffat and the invention of Christianity in South Africa / Paul S. Landau -- Missionaries and the making of colonial notables: conversions to modernity in Eritrea and Ethiopia, 1890-1935 / James De Lorenzi -- The scholar-missionaries of the Basel Mission in southwest India: language, identity, and knowledge in flux / Mrinalini Sebastian -- The gospel in Arabic tongues: British Bible distribution, evangelical mission, and language politics in North Africa / Heather J. Sharkey.
650		0	_aMissions _zMiddle East.
650		0	_aMissions _zAfrica.
650		0	_aMissions _zSouth Asia.
650		0	_aChristianity _xInfluence.
650		0	_aChristianity and culture.
650		0	_aChristianity and politics.
650		7	_aChristianity and culture. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00859660
650		7	_aChristianity and politics. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00859736
650		7	_aChristianity _xInfluence. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00859619
650		7	_aMissions. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01023771
651		7	_aAfrica. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01239509
651		7	_aMiddle East. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01241586
651		7	_aSouth Asia. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01244520
700	1		_aSharkey, Heather J. _q(Heather Jane), _d1967- _eeditor of compilation.
830		0	_aReligion and politics.
994			_aC0 _bVF$
999			_c133262 _d133262