Date of Award
7-25-2006
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
History
First Advisor
Ian Christopher Fletcher - Chair
Second Advisor
Duane J Corpis
Abstract
This thesis explores prevailing and changing attitudes among Protestant Christians as manifested in the World Missionary Conference of 1910, held in Edinburgh, Scotland. It compares the conference to missionary literature to demonstrate how well it fit the context of the missionary endeavor during the Edwardian era. It examines the issues of race and empire in the thinking of conference participants. It pays particular attention to the position of West Africa and West Africans in conference deliberations. It suggests that the conference, which took place soon after the scramble for empire and just before World War I and the subsequent upsurge of nationalism and anti-colonialism, offers a valuable historical perspective on the uneven nature of globalizing Christianity.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/1059616
Recommended Citation
Sanecki, Kim Caroline, "Protestant Christian Missions, Race and Empire: The World Missionary Conference of 1910, Edinburgh, Scotland." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2006.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/1059616