German Moravian missionaries in the British colony of Victoria, Australia, 1848-1908 : influential strangers /

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This book is a nuanced critique of German Moravian missionariesa (TM) work amongst Indigenous Australians within British colonial Australia. It examines tensions between religion and politics and the strained positions in which the missionaries found themselves working within a settler society.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jensz, Felicity (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden [The Netherlands] ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Series:Studies in Christian mission ; v. 38.
Subjects:
Moravian Church > Missions > Australia > Victoria > History > 19th century.
Moravian Church
1800-1899
Missions, German > Australia > Victoria > History > 19th century.
Germans > Australia > Victoria > History > 19th century.
Aboriginal Australians > Missions > Australia > Victoria > History > 19th century.
Missions allemandes > Australie > Victoria > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Allemands > Australie > Victoria > Histoire > 19e siècle.
RELIGION > Christian Ministry > Missions.
Aboriginal Australians > Missions
Germans
Missions
Missions, German
Mission
Brüdergemeine
Victoria > Church history > 19th century.
Victoria > Histoire religieuse > 19e siècle.
Victoria
Victoria > Staat
Aborigines.
Church history
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • God's lot : Moravians and missions
  • "The most wretched and bleakest" : Moravian desire to work amongst the Australian Aborigines
  • "Ein fauler Fleck" : Lake Boga, a putrid stain
  • "I is done--no more" : the first converts
  • "Alles geht seinen schleppenden Gang"--expansion, movement and sluggish progress
  • "Every triumphant death"--closure in a British colony.

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