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Holy humanitarians : American Evangelicals and global aid /

On May 10, 1900, an enthusiastic Brooklyn crowd bid farewell to the Quito. The ship sailed for famine-stricken Bombay, carrying both tangible relief--thousands of tons of corn and seeds--and "a tender message of love and sympathy from God's children on this side of the globe to those on th...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Curtis, Heather D. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction
  • A religious paper thoroughly humanitarian
  • Cosmopolitan compassion
  • We are fighting for philanthropy
  • Almoner of the world
  • The limits of evangelical benevolence
  • To safeguard Christian America
  • A shifting landscape
  • Epilogue.