David A. Hollinger, “American Missionaries and the Struggle for Control”
Channel: Maxwell Institute
Date: 2019-11-13

Maxwell Institute Guest Lecture—November 7, 2019

David A. Hollinger, “American Missionaries and the Struggle for Control of Christianity’s Symbolic Capital”

How did American Protestant missionaries attempt broader engagement with the varieties of faith generated in post-Reformation Europe and the United States and the cultural diversity of the globe? How did the indigenous peoples missionaries encountered make use of Christianity, challenging missionaries’ assumptions and altering the expectations of support groups at home? Drawing on his recent book "Protestants Abroad" (2017), acclaimed historian David A. Hollinger discusses historical efforts to spread the gospel to populations beyond the North Atlantic West. 

DAVID A. HOLLINGER (born April 25, 1941 in Chicago, Illinois) is the Preston Hotchkis Professor of History, emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. His specialty is in American intellectual history. He is the author of a number of books on religion and society.

This special lecture was co-sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Church History Department.