Title: Christian missions and the enlightenment /
Authors: Stanley, Brian, 1953-
Publisher: W.B. Eerdmans Pub. ; Curzon Press Ltd,
Year: 2001
Subjects: Missions Theory History of doctrines; Protestant churches Scotland Missions History; Protestant churches Great Britain Missions History; Enlightenment.; Protestant churches Missions Scotland History; Protestant churches Missions Great Britain History
Abstract: "Christian Missions and the Englightenment concentrates on British Protestant missions and the formative role of the Scottish Enlightenment on such topics as education and the relationship between "conversion" and "civilization." After discussing the problematic nature of all attempts to define the Enlightenment, the book breaks new ground by setting the British missionary awakening in the context of its continental European predecessor.