Reporting Christian missions in the eighteenth century

By Alexander Schunka, Markus Friedrich

Subjects: Religious newspapers and periodicals, Publishers and publishing, Missions, History, Identification (Religion)

Description: Regular reporting on extra-European Christian missions was a distinctive feature of the early modern era, changing the worldviews of Europe and Europeans. The present collection of essays offers an innovative approach to this phenomenon by comparing different missionary publications from a cross-confessional perspective. It establishes a broader framework for understanding the organized and institutionalized transfers of knowledge from the missions to Europe. 0The volume discusses the comparability of the different missionary periodicals from the vantage point of cultural history.