Description
Explores the global expansion of Christianity since 1500 from the perspectives of the indigenous people who were affected by it.
About the Author
David Lindenfeld is Professor Emeritus in the Department of History, Louisiana State University. He has been researching cross-cultural religious interactions worldwide for nearly two decades and is co-editor, with Miles Richardson, of Beyond Conversion and Syncretism: Indigenous Encounters with Missionary Christianity, 1800-2000 (2011). Lindenfeld is active member of the World History Association and the Yale-Edinburgh Group on Missionary Christianity.
Reviews
'David Lindenfeld emphasizes the Indigenous experience across a range of responses, from grateful acceptance to bitter resistance and all points in between. His nuanced account is neither simply imperial in tone nor crudely and damningly anti-imperial. Particularly impressive is the range of examples and illustrations, which include the Nahua (Aztecs), the Cherokee and Sioux in North America and multiple peoples across Africa, Asia, and Oceania.' Philip Jenkins, The Christian Century
'... it is recommended for students of mission history and world Christianity and will be instructive as an introduction to Christianity among the IPs of the Americas, Africa, and Oceania.' Rathiulung Elias KC, Religious Studies Review
Book Information
ISBN 9781108926874
Author David Lindenfeld
Format Paperback
Page Count 400
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 610g
Dimensions(mm) 150mm * 230mm * 25mm