{"product_id":"heavenly-fatherland-jeremy-best-9781487505639","title":"Heavenly Fatherland: German Missionary Culture and Globalization in the Age of Empire","description":"\u003cp\u003eMotivated by a theology that declared missionary work was independent of secular colonial pursuits, Protestant missionaries from Germany operated in ways that contradict current and prevailing interpretations of nineteenth-century missionary work. As a result of their travels, these missionaries contributed to Germany's colonial culture. Because of their theology of Christian universalism, they worked against the bigoted racialism and ultra-nationalism of secular German empire-building. \u003ci\u003eHeavenly Fatherland\u003c\/i\u003e provides a detailed political and cultural analysis of missionaries, mission societies, mission intellectuals, and missionary supporters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining case studies from East Africa with studies of the metropole, this book demonstrates that missionaries' ideas about race and colonialism influenced ordinary Germans' experience of globalization and colonialism at the same time that the missionaries shaped colonial governance. By bringing together religious and colonial history, the book opens new avenues of inquiry into Christian participation in colonialism. During the Age of Empire, German missionaries promoted an internationalist vision of the modern world that aimed to create a multinational, multiracial \"heavenly Fatherland\" spread across the globe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeremy Best\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1487505639\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487505639\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/10\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2021","brand":"Jeremy Best","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43987609780479,"sku":"9781487505639","price":79.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9d093ffe-c929-4c7f-a718-ad33e4fe6065.jpg?v=1683290008","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/heavenly-fatherland-jeremy-best-9781487505639","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}