Spirits of Protestantism reveals how liberal Protestants went from being early-twentieth-century medical missionaries seeking to convert others through science and scripture, to becoming vocal critics of missionary arrogance who experimented with non-western healing modes such a…
This work offers an analysis of the politics of body, mind and spirit among North American liberal Protestants over the course of the 20th century.
"Religious Transactions in Colonial South India locates the "making" of Protestant identities in South India within several contesting discourses. It examines evolving attitudes to translation and translation practices in the Tamil literary and sacred landscapes initiated by ear…
"Religious Transactions in Colonial South India locates the "making" of Protestant identities in South India within several contesting discourses. It examines evolving attitudes to translation and translation practices in the Tamil literary and sacred landscapes initiated by ear…
"Religious Transactions in Colonial South India locates the "making" of Protestant identities in South India within several contesting discourses. It examines evolving attitudes to translation and translation practices in the Tamil literary and sacred landscapes initiated by ear…
This book studies conversions to Christianity and the growth of Christian identity in colonial South India.
"Religious Transactions in Colonial South India locates the "making" of Protestant identities in South India within several contesting discourses. It examines evolving attitudes to translation and translation practices in the Tamil literary and sacred landscapes initiated by ear…
"Religious Transactions in Colonial South India locates the "making" of Protestant identities in South India within several contesting discourses. It examines evolving attitudes to translation and translation practices in the Tamil literary and sacred landscapes initiated by ear…
Megachurch business is booming, and still, the Western Church is in decline. For the most part, those who call themselves Christian do not engage in discipleship or spiritual formation or integrate as Christians into their local communities. American teenagers reflect a Western …
This thesis intends to identify the precise prescriptions for social and economic mobility intended by Horatio Alger Jr. and Russell H. Conwell in their works Ragged Dick and “Acres of Diamonds.” Furthermore, to explain why their prescriptions diverge from one another using the …