Derek Chang

Citizens of a Christian Nation

Evangelical Missions and the Problem of Race in the Nineteenth Century

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Produktbeschreibung

Derek Chang chronicles the American Baptist Home Mission Society's efforts to evangelize among African Americans in the South and Chinese migrants on the Pacific Coast during the late nineteenth century. He brings together for the first time African American and Chinese American religious histories in an innovative comparative approach.

Produktdetails

• Politics and Culture in Modern America
• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 368g
• ISBN-13: 9780812222067
• ISBN-10: 0812222067
• Artikelnr.: 35054809

Autorenporträt

Derek Chang is Associate Professor of History and Asian American Studies at Cornell University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Evangelical Christianity and the Problem of Difference
1. "A Grand and Awful Time"
2. Faith and Hope
3. Callings
4. Congregation
5. Conflict and Community
Conclusion
Transformations
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments