C R Bawden Fba

Shamans, Lamas, and Evangelicals

The English Missionaries in Siberia

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1985, Shamans, Lamas and Evangelicals tells the little known yet fascinating story of a missionary venture to Eastern Siberia in the year 1818. The mission was unusual in its conception and established by the London Missionary Society with the backing of the Tsar, Alexander I.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 422
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 174mm
• ISBN-13: 9781032641430
• ISBN-10: 1032641436
• Artikelnr.: 71236468

Autorenporträt

C. R. Bawden was a Professor of the Mongolian language in the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London from 1970 to 1984.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgements Dates and Measurements 1. Early Plans 2. I. J.
Schmidt and the Kalmucks 3. The Beginnings of the Mission 4. The
Missionaries: Stallybrass and Rahmn 5. The Missionaries: Swan and Yuille 6
. St Petersburg and the Buryat Zaisangs 7. The Journey to Irkutsk 8. From
Irkutsk to Selenginsk 9. The Buryats of Transbaikalia 10. The Missionaries
Separate 11. Family Life in Siberia 12. Missionary and Lama 13. Preaching
to the People 14. The Mission Schools 15. Translating the Bible 16.
Printing the Old Testament 17. The External Relations of the Mission 18.
The End of the Mission Maps Appendix Bibliography Index