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Informationen zum Autor Hilary Carey is a Professor of History at the University of Newcastle, New South Wales, and Life Fellow of Clare College, University of Cambridge. Her most recent book is the edited collection Empires of Religion (2008). Klappentext This wide-ranging study explores major debates in the history of the colonial missionary movement during the second British empire. 'This is a groundbreaking study of British and Irish efforts to forge a Christian empire through missions to the settlement colonies - deeply impressive for its balanced judgements, geographical breadth and multi-denominational approach. Hilary Carey has given a promising new direction to the study of imperial religion.' Stewart J. Brown, Professor of Ecclesiastical History and Head of the School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh 'Deeply researched and also highly readable, this is a pioneering venture into largely unexplored historical territory. Especially impressive is Hilary Carey's even-handedness. She establishes the major role played by religion in the building of Greater Britain, yet her narrative remains equally distanced from apologetics and from debunking.' Hugh McLeod, Professor of Church History, University of Birmingham 'Hilary Carey has fashioned a pathbreaking narrative of the complex history of British Christianity in the settler colonies. Notable for its breadth, God's Empire provides an accomplished comparative and statistical analysis of the work of every major British denomination along with a valuable account of the colonial work of the English Benedictines. It will be of special interest to historians of religion and colonial history alike.' Jeffrey L. Cox, Professor of History, University of Iowa Zusammenfassung This wide-ranging study reassesses the religious character of the second British empire and charts Britain's transformation from Protestant nation to free Christian empire. Based on extensive use of original archival and rare published sources! the author explores major debates in the history of the colonial missionary movement. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. God's Empire: 1. Colonialism, colonization and Greater Britain; 2. Protestant nation to Christian Empire, 1801-1908; Part II. Colonial Missions: Introduction: colonial mission; 3. Anglicans; 4. Catholics; 5. Evangelical Anglicans; 6. Nonconformists; 7. Presbyterians; Part III. Colonial Clergy: 8. Clergy; 9. St Augustine's College, Canterbury; 10. Missionary College of All Hallows, Drumcondra (Dublin); Part IV. Promised Lands: Introduction: emigrants and colonists; 11. Christian colonization and its critics; 12. Colonies; Conclusion....
