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In God's Empire: French Missionaries and the Modern World
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- Owen White
- OUP Us
- Hardcover
- 9780195396447
- 9.3 X 6.5 X 1.2 inches
- 1.2 pounds
- Religion > Christian Ministry - Missions
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
In God's Empire offers readers both an overview of the major historical dimensions of the French evangelical enterprise, as well as an introduction to the theoretical and methodological challenges of placing French missionary work within the context of European, imperial, religious history, and world history.
Author Bio
Owen White specializes in the history of modern France and the French colonial empire, with particular research interests in West Africa and Algeria. He grew up in the U.K., receiving his B.A. from the University of Exeter and his doctorate from the University of Oxford.
The author of a book about the mixed-race population of French West Africa and articles on a variety of aspects of French colonialism, he has also published two edited volumes: one (with J. P. Daughton) on French missionaries, the other on social organization in modern empires.
He recently completed a history of Algerian wine, and is now researching resistance to taxation in colonial empires.
Source: University of Delaware
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