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Faith in objects : American missionary expositions in the early twentieth century / Erin L. Hasinoff.
- Title
- Faith in objects : American missionary expositions in the early twentieth century / Erin L. Hasinoff.
- Author
- Hasinoff, Erin L.
- Publication
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
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Details
- Description
- xiv, 269 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
- Summary
- "In the early twentieth century, missionary expositions were a central event in the religious life of many Americans. They also converged with the research agenda of anthropology, which was then defined by museum work. This thoughtfully researched book brings the untold history of the World in Boston of 1911 to light. Extraordinary in terms of content, geographic scope, and attendance, "America's First Great Missionary Exposition" was conceived on the model of world's fairs, and grew out of an established tradition of missionary exhibitions. This compelling history reveals how the material culture of missions shaped domestic interactions with evangelism, Christianity, and the consumption of ethnological knowledge"--Provided by publisher.
- Series Statement
- Contemporary anthropology of religion
- Uniform Title
- Contemporary anthropology of religion.
- Subject
- World in Boston (Exposition) (1911) > History
- Missions > Exhibitions
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
- RELIGION / Christian Rituals & Practice / General
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General
- RELIGION > Missions
- Missions
- United States > Church history > 19th century
- United States > Church history > 20th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Preliminaries -- Antecedents -- The world in Boston of 1911 -- Setting the stage -- First impressions -- Pedagogical architecture -- Object lessons -- Spiritless pleasures -- The missionary exhibit of 1900 -- An established tradition -- Missionary engagements -- Objects of missionary education -- Stewardship -- Scripted parts -- Lifelong lessons.
- ISBN
- 9780230116726 (hardback)
- 0230116728 (hardback)
- LCCN
- ^^2011017320
- OCLC
- 711049416
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library