Missionary Self-Transformations in the Cross-Cultural Mission: Reflections on the Persuasion Strategies of German Protestant Missionaries
This article analyses the implications of religious mission as a specific type of ‘human enhancement’ linked to the optimisation of human nature in light of missionaries’ beliefs. The study draws on the autobiographical narratives of German Protestants, which show that missionary intent is inseparab...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2022
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Social sciences and missions
Year: 2022, Volume: 35, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 34-66 |
| Further subjects: | B
Human Enhancement
B cross-cultural mission B psychology of religion B Protestant mission B cultural psychology |
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| Summary: | This article analyses the implications of religious mission as a specific type of ‘human enhancement’ linked to the optimisation of human nature in light of missionaries’ beliefs. The study draws on the autobiographical narratives of German Protestants, which show that missionary intent is inseparably linked to the Christian imaginations of the ‘renewed person’. This can best be characterised by (a) cultural adjustment, (b) persuasive communication, and (c) self-alterations of others. Hence, missions represent a specific prototype of goal-directed, intentional, and strategic human action aiming for the self-transformation of others and missionaries themselves. |
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| ISSN: | 1874-8945 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Social sciences and missions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18748945-bja10033 |