Nature and the Godly Empire: Science and Evangelical Mission in the Pacific, 1795 1850
(Book #7 in the Cambridge Social and Cultural Histories Series)
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Nineteenth-century historians have described how science became secular and how scientific theories such as evolution justified colonialism. This book changes this narrative by offering the first account of the relationship between nineteenth-century science and Christianity outside the Western world. At focus are the intrepid missionaries of the London Missionary Society who reverently surveyed the oceans and islands of the Pacific and instructed...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521188881
ISBN13:9780521188883
Release Date:April 2011
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:258 Pages
Weight:0.84 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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