Nature and the Godly Empire

Science and Evangelical Mission in the Pacific, 1795–1850

By:

Sujit Sivasundaram

Format:

Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Social and Cultural Histories

Show Hide Adult Content

$110.99

Available from supplier

Usually ships in 3-4 weeks

0 in Trolley

Price Match

Wrap this item as a gift ($5.90) - add a free gift card on the next page

Buy Now, Pay Later with:

4 payments of $27.75 with Afterpay Learn more

Availability

Delivering to:

Estimated arrival:

Around 2-12 July using International Courier

Description

Nineteenth-century historians have described how science became secular and how scientific theories such as evolution justified colonialism. This book explores 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 converts to observe nature in order to interpret God's designs. Sujit Sivasundaram argues that the knowledge that these missionaries practised functioned as a popular science that was inextricably linked with religious expansion. He shows how Britain's providential empire found support from popular views of nature as much as elite science and how science and religion came together in communities far from the metropolis even as disputes raged in Europe. This will be essential reading for historians of empire, science and religion, cultural historians, environmental historians and anthropologists.

Release date Australia

March 3rd, 2011

Author

Sujit Sivasundaram

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

Worked examples or Exercises

Pages

258

Series

Cambridge Social and Cultural Histories

Dimensions

152x229x15

ISBN-13

9780521188883

Product ID

8930705

Customer reviews

Nobody has reviewed this product yet. You could be the first!

Write a Review

Marketplace listings

There are no Marketplace listings available for this product currently.
Already own it? Create a free listing and pay just 9% commission when it sells!

Sell Yours Here

Get free delivery, exclusive deals, and more^*

Non-Fiction Books:

Nature and the Godly Empire

By:

Format:

Series:

Buy Now, Pay Later with:

Availability

Description

Customer reviews

Marketplace listings

Help & options

Filed under...

Get free delivery, exclusive deals, and more*

Buy Now, Pay Later with:

Get free delivery, exclusive deals, and more^*