Emotions in early mission encounters in colonial Greenland and Australia
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Emotions in early mission encounters in colonial Greenland and Australia. / McLisky, Claire Louise.
Emotions and Christian mission: Historical perspectives. red. / Claire McLisky; Daniel Midena; Karen Vallgårda. London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. s. 151-178.Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport › Bidrag til bog/antologi › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Emotions in early mission encounters in colonial Greenland and Australia
AU - McLisky, Claire Louise
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - This chapter uses the concept of affective circuits to analyse the emotional dynamics of Christian mission in two eighteenth-century colonial contexts: Greenland (1721-1736) and Australia (1788-1791). McLisky argues that the first missionaries in each setting—the Lutheran minister Hans Egede and the Anglican chaplain Richard Johnson—aimed to encourage the transfer of particular ‘positive’ emotions between themselves, their indigenous converts and prospective converts, and missionary supporters ‘at home’ in Denmark and England. They did this in the hope that successful emotional transfers would set up affective circuits which would intensify these ‘positive’ emotions in all parties, thereby stimulating support for the mission and strengthening the faith of all involved. Diverse colonial contexts, however, meant that their attempts to foster such circuits had very different outcomes.
AB - This chapter uses the concept of affective circuits to analyse the emotional dynamics of Christian mission in two eighteenth-century colonial contexts: Greenland (1721-1736) and Australia (1788-1791). McLisky argues that the first missionaries in each setting—the Lutheran minister Hans Egede and the Anglican chaplain Richard Johnson—aimed to encourage the transfer of particular ‘positive’ emotions between themselves, their indigenous converts and prospective converts, and missionary supporters ‘at home’ in Denmark and England. They did this in the hope that successful emotional transfers would set up affective circuits which would intensify these ‘positive’ emotions in all parties, thereby stimulating support for the mission and strengthening the faith of all involved. Diverse colonial contexts, however, meant that their attempts to foster such circuits had very different outcomes.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - mission history
KW - comparative history
KW - Følelseshistorie
KW - Greenland, history
KW - Australian history
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 9781137528933
SP - 151
EP - 178
BT - Emotions and Christian mission
A2 - McLisky, Claire
A2 - Midena, Daniel
A2 - Vallgårda, Karen
PB - Palgrave Macmillan
CY - London
ER -
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