MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01921cam a2200349 a 4500
001 2008015900
003 DLC
005 20090130084047.0
008 080408s2008 nyuab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008015900
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035 $a(OCoLC)225852357
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050 00 $aBV3415.2$b.H57 2008
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035 $a(OCoLC)ocn225852357
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dYDX$dBTCTA$dBAKER$dYDXCP$dBWX$dCDX$dDLC
100 1 $aHirono, Miwa.
245 10 $aCivilizing missions :$binternational religious agencies in China /$cMiwa Hirono.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2008.
300 $axvi, 262 p. :$bill., maps ;$c22 cm.
490 1 $aCulture and religion in international relations
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [209]-254) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: Christian "civilizing missions" of the past and present -- Theory and history -- "Civilizing missions" and ethnic communities in China -- The Chinese state as a civilizer of ethnic minorities : civilization and religion in Chinese history -- Evangelism and its unintended consequences : Christian missionaries in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries -- Contemporary "civilizing missions"? -- Christian evangelism in a Tibetan Buddhism community : the Jian Hua Foundation -- Presence evangelism : the Salvation Army -- Secular use of local religion : Oxfam Hong Kong.
650 0 $aMissions$zChina.
650 0 $aMissions$xTheory
830 0 $aCulture and religion in international relations.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0835/2008015900-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0835/2008015900-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0835/2008015900-t.html