Reporting Christian Missions in the Eighteenth Century ─ Communication, Culture of Knowledge and Regular Publication in a Cross-Confessional Perspective

Historians, anthropologists, and scholars of literature contend that the regular reporting on extra-European Christian missions was a highly significant feature of the early modern era, changing the worldviews of the people of Europe. They compare different missionary journals from a cross-confessional perspective. Their topics include between curiosity and edification: printing and editing the Nouveaux Mémoires de la Compagnie de Jésus dans le Levant, the Anglican Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts: anniversary sermons and abstracts of proceedings, controlled transparency: the Hallesche Berichte and Neue Hallesche Berichte between 1710 and 1848, and global communication among the Moravian Brethren: the circulation of knowledge and its structures and logistics. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)