Mission und Kolonialismus im Preußen der Wilhelminischen Ära
Prussian Germany entered the race for colonies at a late date and then remained a colonial power for only thirty years. Thus colonial imperialism represents no more than an episode in German history. For Christian missions, however, German entry into colonial competition created dramatic changes. Un...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | German |
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1992
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Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte
Year: 1992, Volume: 5, Issue: 2, Pages: 239-253 |
| ISSN: | 2196-808X |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.jstor.org/stable/43099814
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| Author Notes: | Gerhard Besier |
| Summary: | Prussian Germany entered the race for colonies at a late date and then remained a colonial power for only thirty years. Thus colonial imperialism represents no more than an episode in German history. For Christian missions, however, German entry into colonial competition created dramatic changes. Until then missions had been considered a peripheral activity. Now at one stroke they became a central issue within the new context of imperial expansion. Alongside traditional mission societies, new activities and organizations more strongly influenced by the idea of colonialism developed. In the multi-confessional field of colonial missions, Protestant-Catholic rivalries also emerged, especially among Prussians for whom such rivalries had been stirred up by the "Cultural Struggle" (Kulturkampf) just coming to an end. This article discusses the politics of individual Protestant mission societies in Prussia between 1884 and 1918, describing the cooperation as well as the friction which developed among mission societies and the colonial administration. Despite a "hand-inhand" working relationship, conflicts between the goals of mission and colonialism constantly surfaced. In 1919, however, representatives of missions and of colonial imperialism protested in unison against the "colonial guilt lie" of the Versailles Treaty. |
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| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 2196-808X |