عنوان

Savior from civilization: Charles Brent, Episcopal bishop to the Philippine Islands, and the role of religion in American colonialism, 1901-1918

Number

TL49230

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

Savior from civilization: Charles Brent, Episcopal bishop to the Philippine Islands, and the role of religion in American colonialism, 1901-1918

General Material Designation

[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Jason Ratcliffe

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Piehler, G. Kurt

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

The Florida State University

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2016

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

195

Text of Note

Committee members: Creswell, Michael; Liebeskind, Claudia

Text of Note

Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-369-55435-9

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

M.A.

Discipline of degree

History

Body granting the degree

The Florida State University

Text preceding or following the note

2016

Text of Note

This work explores first and foremost the nature of the Episcopal mission to the colonial Philippines from 1901 to 1918, while it was under the leadership of a missionary bishop named Charles Henry Brent. Missionaries, such as Brent, served an essential role in the American colonial enterprise in the Philippines. The historiography tends to label missionaries as cultural imperialists. Missionaries did not abstain from culturally imperialistic behavior. But, they also acted at times as protectors of Philippine culture. How could missionaries act both as imperialists and attempt to preserve native culture in the Philippines? Contrary to the theories of some historians, missionaries did not see their actions as contradictory, but as complimentary. The reason for this: ideology. Missionaries defined their purpose based not on the motives of the Philippine Commission-the American governing body in the islands-but on their own theology. Brent and his mission will be used as a prominent example, a microcosm, to prove this point. The three chapters within focus on ideology and theology as the primary motivators for characters within this narrative.

Religious history; History; American history

Subject Term

Philosophy, religion and theology;Social sciences;Brent, Charles;Episcopal;Igorot;Missionaries;Moro;Philippines

Loukili, Ahmed

Piehler, G. Kurt

Subdivision

History

The Florida State University

Call Number

1873082416; 10240872

Electronic name

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[Thesis]

276903

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