عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
LA110718
LANGUAGE OF THE ITEM
.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc
انگلیسی
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Missionaries as Communicators of Foreign Cultures
General Material Designation
[Article]
First Statement of Responsibility
Antti Räsänen, Eila Helander
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Leiden
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Brill
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
This article examines the writings of Finnish missionaries: what the missionaries wrote about local people and cultures and how the content of their writings changed during the latter part of the 20th century, which was a period of major political and cultural change in the countries where the missionaries worked. The data consists of 526 writings published in the major Finnish mission journal Suomen Lähetyssanomat during the years 1946-1989. The primary methodological approach is quantitative, and the data is mainly analysed in a descriptive manner. Statistical tests are utilized to show the association between independent and dependent variables. The results are interpreted with the help of the concept of otherness. Missionaries' writings reveal a more positive attitude towards local people than local cultures, but during the study period a change towards a more positive attitude to culture can be detected. The longer the history of Finnish missions in a particular region, the more positive the missionaries' attitudes towards local people are. During the study period, the problem-oriented descriptions of cultures shift to solution-oriented descriptions. These changes indicate efforts towards a positive interpretation of otherness. The study reveals the possibilities that quantitative analysis may open up for mission studies.
SET
Date of Publication
2017
Physical description
285-305
Title
Exchange
Volume Number
46/3
International Standard Serial Number
1572-543X
UNCONTROLLED SUBJECT TERMS
Subject Term
change
Subject Term
culture
Subject Term
discourse
Subject Term
Finland
Subject Term
General
Subject Term
missiology
Subject Term
missionaries
Subject Term
Theology and World Christianity
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Antti Räsänen
Eila Helander
LOCATION AND CALL NUMBER
Call Number
10.1163/1572543X-12341448
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب p
[Article]
275578
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