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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Martyn, Henry (1781-1812)
Titre(s) : The letters of Henry Martyn [Texte imprimé] : East India Company chaplain / edited by Scott D. Ayler
Publication : Woodbridge : The Boydell Press, 2019
Description matérielle : xvi, 595 pages ; 25 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 573-580) and index
Henry Martyn (1781-1812) was one of the most significant British foreign missionaries
of the nineteenth century. An Anglican Evangelical, active in India and Persia, he
translated the New Testament into Urdu and Persian, pioneered engagement between Protestant
Christianity and Islam, and inspired a generation of British and American evangelical
missionary efforts. He is a central figure for the history of the East India Company
and its relationship to the missionary movement. This book provides a fully annotated
transcription of all Martyn's surviving 327 letters, together with a very substantial
introduction covering Martyn's biography, missiology and churchmanship, circle of
correspondents, philological contribution, and experience in India and Persia. The
letters themselves are rich in detail about East India Company governance in India
and the importance of the religious issue at the highest levels. The book will be
of great interest to historians of India and the East India Company, historians of
Anglo-Persian relations and of Evangelical Anglicanism and the broader Protestant
missionary movement, and those interested in the emergence and shape of modern Christian-Islamic
discourse
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Ayler, Scott D.. Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Inde -- 1765-1947 (Occupation britannique)
East India Company
Genre ou forme : Correspondance
Sources
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 1783274476. - ISBN 9781783274475
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46582455p
Notice n° :
FRBNF46582455
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Preparation and journey (letters 1-67) ; Calcutta and early ministry at Dinapore
(letters 68-135) ; Dinapore with Sabat (letters 136-222) ; Cawnpore (letters 223-292)
; Departure from India and residence in Persia (letters 293-327) ; Manuscript source
locations.