TY - JOUR
T1 - 'And they'll know we are Christians by our love'
T2 - Exploring the role of Christian love on Malaga Mission, 1874-1888
AU - McLisky, Claire Louise
PY - 2015/9/1
Y1 - 2015/9/1
N2 - This article investigates the power, and the politics, of Christian love on the Australian settler-colonial frontier through the case study of two evangelical missionaries, Daniel and Janet Matthews, during their time at Maloga Mission (a non-denominational mission to the Aboriginal people of the Murray River which they founded on its northern banks in 1874). Whether protested in private missives, professed in public tracts, or proclaimed to their assembled audiences, Christian love played a vital role in the both the secular justification, and the sacred sanctification, of the Matthews' mission. Yet in practice, the operation of this emotion was complex. Through an exploration of the role of Christian love in the life of Maloga mission and its missionaries, this article will show how the intricacies of its formulation, expression, reception, and reciprocation make this a crucial if often overlooked concept for the study of mission history, and specifically, in this case, the study of nineteenth-century settler-colonial missions.
AB - This article investigates the power, and the politics, of Christian love on the Australian settler-colonial frontier through the case study of two evangelical missionaries, Daniel and Janet Matthews, during their time at Maloga Mission (a non-denominational mission to the Aboriginal people of the Murray River which they founded on its northern banks in 1874). Whether protested in private missives, professed in public tracts, or proclaimed to their assembled audiences, Christian love played a vital role in the both the secular justification, and the sacred sanctification, of the Matthews' mission. Yet in practice, the operation of this emotion was complex. Through an exploration of the role of Christian love in the life of Maloga mission and its missionaries, this article will show how the intricacies of its formulation, expression, reception, and reciprocation make this a crucial if often overlooked concept for the study of mission history, and specifically, in this case, the study of nineteenth-century settler-colonial missions.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - mission history
KW - Aboriginal history
KW - Følelseshistorie
U2 - 10.1111/1467-9809.12181
DO - 10.1111/1467-9809.12181
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0022-4227
VL - 39
SP - 333
EP - 351
JO - Journal of Religious History
JF - Journal of Religious History
IS - 3
ER -