{"product_id":"missionary-spaces-9789462701441","title":"Missionary Spaces","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe spatial turn' of missionary places\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSituated at the crossroads of missionary history, imperial history and colonial architecture, this volume examines the architectural staging and spatial implications of the worldwide expansion of Christianity in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. By focusing on specific architectural fragments, analysing the intersection of Christian edifices in colonial and traditional urban settings or unravelling the social understanding of missionary places, each chapter strives to understand the agency of missionary spaces. Bringing together scholars from different disciplines and fields, this book aims to centre those missionary spaces by approaching them not merely as décor around and within which the missionary encounter was acted, but by making them part and parcel of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough its approach, \u003cem\u003eMissionary Spaces\u003c\/em\u003e provides a new paradigm for scrutinising the spatial turn' for missionary histories and contributes\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leuven University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49084921446743,"sku":"9789462701441","price":58.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/missionary-spaces-9789462701441","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}