The Basel Mission between Switzerland, Germany and South India : Entangled Histories from Conversion to Commerce (Global Connections: Routes and Roots)

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The Basel Mission between Switzerland, Germany and South India : Entangled Histories from Conversion to Commerce (Global Connections: Routes and Roots)

Kumar, Mukesh (EDT)/ Shahid, Amal (EDT)/ Müller, Ella Daisy (EDT)

Leiden University Press（2026/03発売）

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製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 320 p.
言語 ENG
商品コード 9789087284954

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This book traces the intricate entanglements between the Swiss-German world and South India through the history of the Basel Mission Society. Founded in 1815, the Mission drew its support from present-day Switzerland and the southern German region of Baden-Württemberg. In South India, particularly in Kerala and Karnataka, these missionaries combined theological ideals with technical expertise, fostering schools, industries, and congregations that linked Europe and India in unprecedented ways. The Basel Mission in India brings together, for the first time, a group of international scholars to provide a comprehensive, interdisciplinary account of the Mission's activities in India since 1834. The chapters range from studies of pietism and industrial enterprise such as tile-making to examinations of caste, gender, education, and material culture, drawing on new archival and museum sources—including collections at the Museum der Kulturen Basel. By reassessing the Basel Mission's theological, social, and economic legacy, this volume advances debates on colonialism, global Christianity, and transnational exchange. It offers fresh perspectives on how faith, labour, industry, and material culture intersected to shape an entangled world across Switzerland, Germany, and South India.

Table of Contents

PART 1: Mission and Its Historiography

1: Introduction: The Basel Mission in nineteenth century South India. - Amal Shahid, Ella Müller, Mukesh Kumar

2: Interconnected and multifaceted approaches to Protestant mission histories. - Felicity Jensz;

PART 2: Basel Mission in India and Europe

3. Christianity for Industry and Industry for Christianity: The Basel Mission in Europe and India, c. 1850-1900 - Bernhard C. Schär

4: Missions as Terrains of Exchange? The Kanarese Evangelical Mission in the Interwar Years (1918-1928) - Philippe Bornet

PART 3: Basel Mission and Caste

5. Social Engineering in the Praxis of Basel Mission - Jaiprakash Raghaviah

6. A Photographic Perspective on Recasting the Caste Individuals: An Exploration of Basel Mission's Industries in Malabar - Chinjumol KR;

PART 4: Gender and the Basel Mission

7: Translating Matriliny through the Interpretative Structures of Colonial/Missionary Patriarchy - Parinitha Shetty

8: "So much depends on the proper preparation of the Bible Women" - The training practice of Bible Women of the Basel (Women's) Mission between 1880-1940 in South India - Sandra Langhop

PART 5: The Materialities of Basel Mission

9: The Basel Mission collection from India: Colonial entanglements, missionary interpretation and local agency - Isabella Bozsa

10: Material Manifestations: Basel Mission Terracotta Tiles and Factories of Mangalore - Priya Joseph

11: Afterword: Entangling Histories, Unsettling Legacies - Linda Maria Ratschiller Nasim