11 Apr 2006

Asia-Pacific Missionaries: at Home and Abroad, Aug 2006.
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Self-description: "2nd Biennial ANU Missionary History Conference, Asia-Pacific Missionaries: at Home and Abroad, Coombs Lecture Theatre, The Australian National University, Friday 25-Saturday 27 August 2006.
ABSTRACTS INVITED. You are invited to share in the 2nd ANU Missionary Conference. Presentations on Canadian, New Zealand/Aotorean, Pacific Islander, Hong Kong, Singaporean, Malaysian, South African and Australian contributions to Christian missions, domestic and foreign, in the Asia-Pacific region, are invited. A common background with British missionary outreach links the 2006 conference. Abstracts close 30 May 2006. Postgraduate papers are encouraged. A special focus of the conference is the contribution of women to the missionary enterprise. The conference is open to anyone interested. [...] Proceedings [in PDF format] of 2004 TransTasman Missionary conference are at: rspas.anu.edu.au/pah/TransTasman/ "
[The 2004 Conference Proceedings include: * Barry, Amanda - 'A Matter of Primary Importance': early missionary educational attempts at Ramahyuck (Victoria) and Poonindie (South Australia); * Brett, Christine - "We have grown to love her". The Aborigines Inland Mission, Aboriginal People and the NSW Aborigines Protection Board, 1905-1920.; * Crawford, Janet - "Unpretending labours": Julia Farr and the Melanesian Mission; * Edwards, Bill - A Moravian Mission In Australia: Ebenezer Through Ernabella Eyes; * Gooden, Rosalind - Five Barley Loaves: An icon for Australasian Baptist Missionary Work; * Lake, Meredith - The Australian Council of Churches' activity in Asia and its reflexive impact on Australian Christianity, 1950 - 1965; * Mitchell, Jessie - "Can these dry bones live?" Conversion and Worship on Aboriginal Missions and Protectorate Stations, 1830-1850; * Morrison, Hugh - Australian Influences on New Zealand's Emerging Protestant Missionary Movement, 1885-1922; * Paproth, Darrell - Hussey Burgh Macartney Jr: Mission Enthusiast; * Piggin, Stuart - The Origins of Australian Protestant Missions: Evangelical Visions; * Ross, Cathy - Separate Spheres Or Shared Dominions?; * Welch, Ian - Nellie, Topsy and Annie: Australian Anglican Martyrs, Fujian Province, China, 1 August 1895. - ed.]
URL http://rspas.anu.edu.au/pah/missionaryhistory/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
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