First volume in the series ‘Leuven Studies in Mission and Modernity’

Missionaries have been subject to academic and societal debate. Some scholars highlight their contribution to the spread of modernity and development among local societies, whereas others question their motives and emphasise their inseparable connection with colonialism. In this volume, fifteen authors – from both Europe and the Global South – address these often polemical positions by focusing on education, one of the most prominent fields in which missionaries have been active. They elaborate on Protestantism as well as Catholicism, work with cases from the 18th to the 21st century, and cover different colonial empires in Asia and Africa. The volume introduces new angles, such as gender, the agency of the local population, and the perspective of the child.

Contributors: Aditi Athreya (KU Leuven), Joseph Bara (Indian Institute of Dalit Studies), Mary Chepkemoi (Kenyatta University), Kim Christiaens (KADOC-KU Leuven), Maaike Derksen (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen), Rinald D’Souza (KU Leuven), Carine Dujardin (KADOC-KU Leuven), Idesbald Goddeeris (KU Leuven), Gwendal Rannou (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne), Parimala V. Rao (Jawaharlal Nehru University), Marleen Reichgelt (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen), Lourens van Haaften (KU Leuven), Ellen Vea Rosnes (VID Specialized University), Pieter Verstraete (KU Leuven), Meng Wang (University of Sydney)

This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).

"Missionary Education" was edited by Kim Christiaens, Idesbald Goddeeris and Pieter Verstraete.

Kim Christiaens is Associate Professor in History at KU Leuven.

Idesbald Goddeeris is professor of colonial history at the research unit MoSa (Modernity and Society, 1800-2000), KU Leuven.
Idesbald Goddeeris is hoogleraar koloniale geschiedenis aan de KU Leuven.

Pieter Verstraete is associate professor of history of education at KU Leuven and curator of the annual Leuven DisABILITY Film festival.

Pieter Verstraete is hoogleraar historische pedagogiek aan de KU Leuven. Hij is daarnaast ook curator van het Leuvense DisABILITY Filmfestival.

Yes, "Missionary Education" is part of the "Leuven Studies in Mission and Modernity" series. It's book 1 in the series.

Mission and Education. An Introduction Kim Christiaens, Idesbald Goddeeris and Pieter Verstraete
PART I DILEMMAS AND TRANSITIONS
The Educational Turn in Catholic Missionary Policies and Practices. Belgian Franciscans in China, 1872-1949 Carine Dujardin
Fashioning a Catholic Javanese Elite. The Catholic Mission and Colonial Education in Central Java, 1904-1942 Maaike Derksen
The Postcolonial Expansion of a Mission. Jesuit Education in Ranchi, India, after 1950 Aditi Athreya, Rinald D’Souza and Idesbald Goddeeris
The Jesuit Mission and Business Education in Contemporary India. The Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneshwar Lourens van Haaften
PART II COLLABORATION AND COMPETITION
The Colonial State, Protestant Missionaries and Indian Education, 1790-1858 Parimala V. Rao
Tending Community and Country. Jesuit Colleges in Colonial India, 1835-1902 Joseph Bara
Breaking the Colour Bar? Missionary Education in Australasian Colonies before World War II Gwendal Rannou

Forming Elites of the Church and of the Nation. Lutheran Resistance to Protestant Secondary Education in Madagascar in the 1920s and 1930s Ellen Vea Rosnes
PART III RELIGION AND SOCIETY
The Africa Inland Mission and the Education for Girls among the Kipsigis of the Kericho and Bomet Counties, Kenya, 1900-1945 Mary Chepkemoi
Femininity and Everyday Spaces at St. Stephen’s Girls’ College in Hong Kong, 1921-1941 Meng Wang
Melanesian Children as European Wards. Representation and ‘Redemption’ of Colonial Children in Late-Nineteenth-Century Netherlands Marleen Reichgelt
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The Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for "Missionary Education" is 10.11116/9789461663306.