REMAPPING THE WORLD: THE VISION OF A PROTESTANT EMPIRE IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
In: Migration and ReligionSearch for other papers by Ulrike Gleixner in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Purchase instant access (PDF download and unlimited online access):
Abstract
The entrance of Protestantism into the non-European mission is closely connected with Pietism, as the Pietistic concept of conversion shows a clear expansive dimension. In 1701 the Halle activist and theologian August Hermann Francke published his vision of a Protestant world mission. This idea of conversion was rooted in a millenarian idea of future, in which the kingdom of God would spread gradually. In the eyes of the Pietists the Danish-Halle mission in South-East India was a key component to the Protestant kingdom of God. The activists of the Halle orphanage published not only a promotional mission journal, but also built a network of hundreds of supporters from the elite of society, which financed the realization of this project. The shared vision was a Protestant Empire. The activities of the mission network effected social and spatial changes in Europe and India.