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Christian missions and oriental civilizations : a study in culture contact; the reactions of non-Christian peoples to Protestant missions from the standpoint of individual and group behavior: outline, materials, problems, and tentative interpretations

by: Price, Maurice Thomas

Publication date: 1924

Topics: Missions, Christianity and other religions, Christian civilization, Civilization, Oriental, Mission, Methode, Kontroverstheologie

Publisher: Shanghai, China : [privately printed]

Collection: claremont_school_of_theology; internetarchivebooks

Contributor: Internet Archive

Language: English

xxvi, 578 pages 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [547]-578. "Bibliographical notes" at end of each chapter)

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Detailed syllabus of contents -- The influence of the native group (the more permanent responses as conditioned by the nature of the subject's group and group relationships) -- First impulsive reactions (analysis of some initial responses) -- Those rejecting Christianity (orientation with regard to more permanent non-approving behavior) -- Plausible reasons for rejection (professed causes and occasions of non-approving behavior: secondary explanation -- Elimination of actual causes and self-protection as a typical motive -- examination of actual causes -- Analysis of favorable reactions in terms of motivation -- Deciding for group candidacy: individual types and mass movents -- Psycho-sociological analysis: its requirements and possibilities -- Motivation and causal sequence: basis for the adoption of a new procedure