Mission texts and the representation of Africa in America 1870-1914

使命文本和非洲在美洲的代表 1870-1914

• 批准号: DP0771037
• 负责人: Prof Gareth Griffiths
• 金额: $ 8.14万
• 依托单位: The University of Western Australia
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2007-03-05 至 2010-03-04
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0771037
• 关键词: Mission; texts; representation; Africa; America

Australia is now firmly linked to America in cultural and political terms. This project helps us to understand how American attitudes to overseas expansion came about in the period when America was expanding its control on its own continent and in the world at large. Explanations of this to date have neglected to examine the role of religious organisations and texts in promoting the ideas of other peoples and cultures which formed America's modern attitude to the world beyond its shores. As religion becomes increasingly recognised as a powerful factor in identity politics this project helps us to understand the roots of this connection and apply the knowledge to our current situation.

澳大利亚现在在文化和政治方面与美国有着牢固的联系。 这个项目帮助我们了解在美国扩大对自己大陆和全世界的控制的时期，美国对海外扩张的态度是如何形成的。迄今为止对此的解释忽视了宗教组织和文本在促进其他民族和文化的思想中的作用，这些思想形成了美国对其境外世界的现代态度。 随着宗教越来越被认为是身份政治中的一个强大因素，这个项目帮助我们理解这种联系的根源，并将这些知识应用于我们当前的情况。