In Perishing Heathens Julius H. Rubin tells the stories of missionary men and women who between 1800 and 1830 responded to the call to save Native peoples throu

American ideas about race owe much to the notion of an undifferentiated “heathen world” held together by its need of assistance. This religious notion shape

In recent years, the role of religion in influencing international health policy and health services provision has been seen as increasingly important. This boo

In late Victorian and Edwardian England, says Steven Maughan, foreign missions had a broad resonance and significance not adequately explored by historians of E