The Polygamy Question: Missions, Marriage, and Assimilation
Polygamy was a vexed question for missionaries in the Northern Territory of Australia. In the mid twentieth century, Christian missions of various denominations worked with the Australian Commonwealth Government to achieve a policy of assimilating Aboriginal people into white Australian culture. Yet...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2019]
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Journal of religious history
Year: 2019, Volume: 43, Issue: 2, Pages: 251-268 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Nordaustralien
/ Mission (international law
/ Marriage
/ Polygamy
/ Assimilation (Sociology)
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RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion CH Christianity and Society KBS Australia; Oceania RJ Mission; missiology |
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