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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Main Author: Rademaker, Laura (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2019]
In: 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)
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
CH Christianity and Society
KBS Australia; Oceania
RJ Mission; missiology
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