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The First Protestant Missionary to India
Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg 1683-1719
ISBN: 9780195649123
Format: Hardback
Publisher: OUP India
By focusing upon aspects of the life and work of Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg, the first protestant missionary to India, this book offers an insight into a little-known corner of South India's cultural history. The author reflects on the nature of south Indian society when Ziegenbalg arrived there and the way and extent to which his work changed it.
This book will be enjoyed by people interested in south Indian history, religious studies and missionary work, and anthropology.
Reviews:
This wholly admirable monograph offers a fascinating set of insights into Ziegenbalg's achievements in South India between 1706 and his death in 1719 ... this is the first work in English to present a rounded portrait of a remarkable pioneer ... In a brilliant final chapter Singh challenges those nationalist historians who have concluded that 'missionaries were bad for India'. Journal of Ecclesiastical History His interpretation of Ziegenbalg is ... a generally sympathetic one. P.J. Marshall… More
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The book looks at the first Protestant missionary to India and explores a little-known corner of south India's cultural history. Ziegenbalg comes across as a flawed but gifted man who laid the foundations of an indigenous Church.
