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Caught in the Middle
Brandner, Tobias
Brandner, Tobias
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The essay discusses difficult issues in the intercultural encounters of the early missionaries, particularly a) between missionaries and their home committees and b) among missionaries of different agencies in the mission field. The paper explores how the missionary becomes something βin-between,β not fully belonging to either side, neither fully retaining the home perspective nor fully becoming indigenous. The essay develops this thesis by introducing issues of interculturality in the early ministry of the Basel Mission among the Hakka people in Hong Kong and eastern Guangdong Province, with a focus on the short but significant ministry of Theodor Hamberg (1819β1854) who, with Rudolf Lechler, is regarded as the first Basel missionary to China.
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2011
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