Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0342721

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0342721

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Elephants in the sacred grove: a transcultural history of Thomas Jones and the Calvinistic Methodist mission to the Khasi Hills. This project will assert the central role of religion in shaping cultural, political and ethnic identity, through an analysis of the Christian evangelical encounter in the Khasi-Jaintia Hills, India, and in particular the work of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist missionary Thomas Jones (1810-1849). It will challenge current views of the simplistic relationship between missions and colonial order, exploring missionaries' spiritual, modernising and imperialist ideologies, as well as indigenous negotiations and adaptations of the missionary project. This will provide a significant new base for understanding the historical trajectory of Christianisation and acculturation, and inform contemporary debates about reconciliation and decolonisation.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2003

End Date: 31-12-2007

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $50,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Historical Studies | History: Asian | Christian Theology (Incl. Biblical Studies And Church History) | Multicultural, Intercultural And Cross-Cultural Studies

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Religion and society |

Other Keywords

Christian Theology (Incl. Biblical Studies And Church History) | Historical Studies | History: Asian | Multicultural, Intercultural And Cross-Cultural Studies | Religion and society | Understanding Australia'S Past | Understanding the Pasts of Other Societies

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