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... subaltern nor permanently alienated from Europe as foreigners, these extra-Europeans have suffered neglect in the construction of major historical narratives. We present three case studies deriving from the British and Habsburg empires: a converted “Turk” in Catholic Munich, a London parish shaped by its...

...Tamara Lea Spira This article treats Pisagua prison in northern Chile, which intermittently served as a concentration camp for leftists and queer “sexual dissidents” throughout the twentieth century and was converted into a hotel after the transition to democracy in 1990. It proposes a theoretical...

..., or ambiguous, the call for Christian missions to convert Muslims signals a moment in the historical construction of Christianity that threatens to harden cultural and religious boundaries and relations. The reification of religious difference can be seen in the deep contradic- tions present within...

... Unfortunately, the historiography of early Pentecostalism portrays these early working-class converts as a downcast lot eager to leave behind worldly concerns and hasten the hour of Christ’s return. Historian Robert M. Anderson finds that “the Pentecostal faithful...

... of converting the indigenous peoples of MesoAmerica to Christianity. These Franciscans were imbued with a sense of mil- lenarian fervor that inspired them to emphasize mass baptisms over the slow, painstaking work of effecting deeper, more lasting conver- sions. Less focus was placed upon attention...

... of converting the indigenous peoples of MesoAmerica to Christianity. These Franciscans were imbued with a sense of mil- lenarian fervor that inspired them to emphasize mass baptisms over the slow, painstaking work of effecting deeper, more lasting conver- sions. Less focus was placed upon attention...

...Ingie Hovland MARHO: The Radical Historians' Organization, Inc. 2007 FORUM: CONVERTED SPACES Umpumulo, Place of Rest: A Nineteenth-Century Christian Mission Station among the Zulus Ingie Hovland Umpumulo is the most beautiful place I know. Not because of any particular splen...

...Rebecca E. Karl [email protected] Copyright © 2025 by MARHO: The Radical Historians’ Organization, Inc. 2025 This roundtable contribution is a provocation to think about civilizational/culturalist discourse and its relation to economics: how do values get converted into value...

... of ecclesiastic immunity, which gave the clergy jurisdiction over church asylum, was rooted in Christian notions of sin and redemption and matters of divine authority, but it was also premised upon pastoral power—the clergy’s special charge to procure converts, hear confessions, bestow sacraments, and ultimately...

... resistance from planters who viewed all missionaries as subversives undercutting seigneurial authority. Over time Smith found that though he had come ”to convert the slaves to the cause of Christ He was being converted to the slaves’ cause” (146). Where the slave system humiliated slaves...

...Anna Bigelow MARHO: The Radical Historians' Organization, Inc. 2007 FORUM: CONVERTED SPACES Unifying Structures, Structuring Unity: Negotiating the Sharing of the Guru’s Mosque Anna Bigelow In the mid-seventeenth century the sixth Sikh Guru, Hargobind, is widely believed...

... and military, affairs was telling the rest of the world to like it or lump it. But emerging rivals, acting either to demonstrate defiance or merely in self-de- fense, took up the challenge by converting masses of dollars into gold. With its gold supply rapidly shrinking, the United States...

... sovereignty'' enunciated by Chief Justice John Marshall in two decisions in 1831 and 1832. The interference and persecution were aided by a few Hopi converts who adopted the mis- sionaries' attitude that clown performances were "obscene" and "im- moral," and added fuel to the missionaries' fire...

... of MARHO. He is currently writing a history of capitalist society in the United States with Michael Wallace. JOSEPH BUTWIN is a recent convert from literary studies-mostly of Dickens-to the study of British labor history and the history of popular culture. He teaches English...

... Lewenz’s children, once they have settled in the United States, try to escape the burdens of being branded inferior by converting to Christianity. Thirty years later, in a private tape recording, Wolfgang Hans Lewenz, Lisa’s father, explains that he converted...

.... Drawing on their experiences of female solidarity in the family and their belief in women’s moral superiority, evangelical women entered the public domain to distribute alms, convert heathens, and care for the sick, orphaned and destitute. Confronted in their labors by unanticipated...

..., and converting them to it wasn‘t exactly easy. In fact, they might never have been converted at all except that, as the productiv- ity of labor grew by leaps and bounds, each new increase in the rate and volume of investment was accompanied by a relative decrease in employment. Livingston calls...

..., five-bed facility located in the fashionable Heghts section of Brooklyn, was organized by the Kmg's Daughters for China, an evangelical Protestant missionary society, to convert as well as to cure the Chinese population of New York. In the Annual Report for 1892, the hospital's superintendent...

... for a major element in colonial encounters. They are not simply agents of colonialism: they do not only attempt to convert but are them- Van der Veer | Imperial Encounter with Asian Religions 259 selves deeply affected in the missionary process; their reports back...

... 3, 2009, Gao testified to this before the US Congressional-Executive Commission on China, accusing the PRC of an extensive cover-up. 18 The transnationalization of industrial manufacturing included converting biological bodies into factories for biomedical products. Blood biotechnologies...