Beyond the Legacy of the Missionaries and East Indians: The Impact of the Presbyterian Church in the Caribbean

Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-90-04-41647-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 36, 214 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 496 g

Reihe: Caribbean Series

In Beyond the Legacy of the Missionaries and East Indians, Jerome Teelucksingh offers a revisionist perspective of the role of the Presbyterian Church in Trinidad. He is particularly interested in social mobility as regards the Indo-Caribbean diaspora in the era following the First World War. He argues that the Presbyterian Church in the Caribbean was particularly interested in women’s rights. As such, he examines the dynamic between local expertise and Canadian missionary work in such social uplift processes.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Teelucksingh, Jerome

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Religiöse Institutionen & Gemeinschaften, Klerus, Mönchstum

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Acknowledgments

List of Illustrations and Tables

Abbreviations

Introduction

1 Conversion and Education of the Indians

1 Rural Schools

2 Conversion

3 Ordinances and Progress

4 Ethnicity and Integration

5 Secondary Schools

2 Caribbean Missions: The Spread of Presbyterianism in British West Indian colonies

1 Presbyterianism in Grenada

2 Presbyterianism in Jamaica

3 Presbyterianism in St. Lucia

4 Presbyterianism in Guyana (British Guiana)

5 Global and Regional Linkages

3 Rebuilding a Society: Preparing Foundations

1 Co-curricular Activities

2 Myths and Realities

3 Beacon in South Trinidad

4 Naparima Training College

5 Importance of Hindi

6 Turbulent Thirties

7 Church and School Linkages

8 More Beacons

4 Uneasy Transitions: Presbyterian Schools and Excellence

1 Brewing Trouble: Denominational versus Government Schools

2 Growth of the Presbyterian Schools

3 Primary Schools

4 Emergence of Hindu and Muslim Schools

5 Naparima Training College 1956–1975

6 Shortcomings of the Church

5 Culture, Ethnicity and Administration

1 Return to Cultural Roots

2 Primary School Administration

3 Allegations

4 Involvement in Pre-schools

5 Work Ethic in Secondary Schools

6 Church Administration and Women’s Liberation

1 Early Church Administration

2 Sense of Belonging

3 Catechists

4 Women’s Work, Teenagers and Children

5 Boards of Education

Conclusion

Appendices

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Jerome Teelucksingh, Ph.D (2004), The University of the West Indies, is Lecturer in History. He has published monographs, chapters and co-edited books, including Labour and the Decolonization Struggle in Trinidad and Tobago (Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2015) and Ideology, Regionalism, and Society in Caribbean History (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017).