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**They sought to transform the world, and ended up transforming twentieth-century America** Between the 1890s and the Vietnam era, many thousands of American Protestant missionaries were sent to live throughout the non-European world. They expected to change the people they encountered, but those foreign people ended up transforming the missionaries. Their experience abroad made many of these missionaries and their children critical of racism, imperialism, and religious orthodoxy. When they returned home, they brought new liberal values back to their own society. __Protestants Abroad__ reveals the untold story of how these missionary-connected individuals left an enduring mark on American public life as writers, diplomats, academics, church officials, publishers, foundation executives, and social activists. David A. Hollinger provides riveting portraits of such figures as Pearl Buck, John Hersey, and __Life__ and __Time__ publisher Henry Luce, former "mish kids" who strove through literature and journalism to convince white Americans of the humanity of other peoples. Hollinger describes how the U.S. government's need for citizens with language skills and direct experience in Asian

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Author

David A Hollinger; Princeton University Press

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781400888795

Category

history

Subjects

History, Christian, Religion

Rating

4.6 / 5 (25 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14