PROTESTANT MISSIONARIES IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY ESKI ZAĞRA (STARA ZAGORA)
PROTESTANT MISSIONARIES IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY ESKI ZAĞRA (STARA ZAGORA)
Author(s): Elmira VasilevaSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History, History of Church(es), Social history, Modern Age, Special Historiographies:, Theology and Religion, 19th Century, The Ottoman Empire, History of Religion
Published by: Институт за балканистика с Център по тракология - Българска академия на науките
Keywords: Protestant missionaries; ABCFM; Bulgarians; Eski Zağra;
Summary/Abstract: Protestant religious mission in nineteenth-century Eski Zağra was carried out by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, whose station in the town functioned between 1859 and 1877. The mission objective was spiritual reformation of the Bulgarians and the means used by the missionaries in the town included, together with preaching, educational and publication activities. Very important initiative was the organization of a girls’ school, which generated some interest among town people. But most of the missionaries’ efforts met opposition or at least indifference. Although the Americans did not achieve any considerable religious success, they had some wider cultural influence in nineteenth-century Eski Zağra.
Journal: Études balkaniques
- Issue Year: 2022
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 299-320
- Page Count: 22
- Language: English
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