The Global “Bookkeeping” of Souls: Quantification and Nineteenth-Century Evangelical Missions

Petzke M (2018)
Social Science History 42(2): 183-211.

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Petzke, MartinUniBi
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Fakultät für Soziologie > Arbeitsbereich 1 - Soziologische Theorie > AG Petzke
Abstract / Bemerkung
This article combines perspectives of the sociology of quantification and field theory in analyzing the emergence of a field of global evangelical missions. Drawing analogies to Werner Sombart's thesis on the relationship of double-entry bookkeeping and the genesis of capitalism, it shows how the introduction of statistical methods and This article combines perspectives of the sociology of quantification and field theory in analyzing the emergence of a field of global evangelical missions. Drawing analogies to Werner Sombart's thesis on the relationship of double-entry bookkeeping and the genesis of capitalism, it shows how the introduction of statistical methods and accounting techniques into the realm of missions in the nineteenth century constructed a visibility of a global distribution of religious adherents that spurred, oriented, and perpetuated an interorganizational sphere geared toward the conversion of the world to Christianity. The article identifies the soteriological and eschatological prerequisites that led to the coalescence of demographic notions and missionary perspectives and draws attention to the extensive reporting system of missionary societies that further consolidated logics of “bookkeeping” in missions. It argues that this ongoing evangelical missionary enterprise is an instance of a more general mechanism of quantification spawning a social field dedicated to the maintenance or alteration of particular “quantities.”
Stichworte
Social Sciences (miscellaneous); History
Erscheinungsjahr
2018
Zeitschriftentitel
Social Science History
Band
42
Ausgabe
2
Seite(n)
183-211
ISSN
0145-5532
eISSN
1527-8034
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https://pub.uni-bielefeld.de/record/2949341

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Petzke M. The Global “Bookkeeping” of Souls: Quantification and Nineteenth-Century Evangelical Missions. Social Science History. 2018;42(2):183-211.
Petzke, M. (2018). The Global “Bookkeeping” of Souls: Quantification and Nineteenth-Century Evangelical Missions. Social Science History, 42(2), 183-211. https://doi.org/10.1017/ssh.2017.50
Petzke, Martin. 2018. “The Global “Bookkeeping” of Souls: Quantification and Nineteenth-Century Evangelical Missions”. Social Science History 42 (2): 183-211.
Petzke, M. (2018). The Global “Bookkeeping” of Souls: Quantification and Nineteenth-Century Evangelical Missions. Social Science History 42, 183-211.
Petzke, M., 2018. The Global “Bookkeeping” of Souls: Quantification and Nineteenth-Century Evangelical Missions. Social Science History, 42(2), p 183-211.
M. Petzke, “The Global “Bookkeeping” of Souls: Quantification and Nineteenth-Century Evangelical Missions”, Social Science History, vol. 42, 2018, pp. 183-211.
Petzke, M.: The Global “Bookkeeping” of Souls: Quantification and Nineteenth-Century Evangelical Missions. Social Science History. 42, 183-211 (2018).
Petzke, Martin. “The Global “Bookkeeping” of Souls: Quantification and Nineteenth-Century Evangelical Missions”. Social Science History 42.2 (2018): 183-211.
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