‘Titans of the Punjab’

Soldier-Administrators, Christian Missions and Providential Thought in British India, 1845–65

Dados Bibliográficos

ID19220135
AutoresStewart J Brown (0000-0003-1528-5195, University of Edinburgh, autor correspondente)
Ano2026
Volume62
Páginas263-285
Data de publicação2026-05-22
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoStudies in Church History (BOOK_SERIES)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0424-2084 • E-ISSN: 2059-0644
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/stc.2026.10051
OpenAlexW7162144223
IdiomaEN

The Punjab school, a network of soldier-administrators involved in the conquest and governance of the Punjab between the mid-1840s and mid-1860s, had a profound influence on British Christian attitudes towards the empire in India. The network included some sixty army officers and civilian administrators, who were characterized by military valour, a strict sense of duty, emphasis on moral character, paternalist attitudes, philanthropic activism, imperialist beliefs, and an evangelical Christian faith. They exercised considerable personal authority under what was called the ‘non-regulation’ system. Members of the network supported the expansion of Christian missions in the Punjab, viewing the empire as having a providential purpose for the spread of Christianity

Christianity · CONQUEST · Corporate governance · Empire · Paternalism · Moravian Church and William Blake · Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment · Scottish History and National Identity