Missionaries were often the most prolific writers on non-European peoples and cultures in the early modern Atlantic world. As a result, their sources have proven to be indispensable for early modernists. For decades, historians have explored missionary encounters and the sources they inspired to gain insight into a wide variety of topics including native history, the history of religion, labor history, environmental history, the history of the African diaspora, and the history of capitalism. While missionary sources are used widely, most scholarship on the encounters themselves focuses on either a particular denomination or a particular region. Rarely is the surprisingly cohesive barrier between Protestant and Catholic missions breached within single volumes or monographs. This special issue seeks to break down these divides. By making inter-denominational and inter-imperial connections, this volume asks new questions about the meaning of missionary encounters in the early modern world.

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简介：传教士在大西洋世界的遭遇

传教士通常是现代早期大西洋世界中关于非欧洲民族和文化的最多产的作家。因此，事实证明，它们的来源对于早期现代主义者来说是必不可少的。几十年来，历史学家一直在探索传教士遭遇及其启发的来源，以深入了解各种主题，包括本土历史、宗教史、劳工史、环境史、非洲侨民历史和资本主义历史。虽然传教士资料被广泛使用，但大多数关于遭遇本身的学术研究都集中在特定教派或特定地区。新教和天主教传教士之间令人惊讶的凝聚力障碍很少在单卷或专着中被打破。本期特刊旨在打破这些分歧。