Abstract Focusing on the architecture of Church Missionary Society (CMS) hospitals in Isfahan and Kerman (Iran), this article contemplates the issue of gaining the trust of local communities. The issue of gaining trust was frequently discussed in written accounts of the CMS’s medical work as a prerequisite for introducing Christian beliefs. The article engages with emerging scholarship under the umbrella term the “history of emotions,” investigating how the hospitals were designed to create an affective connection with local communities. It demonstrates that the missionaries tried to provide a familiar environment by using local architectural elements related to the daily lives of local people. Moreover, instead of importing principles of hospital design from Britain, they actively eschewed them.

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“先耕后种”：信任和教会传教士协会 (CMS) 医疗使命的架构

摘要 本文着眼于伊斯法罕和克尔曼（伊朗）的教会传教士协会 (CMS) 医院的建筑，思考了获得当地社区信任的问题。获得信任的问题在 CMS 医疗工作的书面记录中经常被讨论，作为引入基督教信仰的先决条件。这篇文章涉及“情感历史”这一总称下的新兴学术研究，调查医院如何设计以与当地社区建立情感联系。它表明传教士试图通过使用与当地人日常生活相关的当地建筑元素来提供熟悉的环境。此外，他们没有从英国引进医院设计原则，而是积极回避这些原则。