Indigenous Medical Practices and the Advent of CMS Medical Evangelism in Nineteenth-Century Yorubaland

Researchers on Africa recognise that in the pre-colonial era, African beliefs about religion and medicine were complementary and indeed interconnected. From Gloria Waite’s study of pre-colonial Bantu public health systems, to Paul Landau’s paper on surgical evangelism in nineteenth-century Southern...

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Main Author: Alanamu, Temilola (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2013
In: Church history and religious culture
Year: 2013, Volume: 93, Issue: 1, Pages: 5-27
Further subjects:B Yoruba medicine health and healing indigenous medicine CMS missionaries traditional healers
Online Access: Volltext (Publisher)