Afrikaner Missionaries and the Slippery Slope of Praying for Rain: The Late 19th to Early 20th Centuries in Southern and Central Africa
Rain prayers and ‘rainmaking’ have been much commented upon in respect to African religions including Christianity. This ritual practice was one of the issues that many colonial-era missionaries to Southern and Central Africa mentioned in their diaries and other materials. Their responses were often...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2017
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Exchange
Year: 2017, Volume: 46, Issue: 1, Pages: 29-45 |
| IxTheo Classification: | BS Traditional African religions KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBN Sub-Saharan Africa KDD Protestant Church RJ Mission; missiology |
| Further subjects: | B
African Religions
Afrikaner missionaries
Dutch Reformed Church
explanation prediction and control
mimicry
rainmaking
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