War, Exilic Pilgrimage and Mission: South Africa's Dutch Reformed Church in the Early Twentieth Century
The main subject of inquiry here is the interrelationship between war, mission and exile in South Africa's Dutch Reformed Church at the turn of the twentieth century. The first setting of note is the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) when a group of Boer soldiers decided to form the Commando's Da...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh Univ. Press
[2018]
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Studies in world christianity
Year: 2018, Volume: 24, Issue: 1, Pages: 66-81 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBN Sub-Saharan Africa KDD Protestant Church RJ Mission; missiology |
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Prisoners of war
B Africans B Anglo—Boer War B Exile B Dutch Reformed Church B Mission (international law |
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| Summary: | The main subject of inquiry here is the interrelationship between war, mission and exile in South Africa's Dutch Reformed Church at the turn of the twentieth century. The first setting of note is the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) when a group of Boer soldiers decided to form the Commando's Dank Zending Vereniging (Commando's Thanksgiving Mission Society) after visiting a Swiss missionary station in the northern Transvaal. Next follows Boer experiences of exile on the islands of St Helena, Ceylon and elsewhere as prisoners of war. A number of these POWs were evangelised and recruited for mission through revivalist sermons preached by their chaplains. After their return, a substantial number of ex-POWs signed up for the DRC's missionary enterprise into wider Africa, most prominently Nyasaland. The missionary experience itself often lasted for several decades. These missionaries did not refer to their life contexts as pilgrimages as such, but they often described the mission field as a place of danger and adven... |
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| ISSN: | 1750-0230 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studies in world christianity
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3366/swc.2018.0205 |