The Cross versus the Crescent: Karl Kumm's Missiology

This article surveys the missiology promoted in the writings of the Protestant missionary Karl Kumm during the first decades of the twentieth century. Kumm was famous as a missionary explorer. He was the first European to successfully cross the region known as the Sudan, from the Niger bend to the N...

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Published in:Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Main Author: Barnes, Andrew E. 1953- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis [2019]
In: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Further subjects:B Northern Nigeria
B indirect rule
B Pilgrimage
B slave-raiding
B Sudan
B British evangelicals
B the Cross versus the Crescent
B Sinussi
B Sudan United Mission
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Summary:This article surveys the missiology promoted in the writings of the Protestant missionary Karl Kumm during the first decades of the twentieth century. Kumm was famous as a missionary explorer. He was the first European to successfully cross the region known as the Sudan, from the Niger bend to the Nile. He was also notable because he founded two different missions in two different places in Africa, both aimed at evangelizing the peoples of the Sudan. Lastly, Kumm was significant for having constructed in his various writings a highly influential case against the evangelization of Muslims and for the evangelization of traditionalist people. Kumm, his ideas and actions helped shape government policy towards Christian missions and Christian-Muslim relations in colonial Northern Nigeria.
ISSN:1469-9311
Contains:Enthalten in: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/09596410.2019.1678279