On Fanaticism and Funding: Obeah Acts in Jamaican Moravian Missionary Communities

From the outset of the post-emancipation period in Jamaica, Moravian missionaries were forced to develop new and creative ways to acquire support for their evangelical efforts. Missionaries documented accounts of their interactions to rationalize their presence across the island and secure funds nec...

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Main Author: McGeary, Stephen A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Penn State Univ. Press 2022
In: Journal of Moravian history
Year: 2022, Volume: 22, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-19
IxTheo Classification:KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KBR Latin America
KDG Free church
RJ Mission; missiology
Further subjects:B Missionary
B Moravian
B post-Emancipation
B Jamaica
B Obeah
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