De Hemptinne, the Benedictines and Catholic Assimilation on the Congolese Copperbelt, 1911–1960
This article explores the history of the Benedictines in south-eastern Congo. The Benedictine leader, Jean-Félix De Hemptinne, eschewed an adaptationist approach to his mission work in favour of an assimilationist one. This article explains why he was able to follow such an approach for so long. Two...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2022
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The journal of ecclesiastical history
Year: 2022, Volume: 73, Issue: 3, Pages: 552-571 |
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Hemptinne, Jean-Félix de 1876-1958
/ Democratic Republic
/ Benedictines
/ Mission
/ Church history studies 1911-1960
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBN Sub-Saharan Africa KCA Monasticism; religious orders KDB Roman Catholic Church RJ Mission; missiology |
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| Summary: | This article explores the history of the Benedictines in south-eastern Congo. The Benedictine leader, Jean-Félix De Hemptinne, eschewed an adaptationist approach to his mission work in favour of an assimilationist one. This article explains why he was able to follow such an approach for so long. Two factors were paramount. First, what Chris Bayly described as ‘lateral connections’ enabled De Hemptinne to side-step the need to engage meaningfully with local agricultural knowledge. Secondly, De Hemptinne's close if turbulent relationship with the colonial state facilitated a supply of funds and African labour despite the difficulties the Benedictines had in converting local people. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-7637 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of ecclesiastical history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0022046921001482 |