Priests without Ordination: Catechists in Villages beyond Missions, Western Tanzania, 1948–1978

The growth of Christianity in mid-twentieth-century western Tanzania depended on the activities of African catechists (both men and women) and teachers. These catechists lived in villages beyond the mission stations, administering catechesis to youth and adult catechumens in preparation for baptism,...

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Main Author: Nyanto, Salvatory S. 19XX- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The Catholic University of America Press 2022
In: The catholic historical review
Year: 2022, Volume: 108, Issue: 3, Pages: 560-600
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Tanzania (West) / Catholic church / Catechist / Mission (international law / Education / History 1948-1978
IxTheo Classification:KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
KDB Roman Catholic Church
RF Christian education; catechetics
RJ Mission; missiology
ZF Education
Further subjects:B catechetical instruction
B catechists
B Dissent
B Western Tanzania
B Christianity
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