Dispersion, Procreation and Mission: the Emergence of Protestantism in Early Modern West Africa
This article explores the emergence of Protestantism in West Africa in the 17th century, using both primary and secondary sources. Its central argument is that the history of Protestantism in early modern Africa has mainly been examined within the paradigm of mission history, thus reducing the histo...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2022
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Exchange
Year: 2022, Volume: 51, Issue: 3, Pages: 245-265 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBN Sub-Saharan Africa KDC Old Catholic Church KDD Protestant Church RJ Mission; missiology |
| Further subjects: | B
Euro-Africans
B Protestant-Catholic rivalry B Roman Catholics B chartered companies B West Africa B Protestantism B Mission (international law |
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| Summary: | This article explores the emergence of Protestantism in West Africa in the 17th century, using both primary and secondary sources. Its central argument is that the history of Protestantism in early modern Africa has mainly been examined within the paradigm of mission history, thus reducing the history of Protestantism to a history of Protestant missionary endeavors. By intersecting three complementary windows, – a Roman Catholic window, a chartered company window and a Euro-African window –, the article traces the wider history of Protestantism in early modern West Africa. It maps the impact of Protestantism on Roman Catholics in West Africa, sketches the significance of Protestantism for certain Euro-Africans, and shows that through a combination of dispersion, procreation and mission Protestantism became a reality in West Africa as early as the 17th century. |
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| ISSN: | 1572-543X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Exchange
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/1572543x-bja10004 |