A Historiographical Overview of Mission and Politics in Twentieth-Century Angola and Mozambique
Academic studies of mission and politics in Angola and Mozambique began in earnest in the late 1980s. This article describes what the literature built on, what debates it engaged in in the 1990s, and how the literature has evolved since. It looks at writings and discussions about politics, African C...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2023
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Journal of religion in Africa
Year: 2023, Volume: 53, Issue: 2, Pages: 172-196 |
| Further subjects: | B
Historiography
B Angola B Mozambique B Colonialism B Politics B Mission (international law |
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| Summary: | Academic studies of mission and politics in Angola and Mozambique began in earnest in the late 1980s. This article describes what the literature built on, what debates it engaged in in the 1990s, and how the literature has evolved since. It looks at writings and discussions about politics, African Christianity, anthropology, photography, the ‘boomerang effect’, and Pentecostalism, among others. The objective is to offer a panorama of the literature, a sense of its evolution, and identify some areas for further research. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0666 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion in Africa
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700666-12340251 |