God's interpreters: the making of an American mission and an African church in America and South Africa
"This study of the pioneer mission to the Zulu people differs from others in South African mission studies by offering a more nuanced understanding of the relationship between mission and church during the formatives stages in the making of an African Christian community, both in America and in...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
[2024]
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Studies in Christian mission (volume 59)
Year: 2024 |
| Series/Journal: | Studies in Christian mission
volume 59 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Zulu
/ Mission (international law
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| IxTheo Classification: | KBN Sub-Saharan Africa KBQ North America RJ Mission; missiology |
| Further subjects: | B
Missions, American (Africa, Southern)
B Zulu (African people) Religion B Missions (United States) B Imperialism Religious aspects Christianity B KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) B Missions (South Africa) B Zululand (South Africa) B Christianity (Africa, Southern) B Zulu (African people) Missions |
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| Summary: | "This study of the pioneer mission to the Zulu people differs from others in South African mission studies by offering a more nuanced understanding of the relationship between mission and church during the formatives stages in the making of an African Christian community, both in America and in British Natal. Critical scholars continue to view the Western mission enterprise as an adjunct if not a tool of colonialism or at best a clash of cultures between white mission powerbrokers and powerless black Christian acolytes. The author argues that they were partners from the beginning, and in this endeavor the Christian identities of the missionaries as well as the Zulu were changed forever"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | XVII, 251 Seiten, Illustrationen, Karten, 24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9004541012 |