The Missionaries’ Engagement with Science and Technology in Colonial Kenya, 1887–1963

The missionaries’ engagement with science and technology in colonial Kenya (1887–1963) is evidentially seen through the use of the post-industrial revolution’s breakthroughs of the eighteenth century, which included: advancement in science and mass production, steam engines, and the rise of digital...

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Main Author: Gathogo, Julius Mutugi (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Brill 2023
In: Journal of religion in Africa
Year: 2023, Volume: 53, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 383-406
Further subjects:B technical education
B African Ecclesiology
B science and technology
B Science and religion
B missionary societies
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