Contested Religious and Cultural Issues: An Encounter between Western Missions and African Cultures and Religions in South Africa in the Nineteenth Century
This article discusses the encounter between the missionaries of the Glasgow Missionary Society (Free Church of Scotland, hence Presbyterians), and the Wesleyans (Methodists) in the nineteenth century and the AmaXhosa in the Eastern Frontier of the Cape Colony. It specifically highlights the AmaXhos...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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| In: |
Journal of religion in Africa
Year: 2024, Volume: 54, Issue: 1, Pages: 42-72 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Cape Colony
/ Free Church of Scotland
/ Wesleyan Methodist Church
/ Mission (international law
/ Xhosa
/ Abweisung
/ History 1800-1900
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AE Psychology of religion AX Inter-religious relations BS Traditional African religions CH Christianity and Society KBF British Isles KBN Sub-Saharan Africa KDD Protestant Church RJ Mission; missiology TJ Modern history |
| Further subjects: | B
Missionaries
B Cape Colony B Africa B AmaXhosa B Christianity B European B Eastern Frontier B Conversion |
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| Summary: | This article discusses the encounter between the missionaries of the Glasgow Missionary Society (Free Church of Scotland, hence Presbyterians), and the Wesleyans (Methodists) in the nineteenth century and the AmaXhosa in the Eastern Frontier of the Cape Colony. It specifically highlights the AmaXhosa’s contestations of some European Christian teachings, cultural values, and a way of life, which the Presbyterian and Wesleyan missionaries tried to impose on them in the process of ‘Christianizing’ and ‘civilizing’ them. The study illustrates that contrary to the commonly held conception that the Xhosa readily embraced the gospel, conversion to Christianity was a long and drawn-out process that entailed contestations and resistance on many levels and in many forms. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0666 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion in Africa
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700666-12340259 |
