The 19th-century missionary literature: Biculturality and bi-religiosity, a reflection from the perspective of the wretched

The 19th-century missionary literary genre provides us with a window into how the missionaries viewed African cultural systems, such as polygamy. In their minds, polygamy was one of the obstacles to converting Africans to Christianity. Baptism functioned as a theatre of power and submission. To acce...

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Authors: Mothoagae, Itumeleng D. (Author) ; Shingange, Themba (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2024
In: HTS teologiese studies
Year: 2024, Volume: 80, Issue: 1
Further subjects:B Baptism
B Cultural Revolution
B Polygamy
B Primacy
B Decolonisation
B Monogamy
B Monopoly
B Power
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