Publication

1997-08-01 - Brill Academic Publishers

Language

English

Word Count

59,750 words, Guess

Page Count

239 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number96002787
  • Goodreads4380938

Classifications

  • LCCBV3625.T4F544 1996

Description

The common charge laid against missionaries that they are destroyers of African culture is shown to be untrue of the missionaries treated in this book, who worked with considerable success to integrate Christianity and African culture. The author examines the endeavours of the missionaries from the perspective of the local Christians, who where not themselves interested in Africanization as such. One can thus find some missionaries defending - against the elected African Church leadership - the right of the Chagga Christians to circumcise their daughters, and Nyakyusa Christians refusing to use African tunes because the missionaries - influenced by National Socialism - professed both love for African culture and White superiority.

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Other Editions

  • Christianity and African CultureHardcoverBrill Academic Publishers1997-08-01

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