The spiritual in the secular
missionaries and knowledge about Africa
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Author
Publication
2012 - W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., Grand Rapids, Mich, Michigan
Language
English
Word Count
85,250 words, Guess
Page Count
341 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivespiritualinsecul0000unse
- ISBN-139780802866349
- ISBN-100802866344
- Library of Congress Control Number2012004738
- OCLC Control Number774490026
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780802866349
- Open LibraryOL25237618M
Classifications
- DDC266.0096
- LCCBV3500 .S64 2012
- LCCBV3500.S64 2012
and 1 more
- LCCBV3500 .S64 2012
Description
"David Livingstone's visit to Cambridge in 1857 was seen as much as a scientific event as a religious one. But he was by no means alone among missionaries in integrating mission with science and other fields of research. Rather, many missionaries were remarkable, pioneering polymaths. This collection of essays explores the ways in which late-nineteenth- and twentieth-century missionaries to Africa contributed to various academic disciplines, such as linguistics, ethnography, social anthropology, zoology, medicine, and many more. This volume includes an introductory chapter by the editors and eleven chapters that analyze missionary research and its impact on knowledge about African contexts. Several themes emerge, including many missionaries' positive views of indigenous discourses and the complicated relationship between missionaries and professional anthropologists." -- Publisher's description.
Subjects
Series Statement
- Studies in the history of Christian missions
Other Editions
- The spiritual in the secular: missionaries and knowledge about Africa
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