Publication

2006 - Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN, Indiana

Language

English

Word Count

115,500 words, Guess

Page Count

462 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Goodreads462152
  • LibraryThing3819542

Classifications

  • DDC266/.0096626
  • LCCBV3625.N48 C66 2006

Description

Barbara M. Cooper looks closely at the Sudan Interior Mission, an evangelical Christian mission that has taken a tenuous hold in a predominantly Hausa Muslim area on the southern fringe of Niger. Based on sustained fieldwork, personal interviews, and archival research, this vibrant, sensitive, compelling, and candid book gives a unique glimpse into an important dimension of religious life in Africa. Cooper's involvement in a violent religious riot provides a useful backdrop for introducing other themes and concerns such as Bible translation, medical outreach, public preaching, tensions between English-speaking and French-speaking missionaries, and the Christian mission's changing views of Islam. - Publisher.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • African systems of thought

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