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Author Beidelman, T. O. (Thomas O.), 1931-

Title Colonial evangelism : a socio-historical study of an East African mission at the grassroots / T.O. Beidelman
Published Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [1982]
©1982

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Description xix, 274 pages ; 25 cm
Contents Anthopology, culture, and colonialism: mission theory and analysis--Before the missionaries arrived: tradional Ukaguru at European contact--C.M.S. background and early history in Ukaguru, 1876-91--Contradictions in the sacred and secular life: the C.M.S. work in Ukaguru, 1876-91--Colonial history: the German and British colonial period, 1891-1961--The mission and its sacred and secular competitors: Islam, competing Christian missions, and secular colonial society--Missionizing: sacred and secular strategies and the missionary self-image--Missionizing: the image of the native and how best to change him--The developing mission: changes in organization and strategies and the problems of success--The local mission: a portrait from 1957-58
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 240-267
Subject Kagoro (African people) -- Missions.
Kaguru (African people) -- Missions.
Missions -- Africa, East -- Sociological aspects.
LC no. 81047771
ISBN 0253202787 (paperback)
0253313864