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1 online resource (315 pages) |
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African Studies |
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African Studies
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| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One All Things to All People: Christian Missionaries in Early Nineteenth Century South Africa; Chapter Two The CMS Niger Mission, Extra- Territorial Forces of Change, and the Expansion of British Influence in the Niger Delta during the Nineteenth Century; Chapter Three Catholicism, Protestantism, and Imperial Claims in Kabaka's Buganda, 1860-1907; Chapter Four Threatening Gestures, Immoral Bodies: The Intersection of Church, State, and Kongo Performance in the Belgian Congo |
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Chapter Five To Hang a Ladder in the Air: Talking about African Education in Edinburgh in 1910Chapter Six Mission, Colonialism, and the Supplanting of African Religious and Medical Practices; Chapter Seven Conflict and Compromise: Christian Missions and New Formations in Colonial Nigeria; Chapter Eight West Indian Church in West Africa: The Pongas Mission among the Susus and Its Portrayal of Blackness, 1851-1935; Chapter Nine Collabo |
| Summary |
Missions, States, and European Expansion in Africa aims to explore the ways Christianity and colonialism acted as hegemonic or counter hegemonic forces in the making of African societies. As Western interventionist forces, Christianity and colonialism were crucial in establishing and maintaining political, cultural, and economic domination. Indeed, both elements of Africa?s encounter with the West played pivotal roles in shaping African societies during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This volume uses a wide range of perspectives to address the intersection between missions, evang |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Church and state -- Africa -- History -- 19th century -- Congresses
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Missions -- Africa -- History -- 19th century -- Congresses
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Church and state
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Missions
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| SUBJECT |
Africa -- History -- 19th century -- Congresses
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Europe -- Colonies -- Africa -- History -- 19th century -- Congresses
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| Subject |
Africa
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Njoku, Raphael Chijioke
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| ISBN |
9780203941287 |
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0203941284 |
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128106419X |
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9781281064196 |
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