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Author Drønen, Tomas Sundnes, author.

Title Communication and conversion in northern Cameroon : the Dii people and Norwegian missionaries, 1934-1960 / by Tomas Sundnes Drønen
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 234 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
Series Studies in Christian mission, 0924-9389 ; v. 37
Studies in Christian mission ; v. 37.
Contents Communicating freedom or colonial evangelism? -- Our ancestors used to live on this mountain -- Like a labyrinth is his life : a missionary discourse on conversion -- And it is really thanks to you that we are saved : a Dii discourse on conversion -- The crisis of Dii traditional religion -- Establishing a church on the Dii-plain -- The emergence of a Dii Christianity -- Communication, conversion, and conservation
Summary Was modern Christian mission to Africa primarily a colonial project and a civilizing mission or was it a spiritual revival spreading to new areas? This book tells the tale of the Dii people in northern Cameroon and describes their encounter with Norwegian missionaries. Through archival studies and through fieldwork among the Dii, an intriguing scenario is presented. Whereas the missionaries describe their mission as one of spiritual liberation, and the Dii highligt the social liberation they received through literacy and political independence, the author shows how both spiritual and social ch
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Dii (African people) -- Missions
Dii (African people) -- Religion
Missions, Norwegian -- Cameroon
Christianity and culture -- Cameroon
RELIGION -- Christian Ministry -- Missions.
Christianity and culture
Missions, Norwegian
Dii Volk
Norweger
Mission
Kulturkontakt
Missionar
Cameroon
Kamerun -- Nord
Norwegen
Dii.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2009020916
ISBN 9789047430988
9047430980