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Author Rich, Jeremy (Jeremy McMaster), author.

Title Protestant missionaries and humanitarianism in the DRC : the politics of aid in Cold War Africa / Jeremy Rich
Published Woodbridge, Suffolk : James Currey ; Rochester, NY : Boydell & Brewer, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 263 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
Contents Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 The CPRA, Protestant Missions, and the Congo Crises, 1960-1965 -- 2 The CPRA and Luba Refugees in South Kasai, 1960-1962 -- 3 The CPRA and Angolan Refugees in the DRC, 1961-1967 -- 4 The CPRA and the Simba Revolts, 1964-1967 -- 5 Operation Doctor: The Rise and Fall of a Protestant Short-Term Medical Volunteer Programme -- 6 Protestant Volunteers and Medical Practice in the Congo in the 1960s -- 7 Changing Dollars into Zaires: The Challenges of a Humanitarian Aid NGO in the DRC, 1965-1973
Summary A significant contribution to the history of humanitarianism, Christianity and the politics of aid in Africa
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic)
Protestant churches -- Missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic)
Humanitarian assistance -- Congo (Democratic Republic)
RELIGION / Christian Church / History.
Humanitarian assistance
Missions
Protestant churches -- Missions
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781787449350
1787449351
Other Titles Protestant missionaries and humanitarianism in the Democratic Republic of the Congo