| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 278 pages) : maps |
| Contents |
Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Sierra Leone Mission: Survey of a Laboratory; Chapter 2 Henry Venn's Scheme and the Sierra Leone Option; Chapter 3 State of Transition; Chapter 4 Planting the Seed: An African Ministry; Chapter 5 The Formation of a Native Pastorate; Chapter 6 Problems of Growth; Chapter 7 Growing Problems; Chapter 8 Ethiopianism: A Counterquest for Identity and Independence; Chapter 9 The African Vision; Chapter 10 Managing the Euthanasia; Chapter 11 New Possibilities, Old Problems; Chapter 12 The Challenge of Independence; Summation |
| Summary |
Henry Venn, secretary of the London-based Church Missionary Society from 1840 to 1872, coined the term euthanasia of a mission to describe the vital process whereby a foreign mission becomes progressively indigenous and independent. His vision of church autonomy was first implemented in Sierra Leone, and the author examines this experiment in detail to uncover the nature of early efforts at constructing an African Christian identity separate from foreign influence and control. Through a detailed analysis of the crises and controversies evoked by African interpretation and appropriation of Venn |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-272) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Venn, Henry, 1796-1873.
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| SUBJECT |
Venn, Henry, 1796-1873 fast |
| Subject |
Missions -- Sierra Leone -- History
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RELIGION -- Christian Ministry -- Missions.
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Missions
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Zending.
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| SUBJECT |
Sierra Leone -- Church history
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| Subject |
Sierra Leone
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| Genre/Form |
Church history
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780313076664 |
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0313076669 |
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