Power and conviction: the political economy of missionary work in colonial-era africa
Auteur :
Wietzke, Frank-Borge
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781108987172
Date de publication :
2 mars 2023
Dimensions :
23,0 x 15,4 x 0,5 cm
Poids :
150 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This Element discusses the impacts of missionary work in sub-Saharan Africa. It illustrates inherently more political and context-dependent aspects of missionary behavior, such as local struggles for religious hegemony between Protestants and Catholics and interactions between colonial regimes and the church-based provision of goods like education.