Author: Robert W. Strayer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Missions
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
The Church Missionary Society in Eastern and Central Kenya, 1875-1935
Author: Robert W. Strayer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Missions
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Missions
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
The Making of Mission Communities in East Africa
Author: Robert W. Strayer
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780873952453
Category : Missions
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
The Making of Mission Communities in East Africa calls into question a number of common assumptions about the encounter between European missionaries and African societies in colonial Kenya. The book explores the origins of those communities associated with the Anglican Church Missionary Society from 1875 to 1935, examines the development within them of a "mission culture," probes their internal conflicts and tensions, and details their relationship to the larger colonial society. Professor Strayer argues that genuinely religious issues were important in the formation of these communities, that missionaries were ambivalent in their attitudes toward modernizing change and the colonial state alike, and that mission communities possessed substantial attractions even in the face of competition with independent churches. Dr. John Lonsdale of Trinity College, Cambridge has said that "It is a sensitive piece of revisionist history which breaks down the simple dichotomy of 'missions' and 'Africans' commonly found in earlier historiographies--and even in the period of profound crisis over female circumcision in Kikuyuland. In this, Professor Strayer shows convincingly how mission communities could be preserved from destruction by principled divisions between Africans as much as between their white missionaries. He has pursued themes rather than events and has therefore been able to make remarkably intimate observations of mission communities which were following their own internal patterns of growth, yet within the context of a deepening situation of colonial dependence.
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780873952453
Category : Missions
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
The Making of Mission Communities in East Africa calls into question a number of common assumptions about the encounter between European missionaries and African societies in colonial Kenya. The book explores the origins of those communities associated with the Anglican Church Missionary Society from 1875 to 1935, examines the development within them of a "mission culture," probes their internal conflicts and tensions, and details their relationship to the larger colonial society. Professor Strayer argues that genuinely religious issues were important in the formation of these communities, that missionaries were ambivalent in their attitudes toward modernizing change and the colonial state alike, and that mission communities possessed substantial attractions even in the face of competition with independent churches. Dr. John Lonsdale of Trinity College, Cambridge has said that "It is a sensitive piece of revisionist history which breaks down the simple dichotomy of 'missions' and 'Africans' commonly found in earlier historiographies--and even in the period of profound crisis over female circumcision in Kikuyuland. In this, Professor Strayer shows convincingly how mission communities could be preserved from destruction by principled divisions between Africans as much as between their white missionaries. He has pursued themes rather than events and has therefore been able to make remarkably intimate observations of mission communities which were following their own internal patterns of growth, yet within the context of a deepening situation of colonial dependence.
The Making of Mission Communities in East Africa
Author: Robert W. Strayer
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438421451
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
The Making of Mission Communities in East Africa calls into question a number of common assumptions about the encounter between European missionaries and African societies in colonial Kenya. The book explores the origins of those communities associated with the Anglican Church Missionary Society from 1875 to 1935, examines the development within them of a "mission culture," probes their internal conflicts and tensions, and details their relationship to the larger colonial society. Professor Strayer argues that genuinely religious issues were important in the formation of these communities, that missionaries were ambivalent in their attitudes toward modernizing change and the colonial state alike, and that mission communities possessed substantial attractions even in the face of competition with independent churches. Dr. John Lonsdale of Trinity College, Cambridge has said that "It is a sensitive piece of revisionist history which breaks down the simple dichotomy of 'missions' and 'Africans' commonly found in earlier historiographies—and even in the period of profound crisis over female circumcision in Kikuyuland. In this, Professor Strayer shows convincingly how mission communities could be preserved from destruction by principled divisions between Africans as much as between their white missionaries. He has pursued themes rather than events and has therefore been able to make remarkably intimate observations of mission communities which were following their own internal patterns of growth, yet within the context of a deepening situation of colonial dependence.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438421451
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
The Making of Mission Communities in East Africa calls into question a number of common assumptions about the encounter between European missionaries and African societies in colonial Kenya. The book explores the origins of those communities associated with the Anglican Church Missionary Society from 1875 to 1935, examines the development within them of a "mission culture," probes their internal conflicts and tensions, and details their relationship to the larger colonial society. Professor Strayer argues that genuinely religious issues were important in the formation of these communities, that missionaries were ambivalent in their attitudes toward modernizing change and the colonial state alike, and that mission communities possessed substantial attractions even in the face of competition with independent churches. Dr. John Lonsdale of Trinity College, Cambridge has said that "It is a sensitive piece of revisionist history which breaks down the simple dichotomy of 'missions' and 'Africans' commonly found in earlier historiographies—and even in the period of profound crisis over female circumcision in Kikuyuland. In this, Professor Strayer shows convincingly how mission communities could be preserved from destruction by principled divisions between Africans as much as between their white missionaries. He has pursued themes rather than events and has therefore been able to make remarkably intimate observations of mission communities which were following their own internal patterns of growth, yet within the context of a deepening situation of colonial dependence.
The Making of Mission Communities in East Africa
Author: Robert W. Strayer
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Publishers
ISBN: 9780435948023
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Publishers
ISBN: 9780435948023
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
The Missionary Movement in Colonial Kenya
Author: James Karanja
Publisher: Cuvillier Verlag
ISBN: 3867278563
Category : Church growth
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
Publisher: Cuvillier Verlag
ISBN: 3867278563
Category : Church growth
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
Historical Dictionary of Kenya
Author: Robert M. Maxon
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
A ready reference to the history and culture of this complicated and important African nation. Entries cover the important people, places, events, and culture of the nation. A thorough introduction provides important context for first time students of Kenya, and the bibliography will serve both novice and experienced researchers in good stead.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
A ready reference to the history and culture of this complicated and important African nation. Entries cover the important people, places, events, and culture of the nation. A thorough introduction provides important context for first time students of Kenya, and the bibliography will serve both novice and experienced researchers in good stead.
The Centenary Volume of the Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East, 1799-1899
Author: Church Missionary Society
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Missionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1066
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Missionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1066
Book Description
Kau
Author: John Spencer
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040280900
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
This is a study of political leadership and organization during the first thirty years of organized African politics in Kenya, from the formation of the Kikuyu Association after World War I to the first few months of the ‘Mau Mau’ Emergency. Its theme is the attempt of Africans to find an effective political voice, and it centres on the Kikuyu, the tribe upon which the British intrusion had the greatest physical and emotional effect and which was therefore the most active politically.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040280900
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
This is a study of political leadership and organization during the first thirty years of organized African politics in Kenya, from the formation of the Kikuyu Association after World War I to the first few months of the ‘Mau Mau’ Emergency. Its theme is the attempt of Africans to find an effective political voice, and it centres on the Kikuyu, the tribe upon which the British intrusion had the greatest physical and emotional effect and which was therefore the most active politically.
Kenya Mission: Precis Book, 1929-1935
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A History of the Church in Africa
Author: Bengt Sundkler
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521583428
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1268
Book Description
Bengt Sundkler's long-awaited book on African Christian churches will become the standard reference for the subject.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521583428
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1268
Book Description
Bengt Sundkler's long-awaited book on African Christian churches will become the standard reference for the subject.