Christian Missionaries and the State in the Third World
Michael Twaddle author Michael Twaddle editor Holger Bernt Hansen editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:James Currey
Published:1st Feb '02
Should be back in stock very soon
Examines the impact of Christian missionaries on the state in the Third World. The education of many Third World leaders by Christian missionaries is a decisive factor in world politics today. Christian missionaries from a diversity of backgrounds - Africans as well as Americans and Europeans - contributed to the construction, destruction and reconstruction of state structures in Africa and the Caribbean, through educational activity, and attempts at healing and trade, as well as by preaching, prayer and other sacramental endeavours. North America: Ohio U Press; Uganda: Fountain Publishers
This volume bears eloquent testimony to the vitality and sophistication of contemporary scholarship on the political significance of Christian missions in nineteenth and twentieth-century Africa. * JOURNAL OF THIRD WORLD STUDIES *
This is an important area of study that is still working itself out. The rich, and often fascinating, accounts of the work of Christian missionaries contained in this book make a useful contribution to our understanding of their work and impact. -- D.J. Shaw * DEVELOPMENT POLICY REVIEW *
This book covers an enormous geographical range, and a similarly lengthy historical period. -- Paul Gifford * AFRICA *
...it represents a useful quarry and will provoke readers to ask comparative questions. -- Andrew Porter * JOURNAL OF IMPERIAL & COMMONWEALTH HISTORY *
...they draw a telling conclusion: Christian missionary endeavour has been of immense importance in reshaping social and economic life in these states - but the missionary era is far from over. -- Aylward Shorter * THE INTERNATIONAL BULLETIN OF MISSIONARY RESEARCH *
ISBN: 9780852557839
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 488g
384 pages