A study tracing the relationships between missionaries and African Church workers in Kenya in the years 1850-1900, as missionaries increasingly adopted imperial assumptions of Western superiority.It tells the story of the first Anglican clergy in Kenya, their wives and colleagues; their rescue from slavery, their education in India and their subsequent work in East Africa. It demonstrates their contribution to the rapid growth of the Church and of indigenous Christian communities. Yet later missionaries were not willing to accord to the Africans the position they had a right to expect. The book recounts their protest and the development of a Church order.Similar events in West Africa have been documented, but this is the first time such a pattern in East Africa has been outlined.
Format: Hardback
CONTRIBUTORS: Colin Reed
EAN: 9789004106390
COUNTRY: Netherlands
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WEIGHT: 534 g
HEIGHT: 235 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Brill
DATE PUBLISHED: 1997-02-01
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GENRE: ARCHITECTURE / Interior Design / General, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Evangelism, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Leadership
WIDTH: 155 cm
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Book Themes:
Kenya, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, History of religion, Christianity, Religious mission and Religious Conversion
Colin Reed is the Principal of St. Andrew's Hall, Melbourne, Australia, a training college for cross-cultural mission. He was brought up in Africa, taught in Kenya for twelve years and has a long-standing interest in African history.
