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Christian missionizing and social transformation : a history of conflict and change in eastern Zaire / Jack E. Nelson.
Van Pelt Library BV3625.C6 N39 1992
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nelson, Jack E., 1951-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--History--20th century.
- Missions.
- Baptists--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic).
- Baptists.
- Indigenous church administration--Congo (Democratic Republic).
- Indigenous church administration.
- Church controversies--Baptists.
- Church controversies.
- Baptists--Missions.
- History.
- Congo (Democratic Republic)--History--Civil War, 1960-1965.
- Congo (Democratic Republic).
- Hurlburt, Paul.
- Physical Description:
- x, 209 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Praeger, 1992.
- Summary:
- This volume represents a case study of African responses to American missionary efforts in colonial and post-colonial Zaire. Nelson describes how conflict emerged when missionary attempts to control the rate and nature of change confronted African aspirations to overcome foreign domination.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-205) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0275942465
- OCLC:
- 25131426
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