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Power and conviction : the political economy of missionary work in colonial-era Africa / Frank-Borge Wietzke.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wietzke, Frank-Borge, author.
- Series:
- Elements in the politics of development
- Cambridge elements. Elements in the politics of development
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Missions--Africa, Sub-Saharan--History.
- Missions.
- Christianity and politics--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Christianity and politics.
- Christianity and politics--Catholic Church.
- Missionaries--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Social conditions.
- Missionaries.
- Africa, Sub-Saharan--Religion.
- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (83 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2023.
- Published in association with MIT Center for International Studies.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on March 2, 2023).
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ISBN:
- 9781108982672
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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