Slave Emancipation, Christian Communities, and Dissent in Post-Abolition Tanzania, 1878-1978 / Salvatory S. Nyanto.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nyanto, Salvatory S.

Contributor:

JSTOR (Online Service)

Series:

Religion in transforming Africa

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity--Tanzania--20th century.

Christianity.

Christianity--Tanzania--19th century.

Enslaved persons--Emancipation--Tanzania.

Enslaved persons.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY : James Currey, an imprint of Boydell & Brewer, [2024]

Contents:

Front cover

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

Glossary of Kinyamwezi and Kiswahili Words

Prologue

Maria Leo Kalenga: Society, Gender, and Christianity in Post-Abolition Tanzania

Introduction: Slave Emancipation, Christian Communities, and Dissent in Post-Abolition Tanzania

1 Authority, Adaptation, and Dissent in Nineteenth-Century Unyamwezi, 1840-77

2 Slave Emancipation, the Beginnings of Mission Communities, and Everyday Life in Missions, 1878-1914

3 Translation as Dissent: Language, Society, and Christianity in Unyamwezi, 1906-20s

4 Catechists, Women, and Dissent in Villages beyond the Catholic Missions, 1930-50s

5 Teachers, Women, and Kinship Networks in Villages beyond the Moravian and Swedish Free Missions, 1930-50s

6 Christians, the Revival Movement, and Dissent in Moravian Missions and Villages, 1950-60

Conclusion

Appendix

Bibliography

Index

Previously Published Titles in the Series

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 27, 2024).

ISBN:

9781805434702

1805434705

Publisher Number:

40032466584

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.