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Robert Moffat : the theology of a missionary / Bruce Ritchie.
Van Pelt Library BV3557.M7 R58 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ritchie, Bruce, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Missions--Theology.
- Missions.
- Moffat, Robert, 1795-1883.
- Moffat, Robert.
- Physical Description:
- 700 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Malawi : Luviri Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- 'This book, about the Scottish missionary Robert Moffat (1795-1883), is a completely new study of the theology, faith, piety of a missionary of the classical period of Protestant missions in southern Africa. It comprehensively analyses the factors which moulded the mindset of missionaries such as Moffat and his son-in-law David Livingstone, especially the effects of the Evangelical Revival, Scottish Calvinism, and the Scottish Enlightenment. As part of this major study, Ritchie also assesses to what extent these factors aided or hindered the missionary interaction with traditional culture and beliefs. --Publisher.
- Contents:
- Preparation. The parental home
- School, catechism, church
- Conversion, calling, commissioning
- The tutelage of William Roby
- The nature and knowledge of God. The concept of God
- Moffat and Tswana theism
- Moffat and Ndebele theism
- The theory of the lost knowledge of God
- The power and providence of God. God and creation
- The theology of providence
- The testing of providence
- The commonality of all humanity. Equality of dignity
- Equality of intellect
- Equality of freedom
- Equality of civil rights
- Equality of personal rights
- The centrality of Jesus Christ. The love of Jesus
- The reign of Jesus
- The peace of Jesus: Idealism
- The peace of Jesus: Pragmatism
- The hope in Jesus
- The cross of Jesus
- The creation of a Christian church. The essence of a church
- The life of a church
- The discipline of a church
- The community of a church
- The gifts of a church
- The approach to mission. The power of the Word
- The period of the awakening
- The people of the awakening
- The potency of the awakening
- The promotion of indigenisation
- The preachers of the Kingdom
- The pursuit of sustainability
- The vexed question of civilisation. The concept of civilisation
- The critique of civilisation
- Positioning Moffat.
- Notes:
- "This book originated as a doctoral thesis for the University of Malawi..." --Acknowledgements, page 7.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 653-671) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9789996086557
- 9996086550
- OCLC:
- 948205221
- Publisher Number:
- 90104103732
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