Christian Missionary Engagement in Central Nigeria, 1857-1891

The Church Missionary Society's All-African Mission on the Upper Niger
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-030-31428-6
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 301 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 416 g

Reihe: African Histories and Modernities

In the decades before colonial partition in Africa, the Church Missionary Society embarked on the first serious effort to evangelize in an independent Muslim state. Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther led an all-African field staff to convert the people of the Upper Niger and Confluence area, whose communities were threatened or already conquered by an expanding jihadist Nupe state. In this book, Femi J. Kolapo examines the significance of the mission as an African—rather than European—undertaking, assessing its impact on missionary practice, local engagement, and Christian conversion prospects. By offering a fuller history of this overlooked mission in the history of Christianity in Nigeria, this book reaffirms indigenous agency and rethinks the mission as an experiment ahead of its time.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kolapo, Femi J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. The CMS Upper Niger and Confluence Area Environment.- 3. CMS Niger Mission Agents' Field Practice.- 4. Management of Conversion on the Upper Niger and at the Confluence.- 5. Women and the CMS Upper Niger Mission.- 6. A Stalled Christian Transition.- 7. Concluding Thoughts.

Über Autor(innen)

Femi J. Kolapo is a professor of African History at the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. He is the author of The Journals of Church Missionary Society Agent, James Thomas, in Mid-Nineteenth Century Nigeria.