Samuel Johnson of Yorubaland, 1846-1901 - Identity, Change and the Making of the Mission Agent (Paperback, New edition)

This study aims to understand how the nineteenth-century African agent of mission appropriated change without losing cultural integrity. Drawing essentially from the contexts that produced the man, from Sierra Leone to the Yoruba country, the study shows Samuel Johnson as embodying the opportunities and ambivalence that progressively accompanied Yoruba contact with Britain in the people's war-weary century of change. Largely influenced by German missionaries in the British mission environment of Yorubaland, Johnson had confidence in the bright prospect the missionary message held for his people. This propelled him into a struggle to relieve the distressed country from its woes and to preserve the fading memory of its people. In an age of renewed cultural ferment called globalization, could Johnson offer a lesson in how to appropriate change? This is the concern of this volume.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Africa in Development, 12
Release date:	June 2013
First published:	2013
Authors:	Kehinde Olumuyiwa Olabimtan
Dimensions:	225 x 150 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	347
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-430809-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > Interfaith relations Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Religious groups Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian theology > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Christian mission & evangelism Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Christian mission & evangelism Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian theology > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > Interfaith relations Books > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Christian mission & evangelism Books > Christianity > Christian theology Promotions
LSN:	3-03-430809-4
Barcode:	9783034308090

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