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A Politics of Presence - Contacts Between Missionaries and Walugru in Late Colonial Tanganyika (Hardcover) Loot Price: R4,493

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A Politics of Presence - Contacts Between Missionaries and Walugru in Late Colonial Tanganyika (Hardcover): Peter Pels

A Politics of Presence - Contacts Between Missionaries and Walugru in Late Colonial Tanganyika (Hardcover)

Peter Pels

Series: Studies in Anthropology and History

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Christian missions in Africa are commonly seen as a blatant example of ethnocentrism. This stereotype partly persists because the day-today interaction between missionaries and Africans has so rarely been studied. This book shows how Africans and missionaries co-produced a Catholic Church in the Uluguru mountains of eastern Tanzania in the late colonial period, and thereby adapted each others' routines in the fields of initiation, education, magic, and religion in Africa by showing how the presence of the mission resulted in a rift between spiritual and worldly magic, and in the underdevelopment of the capacity of Waluguru to mange their own practices of revelation.

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Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Studies in Anthropology and History
Release date:	February 1999
First published:	1999
Authors:	Peter Pels
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	372
ISBN-13:	978-90-5702-304-0
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > African history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Christian mission & evangelism Books > History > African history > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Christian mission & evangelism Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church > General Books > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Christian mission & evangelism Books > Christianity > Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church Promotions
LSN:	90-5702-304-0
Barcode:	9789057023040