Augustine S. O. Okwu

Igbo Culture and the Christian Missions 1857-1957 (eBook, ePUB)

Conversion in Theory and Practice

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Igbo Culture and the Christian Missions 1857-1957: Conversion in Theory and Practice uses historical perspective to explore strategies and methods of the Protestant and the Roman Catholic missionaries in Igboland and the Igbo response during the mid-nineteenth and mid-twentieth centuries. The subtitle of this book points out the objective, premises, and thrust to the reader. Using oral traditions, primary sources, and the present writer's own life experience both as a Christian convert and a missionary co-partner in the evangelization enterprise, the text examines the missions' programs and missteps, as well as their impact on the people. Appropriate for both specific and generalized audiences, this book will appeal to readers interested in cultural sublimation and in the overall Christianization efforts in Africa.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. November 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780761848868
• Artikelnr.: 38073577

Autorenporträt

By Augustine S.O. Okwu

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 List of Maps and Tables Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Abbreviations
Chapter 4 1. Igboland and the Origin of the Igbo Chapter 5 2. Immediate
Post-Slave Trade Period 1808-1849 Chapter 6 3. Foreign Prisoners in
Igboland 1800-1886 Chapter 7 4. Attack on Igbo Culture 1885-1899 Chapter 8
5. Missionaries and Chapel-School Apostolacy Chapter 9 6.
Catechist-Teachers and Evangelization Chapter 10 7. Sisters,
Women-Education and Social Services Chapter 11 8. Spiritans' Crisis Chapter
12 9. Owerri Diocese and Secondary School Apostolacy 1948 Chapter 13 10.
Epilogue: Postscript Chapter 14 Sources and Bibliography Chapter 15 Index