Strangers and Neighbors in Precolonial Ghana
The article discusses the works of the first missionaries to pre-colonial Ghana, consisting of a multiracial mixture of European, African, and Caribbean pietists employed by Switzerland's Basel Mission. It explores the problem of human difference in Atlantic West Africa in the early and middle...
| Publié dans: | Fides et historia |
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| Autres titres: | Special Section: Missions and race in Africa |
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Vérifier la disponibilité: | HBZ Gateway |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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[2018]
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| Dans: |
Fides et historia
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| RelBib Classification: | BS Religions traditionnelles africaines KAH Époque moderne KBN Afrique subsaharienne KDD Église protestante RJ Mission SA Droit ecclésial |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Ghana; History
B Christian missions; Africa B Christian missionaries B Evangelische Missionsgesellschaft in Basel B Conversion to Christianity |
| Résumé: | The article discusses the works of the first missionaries to pre-colonial Ghana, consisting of a multiracial mixture of European, African, and Caribbean pietists employed by Switzerland's Basel Mission. It explores the problem of human difference in Atlantic West Africa in the early and middle of the nineteenth century. It argues that mass conversion to Christianity was a result of the locals' successful reformulation of the European missionaries' message. |
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| Description: | Seite 66: Kurze Einleitung (Introduction) von "Special Section: Missions and race in Africa" |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Fides et historia
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