The 1951–52 Benin City Catholic Church Crisis: Irish Catholic Clergy versus African Nationalism
Abstract This paper draws attention to the neglected episode of a crisis that engulfed the Benin City Roman Catholic Station from 1951 to 1952. It examines how a disagreement between an Irish priest and an African catechist degenerated into a crisis that pitted the majority of the African laity agai...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2019
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Journal of religion in Africa
Year: 2019, Volume: 49, Issue: 2, Pages: 181-216 |
Further subjects: | B
Benin
B Nationalists B Laity B Clergy B Irish |
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