Communication and conversion in northern Cameroon : the Dii people and Norwegian missionaries, 1934-1960 /

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Was modern Christian mission to Africa primarily a colonial project and a civilizing mission or was it a spiritual revival spreading to new areas? This book tells the tale of the Dii people in northern Cameroon and describes their encounter with Norwegian missionaries. Through archival studies and t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Drønen, Tomas Sundnes (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
Series:Studies in Christian mission ; v. 37.
Subjects:
Dii (African people) > Missions.
Dii (African people) > Religion.
Missions, Norwegian > Cameroon.
Christianity and culture > Cameroon.
Dìì (Peuple d'Afrique) > Missions.
Dìì (Peuple d'Afrique) > Religion.
Missions norvégiennes > Cameroun.
RELIGION > Christian Ministry > Missions.
Christianity and culture.
Missions, Norwegian.
Dii > Volk
Norweger
Mission
Kulturkontakt
Missionar
Cameroon.
Kamerun > Nord
Norwegen
Dii.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Communicating freedom or colonial evangelism?
  • Our ancestors used to live on this mountain
  • Like a labyrinth is his life : a missionary discourse on conversion
  • And it is really thanks to you that we are saved : a Dii discourse on conversion
  • The crisis of Dii traditional religion
  • Establishing a church on the Dii-plain
  • The emergence of a Dii Christianity
  • Communication, conversion, and conservation.

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