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Christian Missionizing and Social Transformation: A History of Conflict and Change in Eastern Zaire
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by Jack E. Nelson
Sales Rank: 799332
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Cover Type: Hard Cover with 224 pages
Published by: Praeger Publishers May 30, 1992
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0275942465
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0275942465
Book Dimensions:
9.7 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
Weighs: 1.2 pounds
Product Description
This volume represents a case study of African responses to American missionary efforts in colonial and post-colonial Zaire. Jack Nelson describes how conflict emerged when missionary attempts to control the rate and nature of change and to "protect" the church community from "corrupting" Western influences confronted African aspirations to overcome foreign domination through education and economic means. Nelson relates an account of social forces transforming the missionaries' designs in the midst of colonial efforts, the encroachment of a cash economy, the rise of nationalism and political struggles, and the formation of social classes. As a sociology of religion study, Christian Missionizing and Social Transformation analyzes both the changing social context in which a very prominent church community in Zaire was founded and developed and how the dynamics of change influenced African responses to missionary educational and evangelizing efforts. As a historical study, it documents one of the most severe struggles between a church community and a mission organization that occurred in the wake of Zairian independence. As a critique of American missionary practices, the study probes the ideals of a popular philosophy of mission and the reality of the implementation of that philosophy. As a study of the nature of the difficulties and conflicts within an African church, it offers considerable insight into the manner in which Africans are coping with the missionary legacy, the professionalizing of African clergy, the church as a development organization, and the ongoing efforts on the part of African theological students to produce an indigenous theology.
About The Author
JACK E. NELSON is Assistant Professor at Temple University Tokyo, Japan.
Reader Reviews
I read this work back when it was published as a Ph.D.dissertation. I was moved by the history described in those pages. In this book, Jack proves to be a good researcher, a person able to decribe facts from their historical stand-point, while mainataining his objectivity and neutrality. It might seem like a descriptive social study, but for someone who is a MUHOROVE (like myself, something I am very proud of), this book should be a starting point to come to an understanding of one'self. Our grandparents,parents, and ourselves were brought into something that we quite did not understand. By getting to know the historical aspect of the Baptist missionary effort in Kivu, the background of the split that took place in Katwa befor e my birth, we can get to know much more ourselves. I encourage all banyaKatwa, wahorove, and the member of the God-blessed baptist community in Kivu, to check this book out. (I consider it to be a CLASSIC) Mungu awa bariki. Kisumba
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