Mission station Christianity : Norwegian missionaries in colonial Natal and Zululand, Southern Africa 1850-1890 / by Ingie Hovland.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Studies in Christian mission ; 44.Publication details: Leiden : Brill ; Boston, 2013.Description: xii, 263 pages ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 978-90-04-25488-6 (hardback : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 266.04
  • 266.02
  • 276 Sydafrika
Contents:
Part I · Introduction Chapter 1. Theorizing the missionary experience: Christianity, colonialism, and spaces 3 Part II · On the mission stations Chapter 2. The first mission station: The problem of presence 29 Chapter 3. The missionary body: The problem of physicality 60 Chapter 4. The converts: The problem of new members 85 Chapter 5. Zulu perceptions of the stations: The problem of intentions and results 131 Chapter 6. The missionary imagination: Spatialized Christianity 167 Part III · Conclusion Chapter 7. The Anglo-Zulu War: Courting Empire 201 Chapter 8. Living Christianity: How Christianity shaped spaces and spaces shaped Christianity 226 Bibliography 237 Index 251.
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Includes bibliographical references and index..

Part I · Introduction Chapter 1. Theorizing the missionary experience: Christianity, colonialism, and spaces 3 Part II · On the mission stations Chapter 2. The first mission station: The problem of presence 29 Chapter 3. The missionary body: The problem of physicality 60 Chapter 4. The converts: The problem of new members 85 Chapter 5. Zulu perceptions of the stations: The problem of intentions and results 131 Chapter 6. The missionary imagination: Spatialized Christianity 167 Part III · Conclusion Chapter 7. The Anglo-Zulu War: Courting Empire 201 Chapter 8. Living Christianity: How Christianity shaped spaces and spaces shaped Christianity 226 Bibliography 237 Index 251.