Augustine S. O. Okwu

Igbo Culture and the Christian Missions 1857-1957

Conversion in Theory and Practice

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the strategies and methods of the Protestant and Roman Catholic missionaries in Igboland and Igbo response during the mid-nineteenth and mid-twentieth centuries. Using oral traditions, primary sources, and the author's life experience as a Christian convert and missionary, the text examines the missions' programs, missteps, and impact.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. November 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 721g
• ISBN-13: 9780761848844
• ISBN-10: 0761848843
• Artikelnr.: 27429621

Autorenporträt

By Augustine S.O. Okwu

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 List of Maps and Tables Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Abbreviations
Chapter 4 1. Igboland and the Origin of the Igbo Chapter 5 2. Immediate
Post-Slave Trade Period 1808-1849 Chapter 6 3. Foreign Prisoners in
Igboland 1800-1886 Chapter 7 4. Attack on Igbo Culture 1885-1899 Chapter 8
5. Missionaries and Chapel-School Apostolacy Chapter 9 6.
Catechist-Teachers and Evangelization Chapter 10 7. Sisters,
Women-Education and Social Services Chapter 11 8. Spiritans' Crisis Chapter
12 9. Owerri Diocese and Secondary School Apostolacy 1948 Chapter 13 10.
Epilogue: Postscript Chapter 14 Sources and Bibliography Chapter 15 Index