Las G. Newman

To Die in Africa's Dust (eBook, ePUB)

West Indian Missionaries in Western Africa in the Nineteenth Century

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Christian mission in the modern era has generally been conceptualized as a Western endeavour: "from the West to the rest." The rise and explosive growth of world Christianity has challenged this narrative, emphasizing Christian mission as "from everywhere to everywhere." Dr. Las Newman contributes to this revitalized perspective, interrogating our understanding of modern missions history by drawing attention to the role of African West Indians in the spread of Christianity in sub-Saharan Africa. This comparative study of three nineteenth-century missionary expeditions critiques common narratives around West Indian involvement in the missionary enterprise. Dr. Newman proposes that far from being misguided adventurers or nostalgic exiles, African West Indians were fuelled by a quest for emancipation that was birthed in the crucible of Caribbean slave society. Acting as agents of the Western missionary enterprise, they nevertheless shaped an understanding of Christian mission as a force for justice and freedom that carried with it personal, religious, and socio-political implications. Dr. Newman argues that it was this conception, embraced and championed by African West Indians, that enabled the missionary project in Western Africa to survive, flourish, and ultimately take firm root in African soil. This study questions historical interpretations of the Western missionary endeavour, exploring the pivotal role of native agents in cross-cultural Christian mission and allowing readers to hear from marginalized voices as they tell their own stories of engagement, struggle, and liberation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Langham Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781786410153
• Artikelnr.: 72317663

Autorenporträt

LAS G. NEWMAN has a PhD in Christian mission from the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies, UK. The former president of the Caribbean Graduate School of Theology, Kingston, Jamaica, he has spent over thirty years in ministry with the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students. He currently serves as the Lausanne Movement's global director for regions and is a member of the International Fellowship of Mission as Transformation.