The spiritual in the secular : missionaries and knowledge about Africa /

The spiritual in the secular : missionaries and knowledge about Africa /

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Imprint:	Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2012.
Description:	xvi, 341 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Studies in the history of Christian missions Studies in the history of Christian missions.
Subject:	Missions -- Africa. Missions -- Anthropological aspects. Missions, Medical -- Africa. Religious Missions -- history History, 19th Century History, 20th Century Knowledge Professional Role -- history Missions. Africa. Africa Africa.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13164962

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Other authors / contributors:	Harries, Patrick. Maxwell, David, 1963-
ISBN:	9780802866349 0802866344
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. committed to retain from JKM Seminaries Library 2023 JKM University of Chicago Library
Summary:	"David Livingstone's visit to Cambridge in 1857 was seen as much as a scientific event as a religious one. But he was by no means alone among missionaries in integrating mission with science and other fields of research. Rather, many missionaries were remarkable, pioneering polymaths. This collection of essays explores the ways in which late-nineteenth- and twentieth-century missionaries to Africa contributed to various academic disciplines, such as linguistics, ethnography, social anthropology, zoology, medicine, and many more. This volume includes an introductory chapter by the editors and eleven chapters that analyze missionary research and its impact on knowledge about African contexts. Several themes emerge, including many missionaries' positive views of indigenous discourses and the complicated relationship between missionaries and professional anthropologists."--Publisher's description.

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