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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"missionary activity"”.
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The making of a kholwa intellectual : a discursive biography of Magema Magwaza Fuze
… more specifically, in the context of extensive missionary activity. The relative 'success' of this missionary endeavour appeared not only in the small but growing number of converts to Christianity, but perhaps even more momentously with the emergence of a small but critical mass of individuals …
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From 'Black-Eyed Girls' to the MMU (Mujeres Methotistas Unidas): Race, Religion and Gender in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands
… salient and relevant themes found in Methodist missionary activity beginning in 1869 and continuing through 2008. The origins of the Methodist missionary work with Mexican women lie in the Women's Foreign Mission Society founded in 1869 by a group of Anglo women in Boston, Mass.</p> <p>By …
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Adoption Wars: American Missionaries and International Adoption in Twentieth-Century South Korea
… how that very history conjoined with American missionary activity to build insular characterizations of Koreans as racist, incorrigible subjects to further justify the adoption of Korean orphans. Thus, Chapter 1 analyzes how international adoption was made possible through the ideological …
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The Theological Anthropology Underlying Libermann's Understanding of the "Evangelization of the Blacks" in Dialogue with the Theological Anthropologies of the East African Context: Implications for the Contemporary East African Catholic Church
… Francis Mary Paul Libermann (1802-52) like any missionary during his age who went to Africa brought Good News of salvation, recreated self-esteem, confidence and self-respect in Africans who had been dehumanized by slavery. This tendency to overemphasize heroic exploits and contributions of …
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Journey from the Rainbow Bridge Separated Christian Socialities in an Indigenous Truku Village of Taiwan
… forms and spread worldwide through a process of missionary activity. This ethnography charts the impact of the denominations of Presbyterianism and Pentecostalism in an indigenous village examining how adherents have become oriented by Christianity in different ways as they strive to become good …
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Journey from the Rainbow Bridge Separated Christian Socialities in an Indigenous Truku Village of Taiwan
… forms and spread worldwide through a process of missionary activity. This ethnography charts the impact of the denominations of Presbyterianism and Pentecostalism in an indigenous village examining how adherents have become oriented by Christianity in different ways as they strive to become good …
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Casting off the old Kaross: the Little Namaqualand missions, 1805-1848
This thesis is a history of the development of missionary activity in the Little Namaqualand region of southern Africa during the first half of the nineteenth century. Through a rich analysis of the archival documents of the various missionary societies who worked in the region, it attempts to fill …
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An evaluation of the work of archdeacon William Percival Johnson in Nyasaland (1876-1928)
… tests the thesis of Professor Knorr that the missionary movement of the 19th century was an agency for the spread of the European imperialism.<br/><br/>It argues that priests and lay persons who served in Central Africa, with the Universities Mission, became part of an organisation whose …
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The Church and the Voice of the Other: The Growth of the Faith Community and Dialogue in the Church
… times and become an effective instrument in its missionary activity and its encounter with the Other.
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Christian missions in Eastern New Guinea : a study of European, South Sea Island and Papuan influences, 1877-1942
… the Pacific Islands missionaries of the London Missionary Society who arrived in 1877. They were followed in 1891 by Anglicans and Methodists and the first European L.M.S. missionaries. Direct L.M.S. influence ceased, however, when the resident missionary at Kwato formed the Kwato Extension …
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Christian missions in Eastern New Guinea : a study of European, South Sea Island and Papuan influences, 1877-1942
… the Pacific Islands missionaries of the London Missionary Society who arrived in 1877. They were followed in 1891 by Anglicans and Methodists and the first European L.M.S. missionaries. Direct L.M.S. influence ceased, however, when the resident missionary at Kwato formed the Kwato Extension …
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Nxele and Ntsikana : a critical study of the religious outlooks of two nineteenth century Xhosa Prophets and their consequences for Xhosa Christian practice in the Eastern Cape
… It has been on that same basis that the missionary activity of that same era has been evaluated in this study. Part one deals with the social life of amaXhosa as well as their political systems. It is recognised that land was regarded as an essential component of the religious life of …
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The Mormon mission to Wales 1840-49 : a reassessment
… be broadened. Evidence reveals that early Mormon missionary activity in Monmouthshire was more significant than previously considered, enabling us to learn more about missionary methods and the opposition encountered at this stage. An analysis of the contribution of W. R. Davies as the chief …
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Deialogau Diwylliannol Cymreig a Khasi - Ymchwil Trwy Ymarfer Creadigol
… Hills. The relationship is the result of missionary activity by the Foreign Mission of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodists in the region between 1841 and 1969. This research offers an insight into the effects of the mission on society, by using music and literature to build a creative …
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"You Must Prophesy Again": The Mission of God's People in Revelation 10-14
… is the theological background underlying the missionary activity of God's end-time people. More particularly, this section of the book shows that mission is accomplished amid severe opposition by Satan and his allies on earth. Finally, this study has pointed out that the heavenly announcement …
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Liberal Translations: Secular Concepts, Law, and Religion in Colonial Egypt
… the convergence of nationalism, colonial rule, missionary activity, and new modes of governance at the national and international levels. Drawing on state and missionary archival material, periodicals, legal compendia, laws, and parliamentary transcripts, and adapting methods developed by …
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Kaleidoscope Catechesis: Critique and Response to Missionary Catechesis in Africa with Particular Reference to the Diocese of Wa in Ghana
The question about how to appropriately incarnate the Christian message among different cultures is a perennial one. The very first Christian Council of Jerusalem (Acts 15: 1-35) dealt with this issue and throughout the centuries different cultures have continued to battle with the same …
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Reforming reformed church polity in South Africa's Black Reformed Churches (RCSA) : an African decolonial approach
… has its roots in the history of colonialism and missionary activity on the continent. The black Reformed churches in South Africa still operate primarily from within the Europe mindset especially in terms of church polity which implies that any region outside of Europe must follow the European …
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A Theory Base and Mission-Sending Model for the South American Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
<p>Problem</p> <p>Effective missionary work depends on a combination of three preconditions, equally indispensable: (1) a body of committed and adaptable personnel who are prepared to transmit to another cultural group the relevance of the Christian message; (2) an organization that is equipped to …
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