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The cross and flag in Africa : the "white fathers" during the colonial scramble (1892-1914) / Aylward Shorter.
- Title
- The cross and flag in Africa : the "white fathers" during the colonial scramble (1892-1914) / Aylward Shorter.
- Author
- Shorter, Aylward
- Publication
- Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, c2006.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | BV2300.W6 S54 2006 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xxv, 294 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.
- Summary
- "Veteran anthropologist and historian Aylward Shorter takes the reader inside the ideals and lives of the "White Fathers" - the spiritual sons of Cardinal Lavigerie, who are now known as the "Missionaries of Africa." In a twenty-two year period, these missioners worked to understand how to preach the Gospel, establish the Catholic Church, and educate an African clergy. Often these missioners found themselves at odds with colonial authorities and at other times the objects of attempts at co-optation."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Church history
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-284) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The legacy of Cardinal Lavigerie -- The missions and the "Colonial Scramble" -- Slavery, missionaries and civil power -- God's work in Africa -- Africa re-invents the church -- Education and denomination.
- ISBN
- 1570756554
- 9781570756559
- LCCN
- ^^2005029033
- OCLC
- 61864477
- SCSB-11700327
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library