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The Dominican friars in Southern Africa : a social history, 1577-1990
- Title
- The Dominican friars in Southern Africa : a social history, 1577-1990 / by Philippe Denis.
- Author
- Denis, Philippe, 1952-
- Publication
- Leiden ; Boston, MA : Brill Academic Publishers, 1998.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | BX3547.A356 D46 1998 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xiii, 322 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm.
- Summary
- The purpose of this book is to gather in a single narrative the rather disparate stories of Dominican friars in Southern Africa over the past four centuries. Dominicans from Portugal and Portuguese India were present in South-East Africa from 1577 to 1835. Patrick Raymond Griffith, an Irish Dominican, became the first resident bishop in South Africa in 1837. A Dominican mission was established in 1917 with the arrival of a group of English friars. A second group arrived from the Netherlands in 1932. The aim is to provide a social history of the Dominicans in Southern Africa, that is, a history that deals specifically with the social and cultural factors of historical development. The Dominicans ministered in a political, social and cultural context which impacted on their apostolic activities and, in turn, was affected by them. The book's terminus ad quem is 1990, when the National Party opened a process of political negotiation, thus ending more than forty years of apartheid rule.
- Series Statement
- Studies in Christian mission, 0924-9389 ; v. 21
- Uniform Title
- Studies in Christian mission ; v. 21.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Church history.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-308) and index.
- Contents
- The Portuguese Dominicans in South-East Africa -- Bishop Patrick Griffith -- The English Dominicans -- The Dutch Dominicans -- The training of indigenous clergy -- The Dominicans and apartheid.
- ISBN
- 9004111441
- 9789004111448
- LCCN
- 98023784
- OCLC
- ocm39051482
- 39051482
- SCSB-575467
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library