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MISSION, RACE AND COLONIALISM IN MALAWI : alexander hetherwick of blantyre.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Scottish religious culturesPublisher: [Place of publication not identified] : EDINBURGH UNIV PRESS, 2023Description: 1 online resource (1 volume.) : illustrations (black and white)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781399517423
  • 1399517422
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: MISSION, RACE AND COLONIALISM IN MALAWI.DDC classification:
  • 266.0096897 23
LOC classification:
  • BV3625.N82
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Intro -- Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Pioneer Missionary: Domasi Days -- 3 The Right-hand Man: Scott and Hetherwick -- 4 The Mission Leader: Father Figure -- 5 The Public Figure: Critic and Campaigner -- 6 Malawi Visionary: Standing Up for Cinderella -- 7 The Linguist and Bible Translator: Words Must Be Christianised -- 8 The Mission Thinker: Priorities and Policy -- 9 The Church Leader: Imagination and Reality -- 10 Missionary and Empire Builder? Tensions and Contradictions -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Mission, race and colonialism were three forces shaping Malawi's history during the early years of the twentieth century. These three found a concentrated meeting point in the life of Scottish missionary Alexander Hetherwick, who led Blantyre Mission from 1898 to 1928. This book presents a fresh assessment of this towering figure in Malawi's history, contesting the scholarly consensus that Hetherwick betrayed the early ideals of Blantyre Mission by compromising too much with the colonial system that was in force during his leadership. The book assesses the pervasive influence of colonialism, from which Hetherwick was not exempt, and traces the ways in which he resisted such influence through his relentless commitment to the interests of the African community and the inspiration he found in the emergence of the African church.-- Provided by publisher.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)3593823

Print version record.

Intro -- Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Pioneer Missionary: Domasi Days -- 3 The Right-hand Man: Scott and Hetherwick -- 4 The Mission Leader: Father Figure -- 5 The Public Figure: Critic and Campaigner -- 6 Malawi Visionary: Standing Up for Cinderella -- 7 The Linguist and Bible Translator: Words Must Be Christianised -- 8 The Mission Thinker: Priorities and Policy -- 9 The Church Leader: Imagination and Reality -- 10 Missionary and Empire Builder? Tensions and Contradictions -- Bibliography -- Index.

Mission, race and colonialism were three forces shaping Malawi's history during the early years of the twentieth century. These three found a concentrated meeting point in the life of Scottish missionary Alexander Hetherwick, who led Blantyre Mission from 1898 to 1928. This book presents a fresh assessment of this towering figure in Malawi's history, contesting the scholarly consensus that Hetherwick betrayed the early ideals of Blantyre Mission by compromising too much with the colonial system that was in force during his leadership. The book assesses the pervasive influence of colonialism, from which Hetherwick was not exempt, and traces the ways in which he resisted such influence through his relentless commitment to the interests of the African community and the inspiration he found in the emergence of the African church.-- Provided by publisher.