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OverviewIn the decades before colonial partition in Africa, the Church Missionary Society embarked on the first serious effort to evangelize in an independent Muslim state. Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther led an all-African field staff to convert the people of the Upper Niger and Confluence area, whose communities were threatened or already conquered by an expanding jihadist Nupe state. In this book, Femi J. Kolapo examines the significance of the mission as an African—rather than European—undertaking, assessing its impact on missionary practice, local engagement, and Christian conversion prospects. By offering a fuller history of this overlooked mission in the history of Christianity in Nigeria, this book reaffirms indigenous agency and rethinks the mission as an experiment ahead of its time. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Femi J. KolapoPublisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG Imprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG Edition: 1st ed. 2019 Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9783030314286ISBN 10: 3030314286 Pages: 301 Publication Date: 28 December 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. The CMS Upper Niger and Confluence Area Environment 3. CMS Niger Mission Agents' Field Practice 4. Management of Conversion on the Upper Niger and at the Confluence 5. Women and the CMS Upper Niger Mission 6. A Stalled Christian Transition 7. Concluding ThoughtsReviewsAuthor InformationFemi J. Kolapo is a professor of African History at the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. He is the author of The Journals of Church Missionary Society Agent, James Thomas, in Mid-Nineteenth Century Nigeria. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |