Dawn in Swaziland (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Christopher Charles Watts

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330743539 ISBN 13 : 9781330743539

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Missionaries at Dawn explores how faith, culture, and colonial power shaped everyday life in Swaziland through the eyes of missionaries and local communities.

This nonfiction work examines real encounters that reveal the complexities of mission work in a borderland of tradition and change. Set against a backdrop of colonial era Swaziland, the book blends on-the-ground observations with reflections on religion, governance, and social change. It foregrounds the daily realities of mission teams, native churches, and the choices that communities faced as new ideas and old customs intersected.

• How European missions influenced education, religion, and social life in Swaziland
• Relationships between missionaries, traders, and native leaders in a shifting political landscape
• The tensions between different Christian traditions and the push for a cohesive native church
• Personal stories of perseverance, furlough, and the search for meaningful relief and support

Ideal for readers of history, religious studies, and African studies who want a grounded, human look at missionary activity and its wider effects in southern Africa.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330743539
• ISBN 13: 9781330743539
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 172
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