Mission to Kilimanjaro: The Founding History of a Catholic Mission in East Africa - Couverture souple

Le Roy, Alexandre

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1532693524 ISBN 13 : 9781532693526

Editeur : Wipf and Stock, 2019

Synopsis

Archbishop Alexandre Le Roy was among the founders of the Catholic faith in Zanzibar and Tanzania. He became the fifteenth superior general of the missionary Congregation of the Holy Spirit (1896–1926). Not only was he fluent in Swahili, he was also a botanist and an anthropologist, as evidenced by the thick descriptions of the flora and fauna and the language, culture, and religion of the peoples he encountered. He has written a fascinating account of the beginnings of the faith in that part of the world, clearly delineating, in many cases, qualities disposing to faith and practices that hindered it. This competent account of African society, politics, and religion before the advent of Western civilization is a classic, invaluable for students of mission and African history, culture, and religion.

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À propos des auteurs

Alexandre Le Roy was among the founders of the Catholic faith in Zanzibar and Tanzania. He was the author of the famed The Religion of the Primitives, published in 1922.

James Chukwuma Okoye, CSSp is professor emeritus of Old Testament studies, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, where he was the director of the Center for Spiritan Studies. He is the author of Genesis 1-11: A Narrative-Theological Commentary (2018).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wipf and Stock
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1532693524
• ISBN 13: 9781532693526
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Éditeur: Okoye James Chukwuma
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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