A case of hopeless failure: The role of missionaries in the transformation of Southern Africa's indigenous architecture
Missionary efforts in Southern Africa during the 19th and early 20th centuries focused primarily upon its indigenous people, seeking to bring changes to their patterns of living. Faced with such issues as polygamy, initiation, child price (lobola), ancestral worship, beer drinking, and teenage sexua...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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ASRSA
[2015]
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Journal for the study of religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 28, Issue: 2, Pages: 64-86 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Africa (Süd)
/ Mission (international law
/ Indigenous peoples
/ Architecture
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BB Indigenous religions KBN Sub-Saharan Africa RJ Mission; missiology |
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Missionaries
B Architecture B indigenous knowledge systems B Colonialism B Culture |
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