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The Equality of Believers
Richard Elphick
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Description for The Equality of Believers
Hardcover. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations, tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: HB; HRAX; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 167 x 33. Weight in Grams: 818.
From the beginning of the nineteenth century through to 1960, Protestant missionaries were the most important intermediaries between South Africa’s ruling white minority and its black majority. The Equality of Believers reconfigures the narrative of race in South Africa by exploring the pivotal role played by these missionaries and their teachings in shaping that nation’s history.
The missionaries articulated a universalist and egalitarian ideology derived from New Testament teachings that rebuked the racial hierarchies endemic to South African society. Yet white settlers, the churches closely tied to them, and even many missionaries evaded or subverted these ideas. ... Read more
From the beginning of the nineteenth century through to 1960, Protestant missionaries were the most important intermediaries between South Africa’s ruling white minority and its black majority. The Equality of Believers reconfigures the narrative of race in South Africa by exploring the pivotal role played by these missionaries and their teachings in shaping that nation’s history.
The missionaries articulated a universalist and egalitarian ideology derived from New Testament teachings that rebuked the racial hierarchies endemic to South African society. Yet white settlers, the churches closely tied to them, and even many missionaries evaded or subverted these ideas. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813932736
SKU
V9780813932736
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About Richard Elphick
Richard Elphick, Professor of History at Wesleyan University, is coeditor most recently of Christianity in South Africa: A Political, Social, and Cultural History and World History: Ideologies, Structures, and Identities.
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