Church and Settler in Colonial Zimbabwe

A Study in the History of the Anglican Diocese of Mashonaland/Southern Rhodesia, 1890-1925
Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-90-04-16746-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 34, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 658 g

Reihe: Studies of Religion in Africa

This book examines the history of the Anglican Diocese of Mashonaland/Southern Rhodesia (virtually co-extensive with modern Zimbabwe) in the period 1890-1925, when its institutions took shape and its religious character was formed. While work among indigenous communities is outlined, the primary subject is the church’s work with white settlers. A fresh general narrative is provided and an examination of clergy recruitment and finance relates events in Mashonaland to developments in global Anglicanism. Among the questions addressed are those of religion and empire, church and state and the complexities of relationship between the Church of England and her overseas extensions, particularly those covering areas of white settlement. Local developments in religious practice are also explored: most striking of these was the settler apprehension of the vast landscapes of South-Central Africa as a locus of the sacred and their custom of veld burial.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Welch, Pamela

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Protestantismus, evangelische und protestantische Kirchen Anglikanische und episkopale Kirchen
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien

Über Autor(innen)

Pamela Welch, Ph.D. (2005) in History, King’s College, London is now resident in Dunedin, New Zealand. She is currently publishing articles on aspects of colonial Christianity in the Journal of Religious History and the Journal of Religion in Africa.