Format:
Online-Ressource (532 p)
ISBN:
9780773522299
Series Statement:
McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Religion v.249
Content:
In Blood Ground, Elizabeth Elbourne looks at the complex relationship between the Khoekhoe, the British empire, and the London Missionary Society in the Cape Colony in southern Africa at a time of intense conflict during which disparate groups competed to mobilize Christianity for their own political ends.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Illustrations -- Maps -- Prelude James Read and History -- Introduction -- 1 "The Lord Is Seen to Ride on the Whirlwind": Protestant Evangelicalism in the 1790s -- 2 Terms of Encounter: Graaff-Reinet, the Khoekhoe, and the South African LMS at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century -- 3 War, Conversion, and the Politics of Interpretation -- 4 Khoisan Uses of Christianity -- 5 The Rise and Fall of Bethelsdorp Radicalism under the British, 1806-17 -- 6 The Political Uses of Africa Remade: The Passage of Ordinance 50 -- 7 "On Probation As Free Citizens": Poverty and Politics in the 1830s -- 8 Rethinking Liberalism -- 9 "Our Church for Ourselves -- 10 Rebellion and Its Aftermath -- Conclusions? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Illustrations""; ""Maps""; ""Prelude James Read and History""; ""Introduction""; ""1 ""The Lord Is Seen to Ride on the Whirlwind"": Protestant Evangelicalism in the 1790s""; ""2 Terms of Encounter: Graaff-Reinet, the Khoekhoe, and the South African LMS at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century""; ""3 War, Conversion, and the Politics of Interpretation""; ""4 Khoisan Uses of Christianity""; ""5 The Rise and Fall of Bethelsdorp Radicalism under the British, 1806�17""; ""6 The Political Uses of Africa Remade: The Passage of Ordinance 50""
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""7 ""On Probation As Free Citizens"": Poverty and Politics in the 1830s""""8 Rethinking Liberalism""; ""9 ""Our Church for Ourselves""""; ""10 Rebellion and Its Aftermath""; ""Conclusions?""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Z""
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780773569454
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780773522299
Additional Edition:
Print version Blood Ground : The Khoekhoe, Colonialism, Missions, and the Contest for Christianity in the Cape Colony and Britain, 1799-1853
Language:
English
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