The Evangelisation of Pagan Africa. A History of Christian Missions to the Pagan Tribes of Central Africa
Johannes Du Plessis [1868-1935]
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Book Description
Title:
The Evangelisation of Pagan Africa. A History of Christian Missions to the Pagan Tribes of Central Africa
Author:
Johannes Du Plessis [1868-1935]
Publication Year:
[1938]
Location:
Cape Town & Johannesburg
Publisher:
J.C. Juta & Co. Ltd.
Pages:
408
Subjects:
Christian Mission, Africa, Angola, Benin, Gabon, Cameroon, Congo, Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Malawi, Togo, Uganda
Copyright Holder:
Public domain
Contents
Preface
The African Continent
The Age of Discovery
The Slave Trade
Sierra Leone and the Gambia
Liberia
The Gold and Slave Coasts
Nigeria and Calabar
The Cameroons and the Gaboon
Some West African Missionary Problems
The Congo: The Chain of Stations
The Congo: Filling up the Gaps
Angola
Questions and Problems of the Congo-Angolan Field
The Pioneering Period in East Africa
The Uganda Mission
Nyasaland and the East
Nyasaland and the West
Other East African Missions (Chiefly of the Colonial Era)
The Roman Catholic Church in Central Africa
The Present Situation and its Demands
Appendices
Chronological Table
Some Public Acts and Documents appertaining to Mission; Berlin Act;
Covenant of the League of Nations;
Treaty of St. Germain-en-Laye
Some Approximate Statistics
List of Authorities
A Selected Bibliography (300 titles, with characterisations)
Index of Persons and Subjects Index of Places and Tribes