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Informationen zum Autor Augustine S.O. Okwu, earned his Ph.D. from Columbia University. He is a former Nigerian-Biafran ambassador and an emeritus professor of history at the State University of New York; director of Africana studies and professor of African history, Bloomfield College New Jersey; and director of the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Naugatuck Valley Community College, Waterbury, Connecticut. He was a co-worker of the Roman Catholic missionaries in Igboland. He has published several articles in learned journals in Europe and the United States of America. Klappentext Igbo Culture and the Christian Missions 1857-1957: Conversion in Theory and Practice uses historical perspective to explore strategies and methods of the Protestant and the Roman Catholic missionaries in Igboland and the Igbo response during the mid-nineteenth and mid-twentieth centuries. The subtitle of this book points out the objective, premises, and thrust to the reader. Using oral traditions, primary sources, and the present writer's own life experience both as a Christian convert and a missionary co-partner in the evangelization enterprise, the text examines the missions' programs and missteps, as well as their impact on the people. Appropriate for both specific and generalized audiences, this book will appeal to readers interested in cultural sublimation and in the overall Christianization efforts in Africa. Zusammenfassung This book explores the strategies and methods of the Protestant and Roman Catholic missionaries in Igboland and Igbo response during the mid-nineteenth and mid-twentieth centuries. Using oral traditions, primary sources, and the author's life experience as a Christian convert ... Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 List of Maps and Tables Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Abbreviations Chapter 4 1. Igboland and the Origin of the Igbo Chapter 5 2. Immediate Post-Slave Trade Period 1808-1849 Chapter 6 3. Foreign Prisoners in Igboland 1800-1886 Chapter 7 4. Attack on Igbo Culture 1885-1899 Chapter 8 5. Missionaries and Chapel-School Apostolacy Chapter 9 6. Catechist-Teachers and Evangelization Chapter 10 7. Sisters, Women-Education and Social Services Chapter 11 8. Spiritans' Crisis Chapter 12 9. Owerri Diocese and Secondary School Apostolacy 1948 Chapter 13 10. Epilogue: Postscript Chapter 14 Sources and Bibliography Chapter 15 Index...
