Communication and conversion in northern Cameroon : the Dii people and Norwegian missionaries, 1934-1960 / by Tomas Sundnes Drønen.

Was modern Christian mission to Africa primarily a colonial project and a civilizing mission or was it a spiritual revival spreading to new areas? This book tells the tale of the Dii people in northern Cameroon and describes their encounter with Norwegian missionaries. Through archival studies and t...

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Main Author: Drønen, Tomas Sundnes (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
Series:Studies in Christian mission ; v. 37.
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