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Defence and Protection of Converts : Kenya Missions and the Inheritance of Christian Widows, 1912-1931

Defence and Protection of Converts : Kenya Missions and the Inheritance of Christian Widows,... DEFENCE AND PROTECTION OF CONVERTS : KENYA MISSIONS AND THE INHERITANCE OF CHRISTIAN WIDOWS, 1912-1931 BY LEON P. SPENCKR (Department of History, Talladega College, Alabama, USA) blissionary efforts to defend and protect converts formed a con- siderable proportion of the representations which Kenyan mission societies made to the colonial administration, and the issue of the inheritance of Christian widows was particularly indicative of the per- sistence and fervour with which missions pressed these representations. Missions received, if not earned, their credentials as "representatives of African interests" not for their energy in protecting their converts but for their sensitivity to the general welfare of Kenyan Africans. But this "other side" of mission concern for the African, this more restricted class of issues, formed a prominent place in mission activity early in the history of the East Africa Protectorate. To prevent the loss of a hard-won convert was naturally of prime concern among missionaries. Defending and protecting converts, then, was often in- timately linked with the missions' own evangelisation successes and failures, and thus was only semisecular in character. And while these issues-including the treatment accorded Christians by local kiamas or tribunals, dowry matters, the refusal of tribal authorities to http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Religion in Africa Brill

Defence and Protection of Converts : Kenya Missions and the Inheritance of Christian Widows, 1912-1931

Spenckr, Leon P.
Journal of Religion in Africa , Volume 5 (2): 107 – Jan 1, 1973
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© 1973 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0022-4200
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1570-0666
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10.1163/157006673X00087
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DEFENCE AND PROTECTION OF CONVERTS : KENYA MISSIONS AND THE INHERITANCE OF CHRISTIAN WIDOWS, 1912-1931 BY LEON P. SPENCKR (Department of History, Talladega College, Alabama, USA) blissionary efforts to defend and protect converts formed a con- siderable proportion of the representations which Kenyan mission societies made to the colonial administration, and the issue of the inheritance of Christian widows was particularly indicative of the per- sistence and fervour with which missions pressed these representations. Missions received, if not earned, their credentials as "representatives of African interests" not for their energy in protecting their converts but for their sensitivity to the general welfare of Kenyan Africans. But this "other side" of mission concern for the African, this more restricted class of issues, formed a prominent place in mission activity early in the history of the East Africa Protectorate. To prevent the loss of a hard-won convert was naturally of prime concern among missionaries. Defending and protecting converts, then, was often in- timately linked with the missions' own evangelisation successes and failures, and thus was only semisecular in character. And while these issues-including the treatment accorded Christians by local kiamas or tribunals, dowry matters, the refusal of tribal authorities to

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Published: Jan 1, 1973

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