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Religious Change as Transaction: the Norwegian Mission To Zululand South Africa 1850-1906

Religious Change as Transaction: the Norwegian Mission To Zululand South Africa 1850-1906 RELIGIOUS CHANGE AS TRANSACTION: THE NORWEGIAN MISSION TO ZULULAND SOUTH AFRICA 1850-1906 BY JARLE SIMENSEN (University of Trondheim, Norway) Methodological approach Missionary history has to a large extent been written by people with a missionary background and/or within the framework of academic church history. In such cases the approach has tended to be diffusionist with emphasis on the theological content, on the build-up of missionary organization and activity and the spread of the gospel through evangelization.' When Africanist historians during the last generation started to exploit the missionary material, the approach was generally more sociological, concentrating on the secular effects of missions, both in the social, economic and political field.2 The research project, on which the present article is based, falls into this category.3 3 None of these approaches have produced many studies of religious change proper. In the South-African context it can safely be stated that the topic is not treated in a satisfactory manner in any part of the literature, at least not in the period with which this paper is con- cerned. The question of how local religious concepts are trans- formed, supplemented or discarded as a result of the encounter with an alien religion http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Religion in Africa Brill

Religious Change as Transaction: the Norwegian Mission To Zululand South Africa 1850-1906

Simensen, Jarle
Journal of Religion in Africa , Volume 16 (2): 82 – Jan 1, 1986
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© 1986 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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RELIGIOUS CHANGE AS TRANSACTION: THE NORWEGIAN MISSION TO ZULULAND SOUTH AFRICA 1850-1906 BY JARLE SIMENSEN (University of Trondheim, Norway) Methodological approach Missionary history has to a large extent been written by people with a missionary background and/or within the framework of academic church history. In such cases the approach has tended to be diffusionist with emphasis on the theological content, on the build-up of missionary organization and activity and the spread of the gospel through evangelization.' When Africanist historians during the last generation started to exploit the missionary material, the approach was generally more sociological, concentrating on the secular effects of missions, both in the social, economic and political field.2 The research project, on which the present article is based, falls into this category.3 3 None of these approaches have produced many studies of religious change proper. In the South-African context it can safely be stated that the topic is not treated in a satisfactory manner in any part of the literature, at least not in the period with which this paper is con- cerned. The question of how local religious concepts are trans- formed, supplemented or discarded as a result of the encounter with an alien religion

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Published: Jan 1, 1986

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