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Liberating mission in Mozambique : faith and revolution in the life of Eduardo Mondlane / Robert Faris ; with a foreword by John W. de Gruchy.

By: Publisher: Cambridge : Lutterworth Press, 2015Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780718842697
  • 0718842693
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Liberating Mission in Mozambique : Faith and Revolution in the Life of Eduardo MondlaneDDC classification:
  • 266.0092 23
LOC classification:
  • BV3625.M66
Online resources:
Contents:
Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Information; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. The Protestant Churches in Mozambique in Context; 2. A Grounding in Faith: Mondlane's Early Life in Mozambique and Integration into the Swiss Mission; 3. Reformed and Reforming: Living Faith in South Africa; 4. Into the Heart of Empire; 5. Study in the United States-Oberlin College; 6. Study in the United States-Northwestern University, Chicago; 7. Discerning the Future; 8. Return to Mozambique; 9. Faith in FRELIMO; 10. Mondlane's Legacy of Faith; Bibliography; Archives Consulted
Summary: This work is a significant contribution to the narrative of Christianity in southern Africa within the framework of the struggle for liberation from colonial rule. By focusing on the story of a Protestant political and ecumenical leader, Eduardo Mondlane, of note within a dominantly Roman Catholic country, Faris explores the role of the churches and missions, especially the Swiss Mission, in the struggle for African Independence.
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Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Information; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. The Protestant Churches in Mozambique in Context; 2. A Grounding in Faith: Mondlane's Early Life in Mozambique and Integration into the Swiss Mission; 3. Reformed and Reforming: Living Faith in South Africa; 4. Into the Heart of Empire; 5. Study in the United States-Oberlin College; 6. Study in the United States-Northwestern University, Chicago; 7. Discerning the Future; 8. Return to Mozambique; 9. Faith in FRELIMO; 10. Mondlane's Legacy of Faith; Bibliography; Archives Consulted

This work is a significant contribution to the narrative of Christianity in southern Africa within the framework of the struggle for liberation from colonial rule. By focusing on the story of a Protestant political and ecumenical leader, Eduardo Mondlane, of note within a dominantly Roman Catholic country, Faris explores the role of the churches and missions, especially the Swiss Mission, in the struggle for African Independence.

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