Bembaland Church

Religious and Social Change in South Central Africa, 1891-1964

• Author(s): Brian Garvey,
• Publisher: BRILL
• Pages: 217
• ISBN_13: 9789004099579
  ISBN_10: 9004099573
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Religion / History , Architecture / Interior Design / General , Religion / Christianity / Catholic ,

Description:... Roman Catholic missionaries entered the territory of Bemba-speakers in Central Africa in 1891. Seventy years later the Church in Bembaland was about to enter a new phase as an independent religious community within a newly established African nation. This book traces the stages of church growth from its pioneering introduction to a traditional agricultural polity, through periods of disturbing economic and social change, to the later challenges from autochthonous Christian foundations originating in both the Catholic and Protestant traditions.