Social and cultural conditions of religious conversion in colonial Southwest Tanzania, 1891-1939

verfasst von

Wolfgang Gabbert

Abstract

Starting from a discussion of theoritical approaches to conversion to Christianity, this article discusses the mission of the Protestant Moravian Church among the Nyakyusa of southwestern Tanzania. It shows that the missionaries' success did not depend on the alleged greater rationality of a world religion, nor was it simply a result of colonial domination. It depended on the ability of the missions to address existing inequalities and tensions within Nyakyusa society. Beyond this, the response to Christianity differed widely according to age and gender. (Colonialism, Christian missions, conversion, Nyakyusa, Tanzania).

Externe Organisation(en)

Freie Universität Berlin (FU Berlin)

Typ

Artikel

Journal

Ethnology

Band

40

Seiten

291-308

Anzahl der Seiten

18

ISSN

0014-1828

Publikationsdatum

2001

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Kultur und Raum, Anthropologie, Geisteswissenschaftliche Fächer (sonstige)

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.2307/3773878 (Zugang: Geschlossen)