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Autore |
Denis Philippe <1952-> |
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Titolo |
The Dominican friars in Southern Africa : a social history, 1577-1990 / / by Philippe Denis |
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Leiden ; ; Boston, MA : , : [Brill Academic Publishers], , [1998] |
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©1998 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (352 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Collana |
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Studies in Christian mission, , 0924-9389 ; ; volume 21 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Africa, Southern Church history |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminary material -- THE PORTUGUESE DOMINICANS IN SOUTH-EAST AFRICA -- PATRICK GRIFFITH, FIRST CATHOLIC BISHOP IN SOUTH AFRICA -- THE ENGLISH DOMINICANS -- THE DUTCH DOMINICANS -- THE TRAINING OF INDIGENOUS CLERGY -- THE DOMINICANS AND APARTHEID -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- LIST OF MAPS -- INDEX -- ILLUSTRATIONS. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The purpose of this book is to gather in a single narrative the rather disparate stories of Dominican friars in Southern Africa over the past four centuries. Dominicans from Portugal and Portuguese India were present in South-East Africa from 1577 to 1835. Patrick Raymond Griffith, an Irish Dominican, became the first resident bishop in South Africa in 1837. A Dominican mission was established in 1917 with the arrival of a group of English friars. A second group arrived from the Netherlands in 1932. The aim is to provide a social history of the Dominicans in Southern Africa, that is, a history that deals specifically with the social and cultural factors of historical development. The Dominicans ministered in a political, social and cultural context which impacted on their apostolic activities and, in turn, was affected by them. The book's terminus ad quem is 1990, when the National Party opened a process of political negotiation, thus ending more than forty years of apartheid rule. |
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