The Dominican friars in Southern Africa : a social history, 1577-1990 / / by Philippe Denis

• Autore: Denis Philippe <1952->
• Pubblicazione: Leiden ; ; Boston, MA : , : [Brill Academic Publishers], , [1998]; ©1998
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (352 pages) : illustrations, maps
• Disciplina: 271/.2068
• Soggetto geografico: Africa, Southern Church history
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Dominican friars in Southern Africa
• ISBN: 90-04-32001-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910163128703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in Christian mission ; ; v. 21.