Bembaland Church: Religious and Social Change in South Central Africa 1891-1964

By Garvey

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004099573
• ISBN13: 9789004099579
• Release Date: October 1993
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 217 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.6"