The Spiritual in the Secular: Missionaries and Knowledge about Africa

by Patrick Harries and David Maxwell

David Livingstone's visit to Cambridge in 1857 was seen as much as a scientific event as a religious one. But he was by no means alone among missionaries in integrating mission with science and other fields of research. Rather, many missionaries were remarkable, pioneering polymaths.

This collection of essays explores the ways in which late-nineteenth- and twentieth-century missionaries to Africa contributed to various academic disciplines,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802866344
• ISBN13: 9780802866349
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.1"