The Farmerfield mission : a Christian community in South Africa, 1838-2008 /

Vernal, Fiona.

The Farmerfield mission : a Christian community in South Africa, 1838-2008 / Fiona Vernal. - 1 online resource (391 pages) : illustrations, maps

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-349) and index.

Introduction -- Genealogies: the evangelical revival, methodism, and pioneer mission work in the Cape Colony, 1790s-1820s -- Pioneer models of Methodist missionary enterprise: the chain of missions and the Albany Settlement, 1820-1838 -- Bringing the chain of missions back to the Eastern Cape: a novel turn in Methodist missions -- "A selected class of natives:" economic visions and realities of the first fifty years of the Farmerfield Mission Station -- "'Incipient civilization" and "nominal" Christianity?": the African Christian experience at Farmerfield, 1838-1884 -- The review of 1884: Farmerfield at a crossroads -- Revamping the mission: reincarnations of Farmerfield, 1884-1962 -- Becoming a "black spot": the removal of 1962 -- Reclaiming and resettling Farmerfield -- Conclusion.

9780199843411


Wesleyan Methodist Church of South Africa.
Wesleyan Methodist Church--Missions--History.--South Africa--Eastern Cape


Methodism.


Eastern Cape (South Africa)--History.
Eastern Cape (South Africa)--Church history.


Electronic books.

BX8321 / .V47 2012

266.716875