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

By: Vernal, FionaMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012Description: 1 online resource (391 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780199843411Subject(s): Wesleyan Methodist Church of South Africa | Wesleyan Methodist Church -- Missions -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape -- History | Methodism | Eastern Cape (South Africa) -- History | Eastern Cape (South Africa) -- Church historyGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Farmerfield mission : a Christian community in South Africa, 1838-2008.DDC classification: 266.716875 LOC classification: BX8321 | .V47 2012Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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