Christianity in northern Malaŵi : : Donald Fraser's missionary methods and Ngoni culture / / by T. Jack Thompson.

• Superior document: Studies in Christian mission, volume 15
• VerfasserIn: Thompson, T. Jack,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, New York : : E.J. Brill,, 1995.
• Year of Publication: 1995
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Christian mission ; v. 15.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (323 pages) :; illustrations, map.

Christianity in Northern Malawi deals with the interaction of the missionary methods of the Scottish missionary Donald Fraser and the traditional culture of the Ngoni people of northern Malawi in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It looks at Ngoni origins and culture prior to first contacts with the missionaries, at the early life and ideas of Fraser, and at Fraser's disagreements with some of his Scottish colleagues. There are also sections on Ngoni interactions with the early colonial government, and the development of a genuinely Ngoni Church. The book uses primary and oral sources, some of which were not previously available.

Table of Contents

Preliminary material -- NGONI ORIGINS -- THE NGONI AND THE LIVINGSTONIA MISSION: EARLY INTERACTION 1878-90 -- THE NGONI AWAKENING AND THE ARRIVAL OF FRASER -- THE NGONI, THE MISSION AND THE COLONIAL GOVERNMENT 1891-1904 -- FRASER’S POLICIES AND THE GROWTH OF THE NGONI CHURCH: 1900-1914 -- THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND ITS IMPACT 1914-20 -- THE NGONI CHURCH IN THE TWENTIES AND EARLY THIRTIES -- FRASER AS A MISSION STRATEGIST -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- STUDIES IN CHRISTIAN MISSION.