Carmody, Brendan Patrick (1986) The Nature and Consequences of Conversion in Jesuit Education at Chikuni: 1905-1978. PhD thesis, Graduate Theological Union Berkeley, California.
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Abstract
Although Christian missionaries brought western education to many parts of Africa, they struggled to maintain their schools as instruments of conversion in the face of government take over. This dissertation is a case study of schooling as a means of promoting conversion at a Roman Catholic, Jesuit, mission-station in Zambia, Central Africa, from 1908-1978. In reconstructing the history of the mission's schooling, the study focuses on the relationship between the missionaries' ideology of conversion, the competing government demands, and the aspirations of the local people. Primary schools, initially, served as direct instruments of evangelization and provided many converts. With increasing government support and eventual takeover of primary schools' management, these schools' evangelistic role diminished. However, despite much government control, at Canisius secondary school and Charles Lwanga Teachers' College -- two Jesuit institutions--conversion still constitutes a major goal.
| Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) |
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BV Practical Theology > BV1460 Religious Education |
| Divisions: | Jesuitica |
| Depositing User: | JHI Africa |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Feb 2015 07:42 |
| Last Modified: | 02 May 2017 13:38 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/165 |
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