Johannes Rebmann : a servant of God in Africa before the rise of Western colonialism / Steven Paas.
Series: Edition AFEMMission academics ; 32.Publication details: Nu¨rnberg : Bonn : VTR, Verlag fu¨r Theologie und Religionswissenschaft ; VKW, Culture and Science Publishers, c2011Description: 274 p. : ill., ports., maps ; 21 cmISBN: 9783862690299 (VKW : pbk.); 3862690296 (VKW : pbk.); 9783941750487 (VTR : pbk.); 3941750488 (VTR : pbk.)Subject(s): Rebmann, Johannes, 1820-1876 | Church Missionary Society -- Missions -- Kenya | Missionaries -- Kenya -- Biography | Slavery and Islam -- Kenya -- HistoryItem type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | Evangelische Theologische Faculteit Leuven Main Library | BV 2030 EAMA 2011 32 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 35678000252363 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-238) and index.
Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Spiritual roots -- 3. From Gerlingen to Islington (1820-1846) -- 4. With Johann Ludwig Krapf (1846-1855) -- 5. From Cairo to Zanzibar (1851-1859) -- 6. Fruits and loss -- 7. Lonely and enduring (1866-1875) -- 8. The last passages (1875-1876) -- 9. Language worker -- 10. The context of Muslim slavery -- 11. Missionary -- 12. Herald -- Bibliography -- Appendix I: Salimini’s Chichewa -- Appendix II: A history of Chchewa lexicography -- Index.