Missionary Zeal and Institutional Control Organizational Contradictions in the Basel Mission on the Gold Coast, 1828-1917

This book is about the Basel Mission in the Gold Coast (now Ghana) before the First World War. Miller reconstructs the backgrounds and motivations of the mission's participants and describes the organizational structure that shaped their activities at home and abroad. He then traces some seriou...

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Main Author Miller, Jon
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Routledge 2003
Taylor and Francis
Taylor & Francis Group
Edition1
SeriesStudies in the history of Christian missions
Subjects
Asian Religion
History
Missions
Colonial Administrations
Good Life
Ordinary Missionaries
Women's Teacher Training College
Mutual Watching
Missionary Movement
Contemporary Ghana
Scrutiny Troubles
Jon Miller
United Free Church
Akyem Abuakwa
Scottish Missionaries
Young Men
Mutual Watchfulness
Lower Participants
Gold Coast
West Indian Settlers
Mission House
Durable Collaboration
Basel Mission
Indigenous Church
Mixed Race Daughter
Personal Disorder
Danish Lutheran Church
Major Economic Crisis
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Summary:This book is about the Basel Mission in the Gold Coast (now Ghana) before the First World War. Miller reconstructs the backgrounds and motivations of the mission's participants and describes the organizational structure that shaped their activities at home and abroad. He then traces some serious and recurrent internal problems to the commitment to difficult Pietist beliefs about authority and obedience. The organization survived those troubles and its impact on Ghana continued to grow, because the same biblical worldview that demanded extreme discipline also prepared the members of the mission community to sustain their efforts.
ISBN:1138405655
9781138405653
0700717633
9780700717637
DOI:10.4324/9781315029658