dc.contributor.author |
Grassow, Peter
|
|
dc.date.accessioned |
2012-11-27T09:03:48Z |
|
dc.date.available |
2012-11-27T09:03:48Z |
|
dc.date.issued |
2012-12 |
|
dc.identifier.citation |
Grassow, Peter S. (2012), 1820 Setlers, open spaces, and theology: a reflection on how the 1820 Settlers' theological views shape our understanding of uninhabited land. Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae Vol. 38(2), pp. 163-171 |
en |
dc.identifier.issn |
1017-0499 |
|
dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/8119 |
|
dc.description |
Peer reviewed |
en |
dc.description.abstract |
Not only did the English believe it was their right to colonise open spaces, they also believed that they had a God-given calling to cultivate all uncultivated land. They developed a theology of the
land that held the Garden of Eden was ordered and cultivated, whereas those banished from the Garden were in an uncultivated wilderness. A successful English missionary would cultivate land as a sign of moral and spiritual success. This is illustrated through an account of how one group of settlers, the Sephton Party, placed a village on the African map. More specifically, I draw attention to how their chaplain, the Rev. William Shaw, provided religious sanction for the occupation of uninhabited land. |
en |
dc.format.extent |
1 online resource (5 unnumbered pages) |
en |
dc.language.iso |
en |
en |
dc.publisher |
Church History Society of Southern Africa |
en |
dc.rights |
© 2012 Church History Society of Southern Africa |
|
dc.subject |
1820 Settlers |
en |
dc.subject |
Open spaces |
en |
dc.subject |
Theology |
en |
dc.subject |
Land |
en |
dc.subject.ddc |
325.3410968 |
|
dc.subject.lcsh |
British settlers of 1820 (South Africa) |
en |
dc.subject.lcsh |
Colonization -- South Africa -- History -- 19th century |
en |
dc.subject.lcsh |
Land use, Rural -- South Africa -- History -- 19th century |
en |
dc.subject.lcsh |
Land tenure -- South Africa -- History -- 19th century |
en |
dc.subject.lcsh |
Christianity -- South Africa -- History -- 19th century |
en |
dc.title |
1820 Setlers, open spaces, and theology : a reflection on how the 1820 Settlers' theological views shape our understanding of uninhabited land |
en |
dc.type |
Article |
en |