Scottish Presbyterian Church Mission policy in South Africa, 1898-1923
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Authors
Duncan, Graham Alexander
Issue Date
1997-06
Type
Dissertation
Language
en
Keywords
Mzimba Secession , African Initiated Churches , Mission history , Historiography , "Disruption" , Bantu Presbyterian Church of South Africa , James Stewart , Ethiopianism , Pambani J Mzimba , United Free Church of Scotland , Free Church of Scotland , United Presbyterian Church of Scotland , Foreign Mission Committee , Mission Councils , Presbyterian Church of South Africa
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Abstract
This dissertation offers an analysis of Scottish Presbyterian Church mission policy during the period, 1898 - 1923. The study contains an examination of historiographical methodology, the historical background both in Scotland and South Africa along with the multi-faceted dimensions within the South African context of the time. The Mzimba Secession provides an appropriate historical starting point which led to a serious disruption of the Mission. The role of the major participants,
black ministers and elders and missionaries, is assessed as a struggle between them and the Foreign Mission Committee of the United Free Church of Scotland, following the union of two churches in 1900, took place involving the various policy options. This eventually led to the formation of the Bantu Presbyterian Church of South Africa.
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Text in English
Citation
Duncan, Graham Alexander (1997) Scottish Presbyterian Church Mission policy in South Africa, 1898-1923, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/16725>