An edition of Mission, church, and state relations in South-West Africa under German Rule, 1884-1915
(1999)
Mission, church, and state relations in South-West Africa under German Rule, 1884-1915
by Nils Ole Oermann
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Mission, church, and state relations in South-West Africa under German Rule, 1884-1915
1999, Franz Steiner Verlag
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351507578X 9783515075787
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Preface and Acknowledgements 9
Foreword by Terence Ranger 11
Geleitwort von Ulrich van der Heyden 13
Abbreviations 15
Maps 17
1 Introduction 19 2 The Rhenish Missionary Society and the origins of its work in South West Africa 29
2.1 Roots and development of the RMS in Wuppertal-Barmen 29
2.2 Personal background of the missionaries - Analysis of their CVs 33
2.3 The role of women in the RMS 44
3 The relation of mission and state until the departure of Territorial Commander Curt von Francois (1842-1894) 47
3.1 The work of the RMS during the precolonial era (1842-84) 47
3.2 The missionaries' involvement in the conclusion of the 'protection treaties' (1883-85) 54
3.3 Protection as an unfulfilled promise (1886-93) 64
3.4 Berlin's administrative response to the development of mission and state relations in the 1890s 73
4 The progress in mission and state relations under the new Territorial Commander Theodor Leutwein (1894-1904) 76
4.1 The missionaries' role in Leutwein's emerging system of colonial policy (1894-96) 76
4.2 The increase of personal contacts between missionaries and the colonial government (1896-1900) 80
4.3 The Rinderpest epidemic, the land question and the foundation of new mission stations 84
5 The Herero and Nama uprisings of 1904-06 93
5.1 The historical events 93
5.2 Public reactions in Germany and the colonial government's evaluation of the missionaries' role during the uprisings 102
5.3 Effects and consequences of the uprisings 106
5.4 Mission work in the collection and POW camps 109
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6 The relationship of mission, church and state after the Herero and Nama uprisings (1906-15) 113
6.1 The political importance of colonial expansion and increasing religious pluralism in SWA after 1905 114
6.2 The increase and political impact of the newly emerging religious societies in SWA 119
6.2.1 The Protestant Church in SWA (DELK) 119
6.2.2 The establishment of Roman Catholic Mission Orders in SWA 126
6.2.3 The expansion of other religious societies 142
6.2.4 Independent African Churches and the danger of Ethiopianism 150
6.2.5 The missionaries' perception and political evaluation of African religious life after 1906 158
7 Missionaries, religious societies and native policy after 1906 167
7.1 The involvement of religious societies in colonial courts and colonial administration 167
7.2 The native regulations of 1906-07 170
7.3 Corporal punishment 172
7.4 Missionaries' intervention in cases of maltreatment of Africans 177
7.5 Mixed marriages as aparspro toto for mission, church and state relations 185
7.6 Religious societies and educational policy 201
7.7 Prostitution, venereal diseases and arranged marriages 208
7.8 Religious societies on the eve of W.W.I 216
8 The role of the Finnish Missionary Society (FMS) in Ovamboland 220 9 Conclusion 238
Bibliography 244
Index 264.
Edition Notes
Text in English; foreword in German.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [244]-263) and index.
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