| Missionary Zeal and Institutional Control: Organizational Contradictions in the Basel Mission on the Gold Coast, 1828-1917 Contributor(s): Miller, Jon (Author) |
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ISBN: 0700717633 ISBN-13: 9780700717637 Publisher: Routledge/Curzon OUR PRICE: $74.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2003 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Ministry - Missions |
| Dewey: 266 |
| LCCN: 2002029659 |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.91 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |