| Blantyre Mission and the Making of Modern Malawi Contributor(s): Ross, Andrew C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 999606056X ISBN-13: 9789996060564 Publisher: Luviri Press OUR PRICE: $30.40 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2018 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - South - General - Religion | Christian Ministry - Missions |
| Series: Luviri Reprints |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6" W x 9" (0.92 lbs) 284 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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| Publisher Description: When a thousand leading members of the Nyasaland African Congress were detained under the emergency regulations imposed by the Federation government in 1959, the Presbyterian chaplains who ministered to them at Kanchedza Camp in Limbe were the late Rev Jonathan Sangaya and Rev Andrew C. Ross. They soon discovered that around 700 of the thousand men were members of the Church of Central African Presbyterian. This raised a question in the mind of the recently arrived Scottish missionary: how may we account historically for the fact that so many national leaders were Presbyterians? The quest to answer that question led him to produce the thorough examination of the foundation and early history of the Blantyre Mission of the Church of Scotland which is found in this book. Written in the mid-1960s, it remains today an indispensable work of reference for understanding the history of both church and nation in Malawi. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ross, Andrew C.: - Andrew C. Ross served with the Blantyre Synod of the CCAP in Malawi from 1958 until 1965 when he was deported from the country owing to his close association with the "rebel" ministers Masauko Chipembere and Yatuta Chisiza. On returning to Edinburgh he completed his Ph.D. and began his distinguished career as Lecturer in the History of Missions in the Faculty of Divinity. From 1978 to 1984 Dr Ross served as Principal of New College and Dean of the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Edinburgh. |