CHRISTIANITY AND THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA
Volume 1:
Christianity and the Colonization of South Africa
Charles Villa-Vicencio and Robin Petersen
Table of contents
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION TO VOLUME 1
1. FIRST RELIGIOUS ENCOUNTERS: 1487 – 1795
THE FIRST ENCOUNTER
THE DUTCH SETTLEMENT
Dutch Reformed Church
Religious Conflict
Slavery
THE EASTERN FRONTIER
2. CHRISTIANITY AND AFRICAN CULTURE: CHRISTIANS, CONVERTS AND RESISTERS, 1795 – 1829
EASTERN CAPE
Graaf Reinet
Bota's Place
Fort Frederick
Bethelsdorp
EXPANDING MISSION ACTIVITY
The Xhosa
Genadendal and Other Moravian Missions
The Griqua
The San
The Tswana
The Namquas
Slavery
3. EVANGELISATION AND CULTURAL ENCOUNTER: COLONIAL CHRISTIANITY AND AFRICAN RESISTANCE, 1820 -1838
THE EASTERN FRONTIER
THE INTERIOR
SLAVERY
4. MISSIONARIES AND XHOSA DEFEAT: FROM MILITARY DEFEAT TO PHILANTHROPY, 1834 - 1870
WAR OF THE AXE
THE EIGHTH FRONTIER WAR
THE END OF XHOSA INDEPENDENCE
Hospitals
Education
5. CHRISTIANITY ACROSS THE ORANGE RIVER: AFRICAN AND BOER APPEARANCES, 1834 - 1870
CROSSING THE ORANGE RIVER
The Gospel and the Gun
Christians and the Sotho
Resenting the English Missionaries
CHRISTIANITY THROUGH AFRICAN EYES
RACIALLY SEGREGATED CHURCHES
6. THE ZULU KINGDOM: INVASIONS, RESISTANCE AND DEFEAT, 1834 - 1883
COLENSO AND THE ANGLICANS
The Ecclesial Struggle
Naming of God
Control of the Pulpit
The Queen's Bishop
The Political Struggle
African Marriage
ZULU DEFEAT
OTHER MISSIONS
The American Board of Missions
Wesleyan Missions
Roman Catholic Church
Scandanavian Missions
German Missions