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In Mission Station Christianity , Ingie Hovland presents an anthropological history of the ideas and practices that evolved among Norwegian missionaries in nineteenth-century colonial Natal and Zululand (Southern Africa). She examines how their mission station spaces influenced their daily Christianity, and vice versa, drawing on the anthropology of Christianity. Words and objects, missionary bodies, problematic converts, and the utopian imagination are discussed, as well as how the Zulus made use of (and ignored) the stations. The majority of the Norwegian missionaries had become theological cheerleaders of British colonialism by the 1880's, and Ingie Hovland argues that this was made possible by the everyday patterns of Christianity they had set up and become familiar with on the mission stations since the 1850's.

Missions, Norwegian --- Norwegian missions --- History --- Missions, Norwegian - South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal - History - 19th century. --- Missions, Norwegian - South Africa - Zululand - History - 19th century.

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Was modern Christian mission to Africa primarily a colonial project and a civilizing mission or was it a spiritual revival spreading to new areas? This book tells the tale of the Dii people in northern Cameroon and describes their encounter with Norwegian missionaries. Through archival studies and through fieldwork among the Dii, an intriguing scenario is presented. Whereas the missionaries describe their mission as one of spiritual liberation, and the Dii highligt the social liberation they received through literacy and political independence, the author shows how both spiritual and social changes were results of captivation, miscommunication and constant negotiations between the two parties.

Kulturkontakt. --- Mission. --- Missionar. --- Christianity and culture --- Dii (African People) --- Dii (African people) --- Missions, Norwegian --- Contextualization (Christian theology) --- Culture and Christianity --- Inculturation (Christian theology) --- Indigenization (Christian theology) --- Culture --- Norwegian missions --- Dourou (African people) --- Dourrou (African people) --- Durru (African people) --- Duru (African people) --- Zaa (African people) --- Ethnology --- Religion. --- Missions. --- Dii. --- Kamerun --- Norwegen. --- 266 <671.1> --- Missions --- Religion --- Missies. Evangelisatie. Zending--Kameroen --- Dii (African people) - Missions --- Dii (African People) - Religion --- Missions, Norwegian - Cameroon --- Christianity and culture - Cameroon