Knowing the African |
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... believe that missionaries should encourage Africans to claim for Christ everything that is best in their own tradition to take over into the Church whatever is not incompatible with the mind of Christ . That there is in African life ...
... believe that missionaries should encourage Africans to claim for Christ everything that is best in their own tradition to take over into the Church whatever is not incompatible with the mind of Christ . That there is in African life ...
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... believe that - as we said at Le Zoute1 everything that is good in the African's heritage should be conserved , enriched and ennobled with the spirit of Christ . I plead then for a fuller understanding of African life . Some people who ...
... believe that - as we said at Le Zoute1 everything that is good in the African's heritage should be conserved , enriched and ennobled with the spirit of Christ . I plead then for a fuller understanding of African life . Some people who ...
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... believe it . Their institutions prove that they do not believe it . Everywhere in Africa the family exists : the biological group which comprises father , mother and children . This is the primary cell of the social organism ; and the ...
... believe it . Their institutions prove that they do not believe it . Everywhere in Africa the family exists : the biological group which comprises father , mother and children . This is the primary cell of the social organism ; and the ...
Contents
Chapter Page 1 THE MISSIONARYS OBJECTIVE | 9 |
KNOW YOUR PEOPLE | 29 |
THE CHANGING AFRICAN | 50 |
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