RETIEF, Ds. J.A. - Ontdekkings in Midde-Afrika - (Hardeband)

1951 Boek nog in 'n goeie toestand - Uitgegee deur Die Christen-Studenteverenigingmaatskappy van Suid-Afrika - Eerste uitgawe - Kerk stempel voorin - 297 pg.  >>>   On the Author's Experiences as a Missionary.   >>>   This article considers the themes of war, Christian missionary work, and nationalism and the ways in which they could be demonstrated to interact in the life of an Afrikaner Dutch Reformed missionary, the Rev. JA Retief. Relief lived through and actively participated in the Anglo-Boer War, the First World War, and experienced the rise of Afrikaner Nationalism which led to the National Party's apartheid victory in 1948. Retief is a somewhat anomalous case-study due to the fact that he spent most of this period as a missionary in Nyasaland (Malawi). However, he wrote extensively on the above themes, especially missionary work and nationalism, and this article indicates that he came to champion a rather open-ended conception of nationalism, a notion that was most certainly inspired by his experiences on the mission field where he was intimately involved in the founding of an ecumenical indigenous church, the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian. .