Alan Kirkaldy
Biographic Data
| ID | 5826225 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alan Kirkaldy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alan |
| FAMILY NAME | Kirkaldy |
| SIGNATURE | KIRKALDY A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rhodes University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8075-8166 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Berlin Missionary Society in South Africa with Particular Focus on the Transvaal, 1834–1975
Not Mere Assistants – ‘Conventicles’, African Intermediaries, ‘Apostates’ and the Introduction of Christianity to Vendaland in the Late Nineteenth Century
Everyday Communists in South Africa’s Liberation Struggle
Between worlds
No abstract available.
Very Ordinary Communists
This paper sets out to portray how very ordinary people could be drawn into the struggle and play significant roles based on stances more rooted in common decency and morality than in the writings of Marx and Lenin.Ivan Schermbrucker was a member of the Central Committee of the SACP. It was he who recruited Walter Sisulu (among others) into membership of the Party. Detained under the 90 day legislation, he was tortured, and was the subject of an …
The Missionary Impact
During the nineteenth century, missionaries were largely unsuccessful in making, and keeping, a significant number of converts in the Northern Transvaal. In addition, in marked contrast to commonly‐held assumptions, much of the early work of evangelisation was performed by African converts, rather than white missionaries. The introduction of western medicine, education and literacy did not achieve the ends envisaged by the missionaries. The major…
Introduction
Praying is the Work of Men, Not the Work of Women’
In this article we take up Dorothy Hodgson's appeal for a stronger gender analysis of the process of missionisation by revisiting Adrian Hastings's 1993 essay in which he argued that ‘again and again in a mission history ... the early significant baptisms were mostly of women’. A close reading of the reportage of the Lutheran missionaries of the Berlin Mission Society is undertaken to establish whether or not this trend is also applicable to the …
Honour
Extracted from text ... 144 HONOUR IN AFRICAN HISTORY Honour: 'The Linking Theme' in African History ALAN KIRKALDY University of Venda All of us are no doubt familiar with concepts of honour amongst the ancient Greeks, the Japanese and in Islam. The more specialist reader will have encountered studies of honour in societies such as those found in Aztec Mexico, early medieval Europe, early South India and Melanesia. As a result of the prevalence o…
The Zimbabwe Culture
The Missionary Impact
During the nineteenth century, missionaries were largely unsuccessful in making, and keeping, a significant number of converts in the Northern Transvaal. In addition, in marked contrast to commonly‐held assumptions, much of the early work of evangelisation was performed by African converts, rather than white missionaries. The introduction of western medicine, education and literacy did not achieve the ends envisaged by the missionaries. The major…
The Zimbabwe Culture
The Zimbabwe Culture
Honour
Extracted from text ... 144 HONOUR IN AFRICAN HISTORY Honour: 'The Linking Theme' in African History ALAN KIRKALDY University of Venda All of us are no doubt familiar with concepts of honour amongst the ancient Greeks, the Japanese and in Islam. The more specialist reader will have encountered studies of honour in societies such as those found in Aztec Mexico, early medieval Europe, early South India and Melanesia. As a result of the prevalence o…
The Missionary Impact
During the nineteenth century, missionaries were largely unsuccessful in making, and keeping, a significant number of converts in the Northern Transvaal. In addition, in marked contrast to commonly‐held assumptions, much of the early work of evangelisation was performed by African converts, rather than white missionaries. The introduction of western medicine, education and literacy did not achieve the ends envisaged by the missionaries. The major…
Introduction
Praying is the Work of Men, Not the Work of Women’
In this article we take up Dorothy Hodgson's appeal for a stronger gender analysis of the process of missionisation by revisiting Adrian Hastings's 1993 essay in which he argued that ‘again and again in a mission history ... the early significant baptisms were mostly of women’. A close reading of the reportage of the Lutheran missionaries of the Berlin Mission Society is undertaken to establish whether or not this trend is also applicable to the …
Very Ordinary Communists
This paper sets out to portray how very ordinary people could be drawn into the struggle and play significant roles based on stances more rooted in common decency and morality than in the writings of Marx and Lenin.Ivan Schermbrucker was a member of the Central Committee of the SACP. It was he who recruited Walter Sisulu (among others) into membership of the Party. Detained under the 90 day legislation, he was tortured, and was the subject of an …
Everyday Communists in South Africa’s Liberation Struggle
Between worlds
No abstract available.
The Berlin Missionary Society in South Africa with Particular Focus on the Transvaal, 1834–1975
Not Mere Assistants – ‘Conventicles’, African Intermediaries, ‘Apostates’ and the Introduction of Christianity to Vendaland in the Late Nineteenth Century
History (6 works) · Archaeology (5 works) · South African History and Culture (5 works) · History (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Geography (3 works)