Portuguese Priests and Soldiers in Zimbabwe, 1560-1572
The Interplay between Evangelism and Trade
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3912813 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Mutero Chirenje (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1973 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 36 |
| Publication date | 1973-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The International Journal of African Historical Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0361-7882 • E-ISSN: 2326-3016 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/216972 |
| OpenAlex | W2286147963 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
When, David Livingstone pronounced his famous maxim in 1857 regarding the mutual coexistence of evangelical work on the one hand and the promotion of trade on the other,1 he was in fact reinforcing a trend that had long been implicit in missionary enterprise. Although Livingstone's narrow view of the nature of precoloni,al trade in Africa is arguable,2 there is little doubt that the Portuguese seaborne empire combined trade with evangelism throughout its colonial history; an aphorism attributed to Vasco da Gama, I seek Christians and spices, contains a good measure of truth. This interplay between material and spiritual pursuits in the Lusitanian colonial empire has led an eminent scholar to conclude
Ethnology · Evangelism · Political science · Portuguese · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,12 |
| Citation span | 1983 - 2015 (33) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |