The Influence of the Swiss Mission On Eduardo Mondlane (1930-1961)

Bibliographic Data

ID3932237
AuthorsTeresa Cruz E Silva (1(Centro de Estudos Africanos Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, corresponding author)
Year1998
Volume28
Issue2
Pages187
Publication date1998-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Religion in Africa (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-4200 • E-ISSN: 1570-0666
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/1581712
OpenAlexW4231559410
LanguageEN
Citations received10

THE INFLUENCE OF THE SWISS MISSION ON EDUARDO MONDLANE (1930-1961) BY TERESA CRUZ E SILVA1 (Centro de Estudos Africanos Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo) Introduction The Swiss Mission in Mozambique made an important contribution to shaping the social and political consiousness of their believers, par- ticularly but not only among the young. By developing a capacity to understand and analyse the world around them through non-formal education, the Mission extended the cognitive boundaries of young people. Promoting access to secondary and university education and preparing an African leadership for the church, the Swiss Mission helped in forming an educated elite and

Art · Elite · History of religions · Humanities · Political science · Politics · Sociology · African history and culture analysis · African history and culture studies · Gender Studies · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society in Latin America · Religious studies

Tools

Open DOISci-Hub