A Plantation of Religion' and the Enterprise Culture in Africa
History, Ex-Slaves and Religious Inevitability
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3933186 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lamin Sanneh (1(Yale University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 1-4 |
| Pages | 15-49 |
| Publication date | 1997-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Religion in Africa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4200 • E-ISSN: 1570-0666 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/157006697x00036 |
| OpenAlex | W1992618256 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
'A PLANTATION OF RELIGION' AND THE ENTERPRISE CULTURE IN AFRICA: HISTORY, EX-SLAVES AND RELIGIOUS INEVITABILITY BY LAMIN SANNEH (Yale University) Introduction: Primary History and the New Socie!y In the centuries before the establishment of a Christian colony in Sierra Leone, European missions in Africa focused their attention on trying to convert rulers, chiefs, princes and members of the nobility as the basis of church planting and expansion. After all, that was the model familiar in contemporary Europe where wealthy dukes, princes . and the nobility endowed churches, monasteries and other religious foundations to spread Christianity, thus enabling the religion to
African studies · Ancient history · Anthropology of religion · Archaeology · Christianity · Ethnology · History of religions · Nobility · Political science · Politics · Sierra leone · Sociology · Theology · African history and culture studies · Anthropology · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.06 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2010 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |