• Preparing Converts for the Second Coming of Christ: The Encounter of Seventh-day Adventist Missionaries with Indigenous Issues in Nigeria from 1900 to the 1940s

    Author(s):
    Chigemezi Nnadozie Wogu
    Editor(s):
    Tom de Bruin (see profile)
    Date:
    2020
    Group(s):
    Spes Christiana (journal)
    Subject(s):
    Missions--Theory
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    Missiology
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/2ebq-8517
    Abstract:
    This article explores the intricate and complex relationships of Seventh-day Adventist missionaries with indigenous issues during their mission work in Nigeria. It argues that despite their relative success, the approach of the missionaries to indigenous culture was coloured by points of conflict and the stark difference to their vision of Christ’s Parousia. As a result, indigenous issues like the position of women in the society and public matters, polygamy and charismatism in worship were divested of cultural significance and in some cases demonized and replaced with the Adventist alternative. Preparing converts for the second coming of Christ meant the disengagement of any cultural practice that seemingly turned the focus of converts away from the imminence of the kingdom of the otherworldly.
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    Publisher:
    European Adventist Society of Theology and Religious Studies
    Pub. Date:
    December 2020
    Journal:
    Spes Christiana
    Volume:
    31
    Issue:
    2
    Page Range:
    85 - 102
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    2 years ago
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial
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