A Mission Divided

David Harold-Barry

Description

ELEVEN JESUITS SET OUT FOR THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHERN AFRICA BY OX-WAGON IN APRIL I 879 ON A MISSION TO PREACH THE CHRISTIAN GOSPEL TO THE PEOPLE BEYOND THE LIMPOPO RIVER; WITHIN A YEAR AND A HALF, THREE OF THEM WERE DEAD.

They shared the same ignorance of Africa as their European contemporaries concerning disease, geography, culture, religion and the political rivalries of the people among whom they came. They also shared a narrow frame of reference towards the continent and the failure of imagination that went with it. Further, as people of their time, they saw - and were seen by - other denominations as rivals, and far from co-operating, the churches indulged in an unseemly competition.

And yet these men were, in their own way, heroic and faced the difficulties eagerly, even joyfully. Their failures and disappointments far outweighed the little progress they appear to have made but they laid the foundations for what was to follow after 1890 when the colony of Southern Rhodesia was established. This event inaugurated a ninety-year period, when relations between church and state waxed and waned. The missionaries welcomed the order - even if it could not be called peace - and the infrastructure the colonisers introduced. The speed of travel, for instance, went from about 15 km a day by ox-wagon, to 30 km an hour by train.

But the Church - and the Jesuits were for long the drivers of what we mean by Church - never managed to decide on a coherent policy vis-a-vis the white government until it was too late. They were divided; the majority of Jesuits worked with blacks but there was a sizeable number who worked exclusively with whites. So, while we can document the enormous and fruitful work that was done over the decades after 1890, we have to acknowledge the failure to give a united witness in confronting the nakedly racialist policies of the state. If we had been able to do this in the 1920s and '30s we might have contributed to the evolution of a more harmonious society and avoided the terrible bloodshed of subsequent years.

Introduction

1. The Mise en Scène

2. Ox-wagons and Mosquitoes 1878-89

3. Putting down Roots

4. Growth and Questions

5. Reaching the Zambezi

6. Urban Tensions

7. Mission and Culture

8. A 'Dual Mission'?

9. Education for Development

10. Justice and War

11. 'And there was much else...'

12. Into the Future ...

Sujets

• Religion
• Christianisme
• Missions
• Christian Ministry
• HISTORY
• Histoire
• Religión
• África
• Minister (Christianity)
• Southern Rhodesia
• General officer
• South
• History of Africa
• General
• Africa

Informations

• Publié par: Weaver Press
• Date de parution: 29 avril 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781779224132
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 36 Mo

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A Mission Divided

A Mission Divided he Jesuit Presence in Zimbabwe, 1879-2021

David Harold-Barry

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© Hé Sôcéy ô Jéŝûŝ, PO Bôx UNZA 46, ûŝàà, Zàmbà., 2022

A éxcép é môŝ écé pôôàpŝ àé àé ôm é Jéŝû Acvé, P.O. Bôx MP 610, Môû Péàŝà, ààé. Déàŝ ô é pôôàpéŝ àvé béé vé wé éŝé àé ôw.

Pôôàp ô ô côvé ŝ ô F éôàd Kéédy wô pàéd ôàé ééŝ wéévé é ôûd mŝé. éé é éŝŝ by ‘Jàcôb’ŝ wé’ àŝ é wômé dàw wàé. Pôôàp ô é bàc côvé ŝ ô F Wàé O’Côô ôô bémûŝéd, Svéà ôûŝé, 1961.

Typéŝé by Wéàvé Péŝŝ Côvé by Dàéŝ Déŝ, Zmbàbwé Màpŝ by Séé Sàvvy, ààé ïdéx by Rà Sépô

Hé àûô àd é pûbŝéŝ wôûd é ô éxpéŝŝ é àûdé ô Hé Sôcéy ô Jéŝûŝ, Pôvcé ô Sôûé Acà, ô é ŝûppô ô ŝ pûbcàô.

A ŝ éŝévéd. Nô pà ô é pûbcàô mày bé épôdûcéd, ŝôéd  à éévà ŝyŝém ô àŝméd  ày ôm by ày méàŝ – éécôc, mécàcà, pôôcôpy, écôd, ô ôéwŝé – wôû é éxpéŝŝ wé pémŝŝô ô é pûbŝé.

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Contents

Introduction 1. heMise en Scène Wé mŝŝôàéŝ àd wé côqûéôŝ A ŝûŝàéd àd mààvé cômmmé Mécàcŝ ô àdééŝ? Hé Jéŝûŝ Hé Jéŝûŝ  Zmbàbwé Occûpàô ô pôcéŝŝ A ‘déàdéd’ péôpé Dŝpôŝŝéŝŝéd ô é àd A dàmàéd évômé 2. Ox-wagons and Mosquitoes 1878-89 Gôçàô dà Svéà (1521-61) é Dépéc Kmbééy, Mày 179 Sôŝô, Jûy 179 Tà, Aûûŝ 179 Bûàwàyô, Sépémbé 179 Tà, Jàûày 10 Umà’ŝ, Tŝàmàŝàmà, Mày 10 - Ocôbé 11 Mwéémbà’ŝ, Zàmbà, Mày-Ocôbé 10 Mŝŝô ô é ô, Zàmbà 11 GûBûàwàyô Empàdé Côcûŝôŝ 3. Putting down Roots Cŝàwàŝà Empàdé àà Embàwé

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Hé îŝCîmurenga: é Ndébéé àd é Sôà ŝ,  196/97 73 Hé mpàc ô é ŝŝ 77 Hé àwàyŝ 1 Kûàmà (1912) 2 Déôé 3 Gôôméé 4 Scôôŝ 5 4. Growt and Questions 89 Mûŝàm (1915) 9 Hé ‘Jéép’ yéàŝ 91 Hé àppôàc ô wà 96 6 Fébûày 1977 97 ZANA à Mûŝàm 99 Hé éd ô é wà 101 ïdépédécé 102 Môdôô (1925) 103 Màûmbé 105 Fô Vcôà (Màŝvô) (Gôôméé), Bà (Svéà) ,  Màcéé (Môé Càŝŝô) 117 Wédà (wédà), Gwéô (Gwéû), Wàé (wàé) 119 Cŝà vàéŝ 122 Oûŝàôŝ 123 Màà éàvéŝ Màŝôààd 124 A Sôûŝ (1930) 127 Cwô, S Mà’ŝ 1960 12 5. Reacing te Zambezi 131 Kûàmà (1912) 132 Màymôû (1949) 133 Kàbà (1957) 136 Màûà (195) 137 Côy (1954) 13 Kàô (1963) 13

Mûômbéd (Gàààwé, S Kô’ŝ)(1964) 140 Bàé (1964) 141 ûûwé (S Bôàcé)(196) 143 Màôdé (S Rûpé’ŝ) (1964) 143 Spôô (S Edwàd’ŝ) (195); Gûûvé (S Jôŝép’ŝ) (190) 14 Cŝûû (S Ràpàéŝ) (1964) 149 Kààé (1970) 150 Mûôàŝàà (S Jàméŝ) (1979) 150 Aàŝà (S Jô é Evàéŝ) (1973) 151 Môû Dàw (Cŝô Màmbô) (1973) 151 S Jôŝép’ŝ àm (1965) 152 S Abé’ŝ Mŝŝô (1962) 153 Abdûcô ô ŝûdéŝ 154 édc Màdébvû 156 Côŝ é ŝcôô 156 Côy Rûà Tà Céé 157 Hé Dôcéŝé ô Côy (196) 159 6. Urban Tensions 161 Bûàwàyô 161 àà (Mbàé)  é éày wéé céûy 163 Eàbé Mûŝôd 164 Càéŝ Mé 166 Mbàé  é àé wéé céûy 16 îéd, Dvààŝéwà àd Màbvûû 170 Hé Càédà  Sàŝbûy àd Càmpô ôûŝé 171 Môû Péàŝà, Màbéé, Màbôôû, Bàéŝdé  àd Rôdéŝvé 172 Eédôô (Cvû) Umà (Mûàé) àd Gwéô 173 (Gwéû), Qûé Qûé (KwéKwé) (1915), Gàôômà  (Kàdômà) (1915) àd Umvûmà (Mvûmà)(1921) 174 Mààdéàŝ (Màôdéà) (1952) 174 Bdûà, (1964) 175

7. Mission and Culture ôcà ŝŝéŝ ôcà péŝŝ Wécôm cômmûéŝ ô Réôûŝ Wécôm ôcà-bô Jéŝûŝ A mŝcé-màé ô à pôpé? Càŝm àd cûûé Resourcement 8. A ‘Dual Mission’? S Géôé’ŝ Côéé 9. Education for Development S ïàûŝ Côéé S Péé’ŝ Kûbààà Hé Scôô ô Sôcà Wô Svéà ôûŝé Rûà céd 10. Justice and War Hé Càôc Cômmŝŝô ô Jûŝcé àd Péàcé Hé Zmbàbwé Pôjéc Jéŝû Réûéé Sévcé ‘éà wôûdŝ, éà à àô’ Hé vôé déàŝ ô ŝévé Jéŝûŝ Mà Hômàŝ (1932-77) Jô Côwày (1920-77) Cŝôpé Sépéd-Sm (1943-77) Déŝmôd ‘Gûŝŝé’ Dôôvà (1927-7) Géô Rcé (1930-7) Béàd ŝŝô (1909-7) Géàd Pépé (1940-7) 11. ‘And tere was muc else…’ Smà Cŝà cômmûéŝ Uvéŝy càpà

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Pŝôéŝ Péôpé v w ïV/AïDS Yôû péôpé ô é ŝééŝ Sày Péôpé v w dŝàbéŝ Abàdôéd bàbéŝ Mééôôôy, àŝôômy, éômôôy, àpcûûé  àd àcàéôôy Rééàŝ Edûcàô Cô-ôdàô Mukaî/Vukanî Héôôcà éécô Cômmûcàôŝ ‘ïéécûàŝ’ ûy àd cûc dÉcô Fàcé Acvéŝ àd bàéŝ Rcà ôûŝé 12. Into te Future ... Appendix: Jéŝû Fôûdàôŝ  Sôûé Acà  175-2021 Acôwédéméŝ Index

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