Dan Crawford, Thinking Black, and The Challenge of a Missionary Canon

• Autores: Mark S. Sweetnam
• Localización: Journal of ecclesiastical history, ISSN 0022-0469, Vol. 58, Nº 4, 2007, págs. 705-725
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • One of the weaknesses of post-colonial theory has been a tendency to view colonialism in unitary and essentialist terms. This weakness is particularly evident in post-colonialism's treatment of missionary endeavour. This is the result of insufficient engagements with missionary texts. This article engages with one of the most remarkable missionary texts. Dan Crawford's Thinking black reveals an openness to Africa far in advance of prevailing ideas. While this enlightened attitude had its roots partially in the author's character, it was also an expression of the primitivism typical of the Brethren movement. We may therefore see Crawford as a paradigm of Brethren missions.