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Decorvet (Jeanne) : Samuel Ajayi Crowther, un père de l'Église en Afrique Noire
No full textBrasseur Paule. Decorvet (Jeanne) : Samuel Ajayi Crowther, un père de l'Église en Afrique Noire. In: Revue française d'histoire d'outre-mer, tome 81, n°302, 1er trimestre 1994. p. 116
Decorvet (Jeanne) : Samuel Ajayi Crowther, un père de l'Église en Afrique Noire
No full textBrasseur Paule. Decorvet (Jeanne) : Samuel Ajayi Crowther, un père de l'Église en Afrique Noire. In: Revue française d'histoire d'outre-mer, tome 81, n°302, 1er trimestre 1994. p. 116
Jeanne Decorvet, Samuel Ajayi Crowther, un père de l'Église en Afrique Noire, Paris, Cerf, coll. Foi vivante , 1992
No full textChevallier Marjolaine. Jeanne Decorvet, Samuel Ajayi Crowther, un père de l'Église en Afrique Noire, Paris, Cerf, coll. Foi vivante , 1992. In: Revue d'histoire et de philosophie religieuses, 73e année n°3, Juillet-septembre 1993. p. 363
Samuel Ajayi Crowther: African and Yoruba Missionary Bishop
No full textSamuel Ajayi Crowther was a Church Missionary Society (CMS) missionary bishop charged with evangelizing the territories that became modern Nigeria. Over the last decades of the 19th century Crowther was the best-known Christian of African descent in the British empire. Pious offerings from British Christians allowed him to build a network of mission stations and schools in the Niger bishopric, as his territories were called. Crowther’s career ended in tragedy with a group of English CMS missionaries that traveled to his bishopric to dismiss as either corrupt or immoral most of the African missionary agents Crowther had recruited over the decades. Crowther resigned his office in protest against what he felt was the usurpation of his authority. Crowther died a short time later. Most of the historical scholarship since Crowther’s death (1891) has been concerned with assessments of two things: Crowther’s missionary strategies and the circumstances behind the events at the end of his career. The events at the end of his life have drawn the greatest amount of attention, but as argued in this article, Crowther is better appreciated for the revolutionary ways in which he rethought the missiological ideas of Henry Venn, his patron and mentor, and applied these ideas to the evangelization of his territories. The schools established under Crowther’s direction offered students a combination of skills aimed at making those students competitive in the society created by the expansion of British overrule in the lands that became Nigeria. The appeal of his schools drew many Africans toward the Anglican Church. By the end of his life, however, Crowther’s schools were coming under increasing criticism from Europeans for making Africans too competitive with Europeans.</p
Samuel Ajayi Crowther, the Church Missionary Society, and the Niger Mission, 1857-1891.
No full textThe career of Samuel Ajayi Crowther stands as one of the most dramatic and compelling narratives of nineteenth century Africa. Crowther was a pivotal figure in his time and in missionary affairs long afterwards. He played many roles: teacher and missionary, linguist and translator, explorer and commercial promoter, diplomatist and proto-nationalist. His African-staffed and African-led Niger Mission remains one of the most significant and intriguing experiments of its day. The Church Missionary Society, fostered in the Humanitarian age, progressed during Crowther's life from a single Committee directed by a small Secretariat to a world-wide organization, influenced by the New Evangelicalism and Social Darwinism.;Branded by some scholars as a failure, the Niger Mission was yet marked by considerable success. Crowther's formative years underscore the uniqueness of his experience and highlight his uncommon ability, intelligence, and common sense. His crucial relationship with Henry Venn formed his career and gave him unparalleled latitude in his work. He demonstrated leadership, ingenuity, and sound mission strategy in founding and establishing his Mission. He dispelled stereotypic views of Africans and helped win acceptance for the concept of African agency. He attempted to smooth the wrinkles of a Niger Bishopric which had been formulated in haste and compromise. His notable achievements in expanding missionary operations and moving towards self-support in his Mission were matched by his considerable diplomatic skills as quasi-Consul on the Niger and in other duties which he performed for the Colonial Administration. His most serious weaknesses lay in his inability to develop an indigenous clergy and probably his remaining too long at the helm. But developments at the C.M.S. and in British missionary and Church circles also profoundly affected the course of his career and that of his Mission. Diverse and complex factors led to the Niger Crisis, in which Crowther was both participant and focal point. He died in the midst of the Crisis, his achievements and contributions lost or clouded in the aftermath
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