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A tome tracing one hundred years of the history of the Catholic Church in Zambia from its beginnings in 1891 when the first missionaries from France arrived in the north of the country, until its establishment as one of the major Christian churches. It examines the impact of the upheavals of the First and Second World Wars and their effects on the missionary movement. It explores the church's aim to establish a sustainable local church community, the difficulties and opposition encountered, the amalgamation of the Catholic Church in Zambia into the international movement, and the Pope's visit in 1989. The author of this book went to Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) in 1958 and worked as a White Father missionary in the Northern and Central Provinces. He has made a wider academic contribution in the research and documentation of theology and religious-cultural studies, in Zambia, of which this publication is a further example.History of the Catholic Church in Zambia 1895-1995 - H. Hinfelaar - Paperback, with ISBN 9789982240260 and ISBN 9982240269.
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