The Quiet Wise Spirit: Edwin W. Smith 1876-1957 and Africa [Paperback]

W. John Young (Author), Kenneth Cracknell (Foreword)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 071620553X | ISBN-13: 978-0716205531 | Publication Date: April 2002

When John Young first noticed Edwin Smith 25 years ago he soon realized that Smith was a very remarkable person. This book, the fruit of several years of research, describes how Smith's increasingly respectful attitude to Africa and Africans was expressed practically and in many scholarly and popular writings. After 40 years of obscurity Smith is being noticed again by scholars. In his foreword, Cracknell points out that this book should interest several categories of reader: Methodists and other Christians should see one who brought them honour; Missiologists should notice Smith's early affirmation of African ideas and cultures; while the wider academic community - especially anthropologists and Africanists - should find much of interest in the work of one who was highly respected by their forebears.

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About the Author

W John Young studied for the Methodist ministry at Wesley College, Bristol and Bristol University. He has served as Minister in Zambia as well as several counties in England, and is now based in the Mid-Glamorgan Mission Circuit in South Wales. This is his first book.

Product Details

• Paperback: 292 pages
• Publisher: Epworth Pr (April 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 071620553X
• ISBN-13: 978-0716205531
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,519,903 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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