Acknowlegments
Abbreviations
I. INTRODUCTIONS
Mission Historiography
African Settings
Missionary Backgrounds
The Legacy of the Pioneers
II. BOMBAY AFRICANS AND FREED SLAVES: A MISSIONARY PRELUDE TO COLONIAL RULE, 1875-1900
A Proto-Colonial Society
Educating Freed Slaves
Protest of the 'Agents'
III. THE DYNAMICS OF MISSION EXPANSIONS, 1875-1914
The Expansion of the Missionary Frontier
Runaway Slaves and the Company: The Politics of Missions Expansion in Giriamaland
The Scramble for Kikuyuland
IV. THE MAKING OF MISSION COMMUNITIES
The Pre-Colonial Encounter
Colonial Pressure and the Growth of Mission Communities
From Mission Community to African Church
V. THE MAKING OF MISSION CULTURE
Missions and African Culture
Missions and Western Culture
VI. MISSION COMMUNITIES AND COLONIAL SOCIETY
Missionaries, Settlers, and the Colonial State
The Politics of Education
VII. THE CHALLENGE OF AFRICAN POLITICS
Rebels and Chiefs
Mission and Thuku
The CMS and the KCA
VIII. THE CMS AND FEMALE CURCUMCISION, written in conjunction with Dr. Jocelyn Murray
The Development of a Cultural Crisis
The Making of a Cultural Policy
The CMS and the Independents
IV. CONCLUSION: CONFLICT AND COHESION IN MISSION COMMUNITIES
Bibliography
Index