Vincent J. Donovan (1926–2000)
Autore di Christianity Rediscovered
Sull'Autore
Vincent J. Donovan is an American Roman Catholic who conducted pioneer missionary work among the Masai people of Tanzania.
Opere di Vincent J. Donovan
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1926-08-15
- Data di morte
- 2000-05-13
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Tanzania
Dayton, Ohio, USA
Monroe, North Carolina, USA - Istruzione
- Fordham University
Gregorian University (Rome) - Attività lavorative
- cleric
missionary - Organizzazioni
- Roman Catholic Church
Utenti
Recensioni
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 5
- Utenti
- 554
- Popolarità
- #45,050
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 7
- ISBN
- 17
- Lingue
- 1
- Preferito da
- 1
That said, it is useful to have learned that peoples in general, even ‘pagan tribes’, believe that there is a ‘High God’ above all the national gods, although that still doesn’t stop the human personality from being partial in its judgments, of course….
But he was a Christian, and he had some respect for the people he was trying to influence; he thought they had rights and didn’t murder them or use them as slaves, you know. (And his god was Jesus! It must be a very common name among the holy gods! 🤪😹). He even has some respect for his dialogue partners as moral agents, and notes with dismay the tendency not to see them as such, as in the still recent past then (now?) the technology of the ‘Christian West’ was evidence of its superior path, and proof that the lesser peoples hadn’t found the way, you know: that was the centrist consensus, not long ago….
Anyway, again: I never quite had the Pop Warner attitude towards the Christian classics and am obviously not now rooting for the side or whatever of something I do longer belong to; at the same time, ‘pagan’ culture is also possessor of all the psychic wounds that flesh is heir to, and not every Christian missionary brings only bad and nothing else, you know. Some of them even do some good.… (altro)