Robert B Munson African History Books sku-24752643

Robert B Munson's hardcover The Nature of Christianity in Northern Tanzania: Environmental and Social Change 1890-1916 is listed under African History Books, SKU sku-24752643. It examines how environmental and social changes during German colonial rule shaped the early Christianization of the Chagga on Mt Kilimanjaro and the Meru and Arusha peoples of Mt Meru.

Munson discusses the ideas and plants introduced by Germans and how they changed the landscape. He traces how these communities accepted and adapted those imports as Christianity changed their religious outlook and social life. For the three groups, understandings of nature, society, religion and secular life were closely intertwined.

In their interactions with Germans, African communities altered and spread imported ideas, plant uses and Christianity, helping form a landscape with both African and European influences. The book describes how that heritage remains visible on Mt Kilimanjaro and Mt Meru.