Christian Missions in sub-Saharan Africa
Publication Date
May 12, 2020
Creators
Description
The databases share are two shapefiles detailing the location and characteristics of Protestant and Catholic missionaries in Africa in the late- 19th and early 20th centuries.
PROTESTANT MISSIONS:
Geocoded information at the mission level for missions operating in Africa up to 1903. Among others, the data report at the mission level missionary investments (printing presses, hospitals, schools, etc.
Cite as
Cagé, Julia and Valeria Rueda (2016), "The Long Term Effects of the Printing Press in sub-Saharan Africa." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2016, vol. 8 (3), pp: 69-99, 2016
Source
Beach, Harlam P. (1903), A Geography and Atlas of Protestant Missions: Their Environment, Forces, Distribution, Methods, Problems, Results and Prospects at the Opening of the Twentieth Century", New York: Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions.
CATHOLIC MISSIONS:
Geocoded information at the mission level for Catholic missions operating in Africa up to 1924. The data reports missions with a hospital and Catholic administrative information
Cite as :
Cagé, Julia and Valeria Rueda (forthcoming), "Sex and the Mission: The Conflicting Effects of Early Christian Missions on HIV in sub-Saharan Africa", Journal of Demographic Economics.
Source
Streit, Karl (1929), Atlas Hierarchicus: Descriptio geographica et statistica Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae tum occidentis tum orientis juxta statum praesentum accedunt nonnullae notae historicae necnon ethnographicae, Paderbornae : sumptibus typographiae Bonifacianae
Coverage (Temporal):
1850-1930
Coverage (Spatial):
Africa
Collection dates:
2012 and 2015
Subjects (LCSH)
Subjects
Subjects (JACS)
Divisions
University of Nottingham, UK Campus::Faculty of Social Sciences::School of Economics
Data type
Shapefiles
Funders
Funders
John Fell Fund (University of Oxford)
Data collection method
Data collection from historical missionary atlases
Resource languages
English
Publisher
University of Nottingham
Date Issued
May 12, 2020
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Share_Mission_Data.zip
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Protestant Missions Shapefile (1830s - 1903)
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202.35 KB
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Unknown
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share_catho_data.zip
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Cathoic Missions Data (1800s to 1924)
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77.29 KB
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Unknown
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