Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-27T13:49:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JOSE JUSTINO PORTO.pdf: 16438385 bytes, checksum: b707822a31ab5549b943f60e3a92643c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-06-23 / This study is aimed to understand the role of Adventist missionaries at the Karajá communities located in the region of Santa Izabel, in the city of Lagoa da Confusão (TO). They reported major impacts on the culture Karajá in the environment in which these missionaries were, which nowadays expands to national culture. The Adventist Mission, like other religious missions, had non-conclusive and frustrating receptivities among the people living the banks of the Araguaia River. This is a bibliographic study about Araguaia people and the Adventists missionaries attempts among the Karajá communities between the periods 1980 to 2000. It was researched books, thesis, dissertations, articles and various publications about the historical actions among indigenous peoples and their Karajá cultures from the Araguaia region. The result of study shows that Adventists have faced challenges to the process of evangelization among Karajá. They had to deal with the cosmological views of the community and the intensification of the presence of Catholic and Protestant missionaries, these Pentecostals and Presbyterians, installed in Santa Izabel Hill, making even more complex the missionary attempt of IASD (Seventh Day Adventist Church). / O presente estudo teve por objetivo compreender a intervenção dos missionários adventistas na comunidade Karajá localizada na aldeia de Santa Izabel do Morro no Município de Lagoa da Confusão (TO). No ambiente em que os missionários estiveram eles relataram grandes impactos sobre a cultura dos Karajá e cuja difusão se estende sobre a cultura nacional. Trata-se de um estudo bibliográfico acerca dos povos do Araguaia e as tentativas missionárias dos adventistas entre as comunidades karajá nos períodos de 1980 a 2000. Pesquisaram-se livros, teses, dissertações, artigos e diversas publicações acerca das ações históricas entre os povos indígenas e sua cultura Karajá na região do rio Araguaia. O resultado do estudo mostra que os adventistas enfrentaram desafios para o processo de evangelização entre os Karajá. Esses tiveram que lidar com a visão cosmológica da comunidade e com a intensificação da presença dos missionários católicos, protestantes, pentecostais e presbiterianos, instalados em Santa Izabel do Morro, o que tornou ainda mais complexa a tentativa missionária da IASD (Igreja Adventista do Sétimo Dia). A missão adventista, assim como outras missões religiosas, tiveram sua receptividade não conclusiva e frustrante entre esse povo que vive às margens do Rio Araguaia.

This study discusses the contribution and influence of the Seventh-Day Adventist (SDA) Church to the development of post- secondary education in South Nyanza, Kenya. This has been done by focusing on the establishment and development of Kamagambo and Nyanchwa Adventist colleges whose history from 1971 to 2000 has been documented. This is a historical study which has utilized both the primary and secondary source of data. For better and clear insights into this topic, the study starts by discussing the coming of Christian missionaries to Africa. The missionaries who came to Africa introduced western education. The origin of the SDA church to Africa has also been documented. The SDA church was formed as a result of the Christian evangelical revivals in Europe. This called for the Christians to base their faith on the Bible. As people read various prophecies in the bible, they thought that what they read was to be fulfilled in their lifetime. From 1830s to 1840s preachers and lay people from widely different denominations United States of America around William Miller (1782-1849). This led to the establishment of the SDA Church in 1844. The study focuses on the coming of the SDA Missionaries to South-Nyanza. The efforts of the SDA Missionaries to introduce Western education in the said area, an endeavor which started at Gendia in 1906 has been discussed. From Gendia they established Wire mission and Kenyadoto mission in 1909. In 1912 Kamagambo and Nyanchwa, the subject of this study became mission and educational centres. The SDA mission, as was the case with other missionaries who evangelized South Nyanza, took the education of Africans as one of the most important goals for the process of African evangelization. The Adventist message penetrated the people of South Nyanza through their educational work. The conversion of the first converts can be ascribed to the desire for the education which accompanied the new religion. Kamagambo Adventist College became the first college in South Nyanza. Equally, Nyanchwa became the first college in the Gusii part of South Nyanza. The two colleges exercised a great influence on the local community especially in the socio-economic and educational fields. At the same time the colleges have also contributed enormously to the community’s development through the roles played by its alumni in society. Besides this, the study has also recommended some other pertinent areas for further study and research. / Educational Foundations / D. Ed. (History of Education)

This study discusses the contribution and influence of the Seventh-Day Adventist (SDA) Church to the development of post- secondary education in South Nyanza, Kenya. This has been done by focusing on the establishment and development of Kamagambo and Nyanchwa Adventist colleges whose history from 1971 to 2000 has been documented. This is a historical study which has utilized both the primary and secondary source of data. For better and clear insights into this topic, the study starts by discussing the coming of Christian missionaries to Africa. The missionaries who came to Africa introduced western education. The origin of the SDA church to Africa has also been documented. The SDA church was formed as a result of the Christian evangelical revivals in Europe. This called for the Christians to base their faith on the Bible. As people read various prophecies in the bible, they thought that what they read was to be fulfilled in their lifetime. From 1830s to 1840s preachers and lay people from widely different denominations United States of America around William Miller (1782-1849). This led to the establishment of the SDA Church in 1844. The study focuses on the coming of the SDA Missionaries to South-Nyanza. The efforts of the SDA Missionaries to introduce Western education in the said area, an endeavor which started at Gendia in 1906 has been discussed. From Gendia they established Wire mission and Kenyadoto mission in 1909. In 1912 Kamagambo and Nyanchwa, the subject of this study became mission and educational centres. The SDA mission, as was the case with other missionaries who evangelized South Nyanza, took the education of Africans as one of the most important goals for the process of African evangelization. The Adventist message penetrated the people of South Nyanza through their educational work. The conversion of the first converts can be ascribed to the desire for the education which accompanied the new religion. Kamagambo Adventist College became the first college in South Nyanza. Equally, Nyanchwa became the first college in the Gusii part of South Nyanza. The two colleges exercised a great influence on the local community especially in the socio-economic and educational fields. At the same time the colleges have also contributed enormously to the community’s development through the roles played by its alumni in society. Besides this, the study has also recommended some other pertinent areas for further study and research. / Educational Foundations / D. Ed. (History of Education)