Author: Gutmann, Bruno [1876-1966]
Title: Die Stammeslehren der Dschagga : Erster Band
Description: München, C.H. Beck, 1932. orig. wrappers. 24x16cm, xvi,671 pp. Weighs 1100 grams.. Worn. A tear to spine. Cover soil. Spine stain. Good. ¶ Series: Arbeiten zur Entwicklungspsychologie, 12. Volume 1 only [of 3 volumes published between 1932-1938]. ["Gutmann, Missionary ethnographer in East Africa...Gutmann served as a missionary from 1902 to 1938 among the Chagga people in the Kilimanjaro area of what is now Tanzania and became justly famous for his studies on Chagga religion, society, and customs, which remained unsurpassed in spite of their methodological shortcomings. Gutmann attempted to identify ethnic “ life power” among the Chagga as determinative for the incorporation of tribal “primeval links” into the community of Christ. As a corollary, he expressed violent opposition to the power of modern civilization, fearing that it would destroy the tribal order of creation which, in his view, had not been affected by human sin. While his ideas proved successful in the congregations at Old Moshi and its surroundings, they could not but lead to misgivings regarding the encounter of Chagga Christians with the postwar world...." - Boston University History of Missiology website].

Keywords: African Ethnology, Chaga Ethnology, Chagga Ethnography, Tanzania, East Africa, German Missionary, Christian Missions, Colonialism, Colonial History