Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgements xi
5. List of Abbreviations xiii
6. Glossary xv
7. Chronology of Jesuit Missions in Chad and Cameroon xvii
8. Map xx
9. Introduction: The End of the Jesuit Mission in Africa? 1
10. Part I The Jesuit Project in West Africa: French Catholicism and Colonialism in Chad, 1935–58
11. Introduction 25
12. 1 Era of Confusion: The Vatican’s or France’s Wider Agenda? 1935–46 30
13. 2 Founding Era: The Conservatism of Frédéric de Bélinay, Jesuit Pioneer in Chad, 1946–58 57
14. 3 Colonial Era: Joseph du Bouchet and the Building of the Jesuit Mission in Chad, 1947–58 75
15. Part II The Outward Mission: Education and Competing Catholicisms
16. Introduction 95
17. 4 Era of Civilisation: Popular Education and Islamism 98
18. 5 Era of Accommodation: Mission towards the Southern ‘Ethno-Religionists’ 124
19. 6 Era of Revolution: Bishop Paul Dalmais and Chad’s Cultural Revolution, 1958–75 141
20. Part III The Postcolonial Mission and Catholicity: From Chad to Cameroon, 1962–78
21. Introduction 175
22. 7 Era of Consolidation: The Rebirth of Missionary Catholicism after Independence, 1962–73 177
23. 8 Era of Experimentation: M.-P. Hebga, First Cameroonian Major Superior, 1968–73 194
24. 9 Era of Dissent: Cameroonian Jesuits and Global Catholicism, 1974–78 226
25. Conclusion 255
26. Bibliography 273
27. Index 295
28. Previously published titles in the series 301
29. Forthcoming 301