Christian Missions in sub-Saharan Africa

Abstract

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