Missionaries, Madness and Miracles
The Beginnings of Hermannsburg-Ntaria, 1875-1894
$92.74
1018 pages
- Release Date
8 October 2025
Summary
Missionaries, Madness and Miracles tells the intriguing but often tragic tale of the first missionaries - Hermann Kempe, Wilhelm Schwarz and Louis Schulze - who established the Hermannsburg mission (now called Ntaria), in Central Australia. The 20-month journey from the Barossa to the Finke River by Kempe and Schwarz and their companions is the stuff of legend. But Kempe’s great grandson, Bob Kempe, assisted by the marvellous translation work of Dr Vic Pfitzner, takes that initial st…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781923388505 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1923388509 |
| Author: | Robert J. Kempe, Victor C. Pfitzner |
| Publisher: | Wakefield Press |
| Imprint: | Wakefield Press |
| Number of Pages: | 1018 |
| Release Date: | 8 October 2025 |
| Weight: | 1.09kg |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
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About The Author
Robert J. Kempe
Robert J. Kempe is an emeritus pastor of the Lutheran Church of Australia and New Zealand, and an emeritus lecturer in pastoral theology at Australian Lutheran College, Adelaide. He is also an education Consultant within Clinical Pastoral Education.
Victor C. Pfitzner is an emeritus pastor of the Lutheran Church of Australia and New Zealand (65 years), a lecturer in New Testament theology (38 years), and has been the Principal of the Australian Lutheran College, Adelaide, for nine years.
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