Making African Christianity
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Making African Christianity
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Author : Robert J. Houle
language : en
Publisher: Lehigh University Press
Release Date : 2011-09-16
Making African Christianity written by Robert J. Houle and has been published by Lehigh University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-16 with Religion categories.
Making African Christianity argues that Africans successfully naturalized Christianity. It examines the long history of the faith among colonial Zulu Christians (known as amaKholwa) in what would become South Africa. As it has become clear that Africans are not discarding Christianity, a number of scholars have taken up the challenge of understanding why this is the case and how we got to this point. While functionalist arguments have their place, this book argues that we need to understand what is imbedded within the faith that many find so appealing. Houle argues that other aspects of the faith also needed to be 'translated,'particularly the theology of Christianity. For Zulu, the religion would never be a good fit unless converts could fill critical gaps such as how Christianity could account for the active and everyday presence of the amadhlozi ancestral spirits - a problem that was true for African converts across the continent in slightly different ways. Accomplishing this translation took years and a number of false-starts. Coming to this understanding is one of the particularly important contributions of this work, for like Benedict Anderson's 'Imagined Communities,' the early African Christian communities were entirely constructed ones. Here was a group struggling to understand what it meant to be both African and Christian. For much of their history this dual identity was difficult to reconcile, but through constant struggle to do so they transformed both themselves and their adopted faith. This manuscript goes far in filling a critical gap in how we have gotten to this point and will be welcomed by African historians, those interested in the history of colonialism, missions, southern African, and in particular Christianity.
Making Disciples In Africa
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Author : Jack Pryor Chalk
language : en
Publisher: Langham Publishing
Release Date : 2013-08-14
Making Disciples In Africa written by Jack Pryor Chalk and has been published by Langham Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-14 with Religion categories.
With two-thirds of sub-Saharan Africa professing to be Christian it should be a concern to all Christians that the biblical worldview has had little impact on the shaping of contemporary African culture. In this book Jack Chalk analyses the belief systems of the worldviews that are based on Christianity and African Traditional Religion. The analysis, conclusion and recommendations are presented with the view to helping the church in Africa deal with syncretism and the effect it has on the beliefs and practices of its members.
Making Apologetics Appealing To Africans A Clarion Call To Defending The Christian Faith In Africa
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Author : Ebenezer Afolabi
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
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Making Apologetics Appealing To Africans A Clarion Call To Defending The Christian Faith In Africa written by Ebenezer Afolabi and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
West African Christianity
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Author : Lamin Sanneh
language : en
Publisher: Orbis Books
Release Date : 2015-03-24
West African Christianity written by Lamin Sanneh and has been published by Orbis Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-24 with Religion categories.
African Christianity
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Author : Adrian Hastings
language : en
Publisher: New York : Seabury Press
Release Date : 1977
African Christianity written by Adrian Hastings and has been published by New York : Seabury Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Religion categories.
This is a study of the history and current condition of Christian Churches in Africa.
African Christianity
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Department of Church History University of Pretoria
Release Date : 2005
African Christianity written by and has been published by Department of Church History University of Pretoria this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Religion categories.
Religious Encounter And The Making Of The Yoruba
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Author : John David Yeadon Peel
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2003-02-21
Religious Encounter And The Making Of The Yoruba written by John David Yeadon Peel and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-02-21 with History categories.
"Peel is by training an anthropologist, but one possessed of an acute historical sensibility. Indeed, this magnificent book achieves a degree of analytical verve rare in either discipline." —History Today "[T]his is scholarship of the highest quality. . . . Peel lifts the Yoruba past to a dimension of comparative seriousness that no one else has managed. . . . The book teems with ideas . . . about big and compelling matters of very wide interest." —T. C. McCaskie In this magisterial book, J. D. Y. Peel contends that it is through their encounter with Christian missions in the mid-19th century that the Yoruba came to know themselves as a distinctive people. Peel's detailed study of the encounter is based on the rich archives of the Anglican Church Missionary Society, which contain the journals written by the African agents of mission, who, as the first generation of literate Yoruba, played a key role in shaping modern Yoruba consciousness. This distinguished book pays special attention to the experiences of ordinary men and women and shows how the process of Christian conversion transformed Christianity into something more deeply Yoruba.
African Christianity
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Author : Joseph D. Galgalo
language : en
Publisher: African Books Collective
Release Date : 2012
African Christianity written by Joseph D. Galgalo and has been published by African Books Collective this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Religion categories.
What makes African Christianity Christian?, what is the mission of the African church?, What is the theology of the African church? and, What is the future of the Church in Africa or more precisely of African Christianity? Professor Galgalo gives a critical analysis of Christianity in Africa from historical, theological and sociological perspectives.
God S Interpreters The Making Of An American Mission And An African Church
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Author : Les Switzer
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2023
God S Interpreters The Making Of An American Mission And An African Church written by Les Switzer and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with Religion categories.
This book offers an alternative reading of the relationship between an American mission and an African church in colonial South Africa. The author argues that mission and church were partners in this relationship from the beginning and both were transformed by this experience.
Ancient African Christianity
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Author : David E. Wilhite
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-07-14
Ancient African Christianity written by David E. Wilhite and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-14 with Religion categories.
Christianity spread across North Africa early, and it remained there as a powerful force much longer than anticipated. While this African form of Christianity largely shared the Latin language and Roman culture of the wider empire, it also represented a unique tradition that was shaped by its context. Ancient African Christianity attempts to tell the story of Christianity in Africa from its inception to its eventual disappearance. Well-known writers such as Tertullian, Cyprian, and Augustine are studied in light of their African identity, and this tradition is explored in all its various expressions. This book is ideal for all students of African Christianity and also a key introduction for anyone wanting to know more about the history, religion, and philosophy of these early influential Christians whose impact has extended far beyond the African landscape.