The Meaning Of Religious Conversion In Africa
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The Meaning Of Religious Conversion In Africa
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Author : Cyril Chukwunonyerem Okorọcha
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
The Meaning Of Religious Conversion In Africa written by Cyril Chukwunonyerem Okorọcha and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Religion categories.
Religious Conversion An African Perspective
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Author : Carmody, Brendan
language : en
Publisher: Gadsden Publishers
Release Date : 2018-09-17
Religious Conversion An African Perspective written by Carmody, Brendan and has been published by Gadsden Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-17 with Religion categories.
Religious Conversion: An African Perspective includes a selection of key texts which are not easily accessible elsewhere. Most of the chapters discuss the long-standing thesis of Robin Horton who argues that religious change results from social transformation. The contributors provide different perspectives on what remains an ongoing provocative, though inconclusive debate. The book has chapters on conversion in Africa from such authorities as Robin Horton, Humphrey Fisher, and Richard Gray. It also contains chapters on Zambia by Elizaebeth Colson, Brendan Carmody, Austin Cheyeka, Felix Phiri and W Van Binsbergen. This collection of chapters provides an introduction to the discussion surrounding the query: Did the Christian and Muslim messages bring something fundamentally new to the African religious horizon? What has indigenisation meant? What is the role of traditional religion?
African Conversion
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Author : Brendan Patrick Carmody
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
African Conversion written by Brendan Patrick Carmody and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Christian converts categories.
The Anthropology Of Religious Conversion
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Author : Andrew Buckser
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Release Date : 2003-08-18
The Anthropology Of Religious Conversion written by Andrew Buckser and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-08-18 with Religion categories.
The Anthropology of Religious Conversion paints a picture of conversion far more complex than its customary image in anthropology and religious studies. Conversion is very seldom simply a sudden moment of insight or inspiration; it is a change both of individual consciousness and of social belonging, of mental attitude and of physical experience, whose unfolding depends both on its cultural setting and on the distinct individuals who undergo it. The book explores religious conversion in a variety of cultural settings and considers how anthropological approaches can help us understand the phenomenon. Fourteen case studies span historical and geographical contexts, including the contemporary United States, modern and medieval Europe, and non-western societies in South Asia, Melanesia, and South America. They discuss conversion to Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Islam, and Spiritualism. Combining ethnographic description with theoretical analysis, authors consider the nature and meaning of conversion, its social and political dimensions, and its relationship to individual religious experience.
Religious Conversion In Africa
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Author : Jason Bruner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
Religious Conversion In Africa written by Jason Bruner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with categories.
This collection brings together a diverse range of scholars, including historians of pre-colonial, colonial, and contemporary Africa, along with anthropologists, who develop fresh arguments and reassessments of religious, cultural, and social change pertaining to Africa. The result is a fascinating array of research that offers critical, creative, and constructive analyses of religious change on the African continent, from the medieval period to the present.
The Oxford Handbook Of Religious Conversion
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Author : Lewis R. Rambo
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2014-03-06
The Oxford Handbook Of Religious Conversion written by Lewis R. Rambo and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-06 with Religion categories.
The Oxford Handbook of Religious Conversion offers a comprehensive exploration of the dynamics of religious conversion, which for centuries has profoundly shaped societies, cultures, and individuals throughout the world. Scholars from a wide array of religions and disciplines interpret both the varieties of conversion experiences and the processes that inform this personal and communal phenomenon. This volume examines the experiences of individuals and communities who change religions, those who experience an intensification of their religion of origin, and those who encounter new religions through colonial intrusion, missionary work, and charismatic and revitalization movements. The thirty-two innovative essays provide overviews of the history of particular religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Sikhism, Islam, Christianity, Judaism, indigenous religions, and new religious movements. The essays also offer a wide range of disciplinary perspectives-psychological, sociological, anthropological, legal, political, feminist, and geographical-on methods and theories deployed in understanding conversion, and insight into various forms of deconversion.
Conversion As A Social Process
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Author : Ulrich Luig
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2021-05-09
Conversion As A Social Process written by Ulrich Luig and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-09 with Religion categories.
Conversion as a Social Process presents a detailed and multi-facetted account of the genesis of an African mission church in Southern Zambia. Its main theme is the transformation of European missionary Christianity into an important medium for Africans to negotiate creatively the challenges of the modern world. The first part of this case study scrutinizes the contextual conditions, and the consequences, of the translation process of the European missionary message into the forms of African culture and modes of thought. The second part analyses the developments of post-colonial and post-missionary African Christianity in a rural setting. It argues that Christian ethics and world view offer new means of self-identification in a complex world. Drawing on local oral sources, archival material and ethnographic literature the book represents a new genre of intercultural Church history.
The Dynamics And Contradictions Of Evangelisation In Africa
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Author : Peter Acho Awoh
language : en
Publisher: African Books Collective
Release Date : 2011
The Dynamics And Contradictions Of Evangelisation In Africa written by Peter Acho Awoh 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 2011 with History categories.
This book critically discusses missionary Christianity and colonization in Africa as twin enterprises with a common ambition. While the colonialist set out to invest capital and reap profit, the missionary desire was to tend and turn African souls from damnation. It was this desire that drove the missionaries into the interior, propelled by the belief that no land was too remote to escape their attention and vigilance. It equally kept missionary zeal buoyant. The clarification of the concept of salvation within the Roman Catholic Church during the Vatican II Council set in motion the current lethargy that has in some places crippled the mission itself. In retrospect, one can begin to wonder why Africans became Christians. What reasons motivated the early adherents to cling to this foreign religion? Were there some internal deficiencies in African traditional religions, which the Africans hoped to remedy by joining the new religion? Or was it just part of the wholesale flirting with whatever was foreign and perceived to be modern? What baits were used by the missionaries to entice Africans? Christianity posed a danger to many of the time-honoured answers to African problems. These were the 'values' Africans converting to Christianity were expected to abandon. Why have Christians continually returned to their abandoned roots in time of crisis? This moving, well argued, richly documented and empirically substantiated study concludes by cautioning against the stubborn drive at radical conversion to Christianity with scant regard to the imperatives of enculturation.
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.
Christian Conversion In Africa
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Author : Samuel Waje Kunhiyop
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Christian Conversion In Africa written by Samuel Waje Kunhiyop and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Christian converts categories.