"Africa has played a decisive role in the formation of Christian culture from its infancy. Some of the most decisive intellectual achievements of Christianity were explored and understood in Africa before they were in Europe. If this is so, why is Christianity so often perceived…
Africa has played a decisive role in the formation of Christian culture from its infancy. Some of the most decisive intellectual achievements of Christianity were explored and understood in Africa before they were in Europe. If this is so, why is Christianity so often perceived …
Introduction: Engaging religion and reconstruction / Elias Kifon Bongmba -- Texts of affirmation rather than negation : Jesse N.K. Mugambi and African Biblical studies / Knut Holter -- The life of King David as a model of reconstruction / David Tuesday Adamo -- Worshipping God t…
"Religion has played a major role in both the division and unification of peoples and countries within Africa. Its capacity to cause, and to heal, societal rifts has been well documented. This book addresses this powerful societal force, and explores the implications of a theolo…
Religion has played a major role in both the division and unification of peoples and countries within Africa. Its capacity to cause, and to heal, societal rifts has been well documented. This book addresses this powerful societal force, and explores the implications of a theolog…
From the early days of Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa, a Eurocentric view of Christian teaching was a primary tool in the subjugation and domination of native populations. Since 1921 Kimbanguism, an African Initiated Church, has advocated a reconstruction of Blackness by app…
From the early days of Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa, a Eurocentric view of Christian teaching was a primary tool in the subjugation and domination of native populations. Since 1921 Kimbanguism, an African Initiated Church, has advocated a reconstruction of Blackness by app…
"A comprehensive study of Kimbanguism, founded by Simon Kimbangu in 1921. Compares it to other African-initiated churches, and examines its role, alongside other global religious movements, in Black liberation"--Provided by publisher
"A comprehensive study of Kimbanguism, founded by Simon Kimbangu in 1921. Compares it to other African-initiated churches, and examines its role, alongside other global religious movements, in Black liberation"--Provided by publisher.
From the early days of Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa, a Eurocentric view of Christian teaching was a primary tool in the subjugation and domination of native populations. Since 1921 Kimbanguism, an African Initiated Church, has advocated a reconstruction of Blackness by app…